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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Nov-03-09 02:47 PM
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Bride jilted at altar, turns Halloween-themed wedding into party for senior citizens
A jilted bride turned her heartache into a Happy Halloween for hundreds of senior citizens.

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Instead of letting a Halloween-themed wedding reception go to waste, Harris, 34, and her mom decided to move the festivities across the street.

"She came in one day and said she wanted to make a donation," said Eichenfeld. "I don't think she knew anybody here, and we don't get offers like that. So we were thrilled and so were our residents. It came out of the blue."

By all account, the bash was a blast. The wedding DJ played oldies. The tables were decked out with candy jars and feathered masquerade masks. The banquet hall served up a senior-friendly meal. And the guests dressed up as everything from Dracula to Raggedy Ann.

As for the bridal bouquet, Harris had it placed in the chapel of the old folks' home.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/weddings/2009/11/0...

Good for her & maybe she's better off not marrying the jerk! BTW, she went to Hawaii on her own instead of wasting the "honeymoon" trip.


Teanne Harris, pictured during an earlier trip to Hawaii, returned to there for what was supposed to be her honeymoon.

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   That's my kinda gal.  xultar   Nov-03-09 02:49 PM   #1 
   What a beauty!  Matariki   Nov-03-09 02:49 PM   #2 
   Good for her, No "poor me" for this woman.She'll do well.  virgogal   Nov-03-09 02:51 PM   #3 
   She was too good for him anyway!  dflprincess   Nov-03-09 02:52 PM   #4 
   You go Teanne!  peace13   Nov-03-09 02:53 PM   #5 
   I hope she meets someone who falls in love with her forever  Missy Vixen   Nov-03-09 02:54 PM   #6 
   Way to go!  Behind the Aegis   Nov-03-09 02:55 PM   #7 
   What a wonderful person! Talk about turning lemons into lemonade. nt  quiet.american   Nov-03-09 02:55 PM   #8 
   pineapple  katkat   Nov-04-09 12:52 AM   #36 
      :) nt  quiet.american   Nov-04-09 12:58 AM   #38 
   Good to know that picture is from an earlier trip to Hawaii. For a moment there,  gkhouston   Nov-03-09 02:57 PM   #9 
   If only everybody had an attitude like this.  arcadian   Nov-03-09 02:58 PM   #10 
   what a nice thing to do  noiretextatique   Nov-03-09 03:08 PM   #11 
   Brilliant!  nykym   Nov-03-09 03:19 PM   #12 
   Even if you're not jilted at the alter, giving the wedding flowers to a nursing home  Lars39   Nov-03-09 03:23 PM   #13 
   How often do you get married? sorry, couldn't resist....  robinlynne   Nov-03-09 04:50 PM   #22 
      hehe...left myself wide open, didn't I.  Lars39   Nov-03-09 10:25 PM   #31 
   You go, Teanne!  Berry Cool   Nov-03-09 03:35 PM   #14 
   Very nice. Thanks for sharing.  JimWis   Nov-03-09 03:50 PM   #15 
   There's a lucky man somewhere waiting for her. What a wonderful soul....n/t  monmouth   Nov-03-09 04:02 PM   #16 
   What a great example she is!  ljm2002   Nov-03-09 04:05 PM   #17 
   Sounds like a very sweet lady. :^) The guy who jilted her really lost out.  GreenPartyVoter   Nov-03-09 04:07 PM   #18 
   She'll be even happier in a few years  malaise   Nov-03-09 04:10 PM   #19 
   NICE  Dreamer Tatum   Nov-03-09 04:12 PM   #20 
   Wonderful "if you've got lemons" story!  Greyskye   Nov-03-09 04:27 PM   #21 
   What a sweetheart Teanne Harris is!  sonias   Nov-03-09 07:11 PM   #23 
   How wonderful!  Solly Mack   Nov-03-09 07:13 PM   #24 
   Wha a TERRIFIC person  Raine   Nov-03-09 07:26 PM   #25 
   Generosity of spirit!  NoSheep   Nov-03-09 07:30 PM   #26 
   This is a great gal....  Hepburn   Nov-03-09 07:43 PM   #27 
   that's really sweet  guitar man   Nov-03-09 07:59 PM   #28 
   I ran out of gas.  tularetom   Nov-03-09 08:33 PM   #30 
      lol..  BrklynLiberal   Nov-03-09 11:30 PM   #35 
      (eyes)  guitar man   Nov-04-09 08:27 AM   #41 
      Dupe  guitar man   Nov-04-09 08:29 AM   #42 
   She's got that All American Jeffersonian Celtic look going for her. nt.  phasma ex machina   Nov-03-09 08:13 PM   #29 
   Beautiful story ...  NanceGreggs   Nov-03-09 10:28 PM   #32 
   Why do women like this fall for shit heads?  liquid diamond   Nov-03-09 11:03 PM   #33 
   What a terrific smart girl. I hope she finds someone who makes her forget she  BrklynLiberal   Nov-03-09 11:25 PM   #34 
   anh, she doesn't need him.  busybl   Nov-04-09 12:54 AM   #37 
   LOL!!! Great!!!  DeSwiss   Nov-04-09 07:07 AM   #39 
   What a great story!  lightningandsnow   Nov-04-09 07:54 AM   #40 
   Oh she's so much better off not marrying the asshole  madokie   Nov-04-09 08:38 AM   #43 
   She is better off not being married to the guy, jerk or not he saved them both heartache  dugaresa   Nov-04-09 10:24 AM   #44 
   What a nice lady to be thinking of those who are mostly forgotten  Cleita   Nov-04-09 01:28 PM   #45 
 
xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 02:49 PM
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1. That's my kinda gal.
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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 02:49 PM
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2. What a beauty!
Very nice story - thanks for posting it.
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 02:51 PM
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3. Good for her, No "poor me" for this woman.She'll do well.
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 02:52 PM
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4. She was too good for him anyway!
I hope she had blast in Hawaii.
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peace13 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 02:53 PM
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5. You go Teanne!
You are an inspiration!
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Missy Vixen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Nov-03-09 02:54 PM
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6. I hope she meets someone who falls in love with her forever
in Hawaii.

How wonderful is she?!? You GO, Teanne!
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Behind the Aegis Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 02:55 PM
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7. Way to go!
Turning a negative (?) into a positive!
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 02:55 PM
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8. What a wonderful person! Talk about turning lemons into lemonade. nt
Edited on Tue Nov-03-09 02:56 PM by quiet.american
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katkat Donating Member (653 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 12:52 AM
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36. pineapple
Edited on Wed Nov-04-09 12:53 AM by katkat
Sounds good to me :-)

You go, girl. Much better off without him.

Oops I meant this as a reply to the turning fiance's head into a pineapple post.
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 12:58 AM
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38. :) nt
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gkhouston Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 02:57 PM
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9. Good to know that picture is from an earlier trip to Hawaii. For a moment there,
I thought she was all smiley because she'd used her powers of sorcery to turn the fiance's head into a pineapple. }(
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 02:58 PM
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10. If only everybody had an attitude like this.
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Nov-03-09 03:08 PM
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11. what a nice thing to do
especially considering the circumstances. you GO GIRL!
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nykym (444 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 03:19 PM
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12. Brilliant!
Good for her.
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 03:23 PM
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13. Even if you're not jilted at the alter, giving the wedding flowers to a nursing home
is a good idea. We've done this several times.
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 04:50 PM
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22. How often do you get married? sorry, couldn't resist....
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 10:25 PM
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31. hehe...left myself wide open, didn't I.
Just family weddings over the years. :)
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 03:35 PM
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14. You go, Teanne!
And remember, if he really did change his mind, better he should do it before the wedding than after. Divorce is way more heartbreaking and expensive than a called-off wedding.

He did you a favor as well as himself. Have fun in Hawaii, whether you meet Mr. Right there or not!
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JimWis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Nov-03-09 03:50 PM
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15. Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Nov-03-09 04:02 PM
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16. There's a lucky man somewhere waiting for her. What a wonderful soul....n/t
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ljm2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 04:05 PM
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17. What a great example she is!
You go, girl!

