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A man said to his wife one day, "I don't know how you can be so stupid and so beautiful at the same time.” "Allow me to explain,” she said. “God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me; God made me stupid so I would be attracted to you!”
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Wedding News from Around the World
Ian Greig’s wedding gift to his daughter was priceless - one of his kidneys. Fearing that he would never have the opportunity to walk his ill daughter, Heather, down the aisle, the 62-yr old retired electrical engineer from Scotland, decided to give her the gift of life. Two years ago, Heather Greig was close to dying after her kidneys failed and was placed on dialysis. Neither her fiancé nor her brother was considered a suitable match, but her father was. It broke my heart to see what she was going through,” Greig told Scotland’s Daily Record. "But waking up, having donated a kidney to my daughter was the most sensational feeling.” Ten months later in a speech at her wedding reception, Heather thanked her father "I know how painful it was and how ill my dad was after the operation,” she said. "He thought he would never get to walk me down the aisle but what he did made all that possible."
Japan: Paring down a guest list is usually a struggle for most couples when planning their wedding, but for some Japanese couples, they don’t have enough! That’s when Office Agents, a company that rents guests, comes in handy. For about $200, the Tokyo-based company will provide guests to boost not only the number of invitees at your wedding, but also a specific type of guest including fake bosses, workmates and friends. In Japan, the more co-workers, friends and family that attend a wedding, the more popular and important the prospective couple is perceived to be. At the reception, rented bosses mingle with real workmates and fake families and friends greet other guests. "We'll attend the wedding as your friend instead of your friend," says Hiroshi Mizutani, who heads Office Agents. "Suddenly, a guest might not be able to make it.“ For some, a boss in real life may have become too busy and a fake boss can be provided who, for an additional $100.00 will even deliver a speech in your honor. Sometimes not even the marriage partner is aware."People are proud and they don't want to tell their partner that they do not have many friends," Mizutani said.
Italy: An italian bride named Sara had second thoughts about her new husband just minutes after the ceremony and ran off with the limo driver, leaving her new husband and guests stranded at the reception. When Sara didn’t show up, her husband Andrea told the guests that she wanted to change beforehand. Instead she and the chauffeur, a friend whom they had asked to do the honors, drove off for Greece where the couple planned to honeymoon. When Andrea called Sara on her cell-phone, she said she was sorry and made a mistake. She added that her heart now belonged to someone else. Andrea said he is considering legal action against his wife. (Now that's an understatement!)
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