A Not So Happy Marriage

[Leader]

Wedding from hell
December 5, 2004

Scott McKie and Victoria Anderson were looking forwards to a life of wedded bliss as they tied the knot. But an hour and a half - and a series of drunken assaults - later, divorce was looming fast.

The tale of what has been billed one of Britain's least successful ever marriages ended with 23-year-old McKie being dragged from his own wedding reception by police, newspapers reported.

According to the reports, the happy marriage lasted for all of 90 minutes before Anderson, enraged at a drunken toast to the bridesmaids by her new husband at their reception, violently hit him over the head with an ashtray.

He responded by taking a hat-stand at the pub in a suburb of Manchester, northwest England, where the party was taking place, and hurling it towards the bar "like a javelin", according to witnesses.

Police were called and McKie headbutted one officer and punched another before being dragged to the cells, at which point 40-year-old Anderson cancelled their honeymoon and began divorce proceedings.

The sorry tale was recounted at Manchester Crown Court, where McKie pleaded guilty to a series of charges including attempted wounding and assault, receiving a community service punishment.

McKie's lawyer told the court that everyone involved had been "very, very drunk at the time".

"They had only been together for two or three months before the wedding," McKie's father told the Daily Mirror newspaper.

"It was a big mistake."

AFP

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Unusual-T...23390473.html#

[Lucien LaCroix]

Originally Posted by Leader

Wedding from hell
December 5, 2004

Scott McKie and Victoria Anderson were looking forwards to a life of wedded bliss as they tied the knot. But an hour and a half - and a series of drunken assaults - later, divorce was looming fast.

The tale of what has been billed one of Britain's least successful ever marriages ended with 23-year-old McKie being dragged from his own wedding reception by police, newspapers reported.

According to the reports, the happy marriage lasted for all of 90 minutes before Anderson, enraged at a drunken toast to the bridesmaids by her new husband at their reception, violently hit him over the head with an ashtray.

He responded by taking a hat-stand at the pub in a suburb of Manchester, northwest England, where the party was taking place, and hurling it towards the bar "like a javelin", according to witnesses.

Police were called and McKie headbutted one officer and punched another before being dragged to the cells, at which point 40-year-old Anderson cancelled their honeymoon and began divorce proceedings.

The sorry tale was recounted at Manchester Crown Court, where McKie pleaded guilty to a series of charges including attempted wounding and assault, receiving a community service punishment.

McKie's lawyer told the court that everyone involved had been "very, very drunk at the time".

"They had only been together for two or three months before the wedding," McKie's father told the Daily Mirror newspaper.

"It was a big mistake."

AFP

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Unusual-T...23390473.html#

Probably a soccer hooligan and a slag with barely one heart between them.

[Anon]

This is why i frown upon the institution that is marriage...

lol

[Julie]

Originally Posted by M21Sniper

This is why i frown upon the institution that is marriage...

lol

Oh, please...those two above showed their true colors at their wedding because they were not together long enough to see them, prior to their "marriage." That was the first mistake they made. Secondly, abundant drinking is traditionally done BEFORE the marriage ceremony, so the bride and groom are of sound mind while taking their committed oaths. Heavy drinking of isolated many, always leads to disaster. I know this because I owned a bar once for a few years, and could not handle the drunks anymore, night in and night out. Thirdly, since you hurriedly grasp at such an insane incident to justify your reasons to never marry, only shows your selfish reasoning and inner-void of never being able to commit to anything or anyone.

[Anon]

"Thirdly, since you hurriedly grasp at such an insane incident to justify your reasons to never marry, only shows your selfish reasoning and inner-void of never being able to commit to anything or anyone."

Are you for real???

LOL, i've met a lot of people that both A) take themselves too seriously, and B) have a superiority complex, but never one who does it so uniquely as you.

Kudos miss, Kudos.

Bout the only thing you know about me is that you know nothing about me except for what i willingly pass along in written text.

You are a most interesting creature miss...

[Horrido]

Snipe, you've given her ample evidence to come to that conclusion from your writings. If you don't like a person's reaction to or opinion of you, then don't blame others for what you yourself have provided. I would also be very wary over accusing someone of both taking themselves too seriously and a superiority complex, as you've also provided ample examples of such transgressions yourself.

It's obvious the values you two hold are different, but that doesn't mean that one philosophy is superior to the other.

Get back on topic rather than making this into another personal pick-fest.

[Anon]

EDITED BY M21.

Julie is a big girl Horrido, she don't need you holding her hand.

[lemontree]

Originally Posted by M21Sniper

This is why i frown upon the institution that is marriage...

lol

Then you have'nt met the "miss right" yet. Belive me you'll know it when you see her.
BTW, here i disagree, marriage is a close bond that can only be felt, I can not discribe it in words to do the emotional justice to this institution.

[Anon]

I've met 'miss right' more times than i care to remember thank you.

At any rate, i think it's high time that all conversation regarding my love and sex lives stop at this point.

[lemontree]

We better shut up or we'll end up sounding like old grannies forcing Sniper to 'find a girl and settle.'

[Julie]

Originally Posted by lemontree

Then you have'nt met the "miss right" yet. Belive me you'll know it when you see her.
BTW, here i disagree, marriage is a close bond that can only be felt, I can not discribe it in words to do the emotional justice to this institution.

Well said, although sometimes seeing is not believing. The book cover can be enticingly inviting, but inside, the story may stink. I recommend at least a year to see all of the true colors of a person, before committing to marriage.

[lemontree]

Originally Posted by Julie

Well said, although sometimes seeing is not believing. The book cover can be enticingly inviting, but inside, the story may stink. I recommend at least a year to see all of the true colors of a person, before committing to marriage.

Julie
I was just talking from my own experience. I happened to be one of the lucky ones'. I courted my wife through letters as I was posted in the north of India conducting counter insurgency operations. Most of my courtship was through these letters, and the written word does reveal the richness or rot within a person. I had met her just once in person, but I knew that she was the one. The fact that she is a head turner was a bonus.

[Blademaster]

Originally Posted by lemontree

Julie
I was just talking from my own experience. I happened to be one of the lucky ones'. I courted my wife through letters as I was posted in the north of India conducting counter insurgency operations. Most of my courtship was through these letters, and the written word does reveal the richness or rot within a person. I had met her just once in person, but I knew that she was the one. The fact that she is a head turner was a bonus.

Man I envy you my brother.

Tis a fortunate man to have a headturner and yet so decent.

[Julie]

Originally Posted by lemontree

Julie
I was just talking from my own experience. I happened to be one of the lucky ones'. I courted my wife through letters as I was posted in the north of India conducting counter insurgency operations. Most of my courtship was through these letters, and the written word does reveal the richness or rot within a person. I had met her just once in person, but I knew that she was the one. The fact that she is a head turner was a bonus.

I agree which was my point. You found the heartand soul of your wife through communication, without even seeing her "cover." Congrats.

[Officer of Engineers]

When I was in Kuwait, I was introduced for the 1st time the concept of arranged marriages (this was before I met my wife) and I thought, neat, the men don't have to spend time, money, and effort at the gym and fancy clothes and cars to woo women. In fact, alot of young men there are fat, lazy slobs (far more than in Canada) who are sure to get laid eventually.