Couple, 33 and 104, Reportedly Marry

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A 33-year-old man in northern Malaysia has married a 104-year-old woman, saying mutual respect and friendship had turned to love, a news report said Tuesday.

It was Muhamad Noor Che Musa’s first marriage and his wife’s 21st, according to The Star newspaper which cited a report in the Malay-language Harian Metro tabloid.

Muhamad, an ex-army serviceman said he found peace and a sense of belonging after meeting Wook Kundor, whom he said he initially sympathized with because she was childless, old and alone, the report said.

“I am not after her money, as she is poor,” Muhamad reportedly said. “Before meeting Wook, I never stayed in one place for long.”

He said he hoped to help his new bride to master Roman script while she taught him Islamic religious knowledge.

The report did not say if any of Wook’s previous 20 husbands are still alive.

Malaysian Muslim men are allowed by their religion to take up to four wives at a time, but reports of women who marry more than once are rare. Muslim women do not practice polygamy.

I don’t know how I feel about this. First of all, a woman who has been married 21 times? That strikes me as odd–especially because it states that woman who marry more than once in the Muslim community is rare. But whatever–the woman is 104 years old–I suppose after living that long, she can have as many husbands as she likes.

But really, I have a hard time seeing that a 33 year old man can find love… romantic love… in a 104 year old woman. I’m doubting the physical attraction is there. She doesn’t have any money. And I wonder how “with it” this woman is. I mean, can she carry on a conversation on a daily basis? Is this weird to anyone else?