shortest marriage ever?

Were they no sex, no living together before marriage?
Both of those can obviously profoundly change your relationship.

 

For better or worse?

 

Clearly not for better in this instance (if it was the case)!

They can both bring you closer together, but they can also reveal incompatibilities that you may not have been aware of previously.

 

Came into this thread expecting it to be about murdoch and jerry hall

 

There is actually a legal case about an engagement ring gift. The marriage didn't go ahead and the girl wouldn't give back the ring, so the bloke sued her and he won (from memory) because it was a conditional gift. The gift was not perfected unless the marriage took place.

Simipler to a subject to finance type contract.

 

Seen a few fall over at 6 months. 4 days is special.

 

Traditionally it would be hanging the bloodied bed sheets in the window following the act.

 

I can just imagine the look on my grandparents face if I told them about this thread haha

 

I remember this one - quite amusing the quirky cases out there.

 

i think its quite an acheivement to end it after 4 days,

id be applauding them

 

The Judge found that the legal principles in the case were that:

• If a woman who has received a ring in contemplation of marriage refuses to fulfil the conditions of the gift she must return it.
• If a man has, without a recognised legal justification, refused to carry out his promise of marriage, he cannot demand the return of the engagement ring.
• If the engagement to marry is dissolved by mutual consent, then in the absence of agreement to the contrary, the engagement ring and like gifts must be returned by each party to the other.

Summary from a lawyers website discussing the NSW Supreme Court case over a $15k ring.
(legal fees must have been way more than the value of the bloody ring)

Kells the Lawyers

 

Hmmm not sure how effective that would be in today's day and age. May have to come up with a more contemporary method.

 

I think gifts need to cover the cost of inviting you to the wedding. Anything extra you can ask for it back how you may not be invited to the next wedding...

 

Even more so after the wedding!!!!

 

My next door neighbour and boyfriend decided to get married after being together for a few yrs. Friends and family came from far afield for the big wedding day. The morning of the big day came and she got cold feet and totally pulled the pin on it all!

 

100k! That's a deposit! We did everything ourselves and only spent 8k, including our honeymoon to Bali. Beer taste on a beer budget.

 

When buying one of my IPs the owner's mother came over to unlock for the survey. While the inspector was busy we were chatting. House was on the market because her son, at the reception, was wondering where his bride had got to. Let's just say the marriage was was over before the reception finished!

 

So she should give it back. This really annoys me! I had a friend who proposed to his long term gf they had an engagement party and were planning to get married but it didn't work out. She broke it off with him. What annoyed me was she didn't want to give back the ring.

What makes it even worse is she comes from a family who has a lot more money than he has so I don't know why she would want to keep his ring which was probably only a $3-$4000 at best

She eventually did after he insisted.

What was she planning to do with it?

Wear it ? Sell it?

Some ppl make me sick

 

What was he planning to do with it?

Wear it ? Sell it? - I doubt he'd want to wear it and if either party sold a ring at that retail price they'd be lucky to get $500-800.

Perhaps he's planning to give it to his next fiancee? I don't think many women would be happy with getting the last fiancee's ring.

Since she broke it off, if she's a lady she should offer to return it and if he's a gentleman he'd decline to accept it.

BTW what happened to the engagement gifts? Did you get your toaster back?

 

I wasn't annoyed she broke it off. Things don't work out that's how it goes. People aren't meant to be together or .whatever

But cleary she isn't a "lady" as she wanted to keep a ring that was meant for marriage that didn't work out. Why would she need that ring?

An engagement ring is a gift of proposal from one person to another who are going to be married. If they aren't getting married why does she need it. It should be returned.

And he should definatley get it back and maybe he could sell it and use the money for something else. What's wrong with that?

And no I didn't get my toaster back. But a toaster is abit less symbolic than an engagement ring. So I wouldn't expect to get that back or care what happens to it.