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Michelle, 58,
a housewife, and Kevin,
62, a mechanic, were
married last August
Derby
Kevin: Michelle and I have been
together for almost 20 years
and, to be honest, I wasn’t
bothered about getting
married. My previous marriage
hadn’t exactly been a barrel
of laughs.
But Michelle was keen, so
I went along with it to keep the
peace. Even on the morning of
the wedding, I was joking about
it with my brother, not feeling
very emotional – I’m six-foot-
three and 22 stone. Then, when
I got into the register office,
something happened. I started
bawling. There was nothing
I could do. A few of my mates
started taking the mickey, then
they started crying, too. Then
Michelle joined in.
When I looked across at her,
it was as if all the upset I’d had
in the past came flooding out.
I knew this was the person
who’d made me happy again.
Mind you, she’s not let me
forget it. The other day she
said, ‘Are you going to sort that
garage door out? If not, I’m
going to upload the wedding
video to YouTube’. She’s got me
over a barrel. DS
Lesley: Richard and
I were both widowed
quite young and wary
of getting married
again and jinxing our
relationship.
In the end, we had
a small ceremony and
reception in a little hall,
and took along Conrad,
our St Bernard Cross
- we couldn’t bear to
leave him at home.
Other friends turned
up with their dogs.
There was lots of
excited barking and
tails wagging. Conrad
wouldn’t shut up.
When Richard was
giving his speech,
Conrad suddenly took
off, pulling me and my
chair with him. I fell off
but the lead was still
wrapped round thechair leg and he took it
across the room, under
the main table and
out the door, followed
by several other
hounds, all making a bid
for freedom.
Richard came over.
‘I told you getting
married would jinx it.’
Happily, though, the
rogue dogs were all
retrieved. DSRichard, 66, and Lesley, 65, both now retired,
were married in 2004
Romford, EssexJennifer, 61, a teacher, and Len, 66, a book-keeper, were
married three years ago
Chigwell, Essex
Jennifer: Len and I were just having a small register office
ceremony for family, close friends and his elderly, rather
deaf uncle Maurice, whom I’d never met.
I’d been told he was quite a character, and as I walked
down the aisle, I heard his loud, quavery voice call out:
‘Is that her? What’s that silly thing on her head?’ (It was
my fascinator.) I could hear people shushing him. But it
was too late – the romantic mood was shattered.
He carried on making awkward wheezy mutterings
throughout the ceremony – something about where we’d
be going for ‘tea’ afterwards, and wanting to know
where the registrar was from (she was Indian, I think) – all
rather distracting from our wedding vows.
He was definitely a character all right. But I forgave him
and was sad when he died last year. Much to our surprise,
he left Len and me his rare stamp collection. MPRelationships
AS TOLD TO DANNY SCOTT, CAROLINE HUTTON AND MONICA PORTERY