Woman Marries Dead Boyfriend

[matcom]

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DRESSED in a demure black suit, a 35-year-old Frenchwoman has married her dead boyfriend in a macabre exchange of vows that required authorisation from the French president

Under French law, Christelle Demichel became both bride and widow as a result of the ceremony, which was performed at Nice City Hall on the French Riviera.

The deceased groom, a former policeman identified as Eric, was not present at the ceremony. He was killed by a drunk driver in September 2002.

Demichel told LCI television she was fully aware that "it could seem shocking to marry someone who is dead", but said that her fiance's absence from her life had not dimmed her feelings for him.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8650510%255E13762,00.html

[Rowdyboy]

1. Where would one honeymoon with a new spouse who'd been dead two years?

Death Valley?

[Loonman]

2. Conversation must be pretty dull

....

[Bronco69]

3. I'm assuming there will be

no children?

[Loonman]

4. At least he's no longer in the class that perpetuates violence by nature

:evilgrin:

D'oh!

[EstimatedProphet]

5. I bet the sex would be great...

Cuz, you know, he'd always be...stiff...


<ducking>

[BlueJazz]

6. Geez....I've heard....

of the term "Couch Potato" but this is ridiculous.

[Robb]

7. I'd be pretty upset if I were that guy...

No, wait, come to think of it, I'd just be dead.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. How could you become a widow simultaneously with becoming a wife?

The legal implications are interesting.

[Robb]

9. ...takes all the challenge out of the wife-widow process too.

:evilgrin:

[davsand]

10. So, WHO carries out the garbage?

That is a VITAL issue to be decided before you are wed...

Laura

[bushisanidiot]

11. Hey, it's a heterosexual marriage so it's GAWD's will

het's can get drunk, find a transvestite elvis impersonator preacher and get married at a 24 hour "chapel" located in the same building as a chickenhouse and it's a-ok with gawd and the right wing wing nuts.. hell, now DEAD het's can marry! woo hoo!

freedom for some..

[beyurslf]

12. They are only affirming the sanctity of that holy union

We all know that gays just want to destroy the institution by marrying someone who is alive.

[SOteric]

13. But zhyer honeur...

I did not know zhe wuz dead, - I thought zhe wuz Enlish.... :shrug: