I’m a 16 year old married tourist

A 16-year-old tourist has revealed how she married her childhood sweetheart and can’t wait to have kids.

Married at 16 years old! – Wedding Big Fat Gypsy, young bride Barbara prepares to follow in her sister’s footsteps to leave the family home to live with her new husband.

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While many teenagers her age are studying for their GCSEs, Barbara can be seen preoccupied with trying to find the perfect wedding dress and book a venue.

In the episode, Barbara’s schooling is being affected by her busy wedding plans.

Reading a letter from her university, she said: “This is the latest anxiety.

“Basically in plain language, if I don’t go back to school, I could be fined up to £2,500. As if!

“How do you expect me to go to school and get married?

“You’re supposed to be a woman aren’t you, you don’t study stuff in school, that’s just weird.”

Barbara met her partner Malachy at the age of 13 and they agreed to marry as soon as they were legally eligible.

Their wedding on the show was no small affair, with a 25kg wedding cake, a giant dress and the bride arriving in a decorated van.

Defending her age of marriage, she said: “It’s not written in a book that you have to be of a certain age to get married.”

When asked what she looks forward to most from her married life with 18-year-old Malachy, Barbara replied: “Probably having children.”

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Previously, a tourist dumped her man on their wedding day – he was so drunk she stalked her cousin.

And a Romanian bride wore a £175,000 wedding dress decorated with gold and coins during the ceremony in Slovakia.