Reply #9: I ran away as a legal adult and "helped" myself to an auto

[amazona]

I was only 18 or 19 though so cut me some slack.

No, there was no media coverage. White blonde girls disappear every day just like all other species of humanity, and it is not news. I don't know why the "runaway bride" got so much media coverage. Law enforcement is not supposed to look for adults, unless they have committed some crime (or are clearly victims of a crime) and even then they are not going to be worried about hunting down females who are, after all, unlikely to be committing mayhem and murder. I presume the "runaway bride" family must be very rich or else connected to someone very influential. The police just don't hunt you down every time you get cold feet about a wedding. Sheesh. How many males would be in jail now if they did?

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