She is a very attractive young woman, and obviously has a terrific attitude to go with it. Here's hoping she finds a real partner, when the time is right. In the meantime it looks like she's got her head screwed on straight and her priorities in order.
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18. Sounds like a very sweet lady. :^) The guy who jilted her really lost out.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 04:10 PM
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19. She'll be even happier in a few years
when she realizes how lucky she was that he didn't show up.
Teanne :yourock:
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20. NICE
Good on her.
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21. Wonderful "if you've got lemons" story!

What a great lady!
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sonias Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 07:11 PM
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23. What a sweetheart Teanne Harris is!
I love her :loveya: :hug:

May her act of kindness prove to be the start of a new wonderful life. She probably is better off without him. I hope she finds a wonderful soul mate that can appreciate her.

Sonia
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Nov-03-09 07:13 PM
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24. How wonderful!
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 07:26 PM
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25. Wha a TERRIFIC person
only a jerk would dump someone like her, she's a real jewel.
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NoSheep Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Nov-03-09 07:30 PM
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26. Generosity of spirit!
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Nov-03-09 07:43 PM
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27. This is a great gal....
...and I hope to heck she finds someone who is deserving of her!

:hug: ~~ she put a huge smile on my face!
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 07:59 PM
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28. that's really sweet
I just hope she doesn't turn out like this later:





You contemptible pig! I remained celibate for you. I stood at the back of a cathedral, waiting, in celibacy, for you, with three hundred friends and relatives in attendance. My uncle hired the best Romanian caterers in the state. To obtain the seven limousines for the wedding party, my father used up his last favor with Mad Pete Trullo. So for me, for my mother, my grandmother, my father, my uncle, and for the common good, I must now kill you, and your brother.


:rofl:
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Nov-03-09 08:33 PM
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30.  I ran out of gas.
I, I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts. IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 11:30 PM
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35. lol..Updated at 12:11 AM


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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 08:27 AM
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41.  (eyes)
Oh Jake...Jake honey....
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 08:29 AM
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42.  Dupe
Edited on Wed Nov-04-09 08:31 AM by guitar man
Delete
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phasma ex machina Donating Member (268 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 08:13 PM
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29. She's got that All American Jeffersonian Celtic look going for her. nt.
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32. Beautiful story ...
... BEAUTIFUL girl!

Thanks for posting this, RL - you've made my night!
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liquid diamond Donating Member (536 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 11:03 PM
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33. Why do women like this fall for shit heads?
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-03-09 11:25 PM
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34. What a terrific smart girl. I hope she finds someone who makes her forget sheUpdated at 12:11 AM
even knew that schmuck.
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busybl (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 12:54 AM
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37. anh, she doesn't need him.
what a nice thing to do.
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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 07:07 AM
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39. LOL!!! Great!!!
- You go girl!!!! K&R
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40. What a great story!
She sounds like an amazing person....good for her!
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Nov-04-09 08:38 AM
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43. Oh she's so much better off not marrying the asshole
could you imagine the world she'd a been living in if this wedding had happened. What a sweetheart that she could turn this into a plus for all involved especially the seniors.

Someone somewhere is going to make a real find when they find, fall in love with and marry this sweety.
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dugaresa Donating Member (976 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 10:24 AM
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44. She is better off not being married to the guy, jerk or not he saved them both heartache
I know a couple who got married in spite of reservations on both sides, within the first year they were divorced. In fact, the groom wanted to back out because he felt that things between them were really bad and that perhaps getting married was a bad idea. His family and her family basically said, "You can't back out! We spent $20K on this wedding!"

So they spent $20K on the wedding and they were separated by the first anniversary because the bride had hooked up with someone else. (this was a trait she had while they were dating that was the key reason behind the second thoughts on the groom's part)

I hope Teanne will find happiness and I hope she is having a great time in Hawaii!
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45. What a nice lady to be thinking of those who are mostly forgotten
even though her heart was probably breaking. I hope she meets someone who really deserves a lovely person like her.
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