Woman is bridesmaid to ex-husband and mother

Ananova ^ | 18:34 Monday 15th September 2003 | Ananova

[martin_fierro]

A woman whose husband left her for her mother was a bridesmaid at their wedding, it has emerged.

Alison Smith discovered her husband, George Greenhowe, 21, in bed with her mother, Pat, 44, just 10 days after their marriage in Angus in November 2001.

The 20-year-old filed for divorce naming her own mother in the papers but then managed to forgive the pair and gave them her blessing to wed.

Miss Smith told Closer magazine: "At first I was disgusted. But I gradually fell out of love with George and realised how happy he and mum were.

"He never apologised for what he did but everyone makes mistakes."

Her ex-husband proposed last year to her mother but the wedding in March at the register office in Arbroath, Angus, was stopped because Scots law rules that a man may not marry his former wife's mother if his ex-wife is still alive.

The devastated couple, who had set up a love nest in a caravan, had to cancel the ceremony and a reception for 50 guests in the Seaforth Hotel, in Arbroath.

They had been planning to go abroad to tie the knot until Closer magazine stepped in and arranged a humanist ceremony, which does not have legal status. Miss Smith finally became bridesmaid for her mother and ex-husband when they exchanged vows at Arbroath's Cliffburn Hotel on September 2.

The 20-year-old said she now had mixed feelings about marriage but remained positive about her unusual experience.

"I think it's a mug's game. I may have lost a husband but I've gained a father," she said.

[martin_fierro]

"That Greenhowe is a baaaad mother..."

"HUSH YO' MOUF!"

"But I'm jus' talkin' 'bout George!"

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[Chad Fairbanks]

WOuld have been funnier if they had been 'blessed' with children first ;0)

[habs4ever]

What a great family tale of redemption and forgiveness, hillbilly style ;-)

[SouthernFreebird]

Seems George was a real MotherF***er...... ;)

[Loyalist]

Love sucks.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Next thing ya know, Mum is going to come home and find her daughter in bed with "Dad" and the whole cycle will repeat itself... ;0)

[martin_fierro]

The devastated couple, who had set up a love nest in a caravan...,

Res Ipsa Loquitor.

[Chad Fairbanks]

ROTFL... yes it does, doesn't it?

[Chad Fairbanks]

Yes. Yes it does LOL

[eddie willers]

"He's my husband....WHACK!....he's my father....WHACK....he's my husband....WHACK!....he's my father...WHACK!"

"Forget it, Jake."

[martin_fierro]

Two men met at a bar and struck up a conversation.

After a while one of them said, "You think you have family problems? Listen to my situation:

A few years ago I met a young widow with a grown-up daughter and we got married.

Later, my father married my stepdaughter. That made my stepdaughter my stepmother, and my father became my stepson.

Also, my wife became the mother-in-law of her father-in-law.

Then the daughter of my wife, my stepmother, had a son. This boy was my half brother because he was my father's son, but he was also the son of my wife's daughter, which made him my wife's grandson. That made me the grandfather of my half brother.

This was nothing until my wife and I had a son. Now the sister of my son, my mother-in-law, is also my grandmother.

This makes my father the brother-in-law of my child, whose stepsister is my father's wife.

To sum up,I am my stepmother's brother-in-law; my wife is her own child's aunt, my son is my father's nephew and I am my own grandfather.

And you think you have family problems?"

[JoeSixPack1]

Confucius? Nah. Jerry Springer!

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[JoeSixPack1]

Sounds like the White House in the later 90's !!


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[mhking]

Just damn.

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[ErnBatavia]

To sum up,I am my stepmother's brother-in-law; my wife is her own child's aunt, my son is my father's nephew and I am my own grandfather.

You from the South?

[jocon307]

LOL, I sang this same song in Jr. High School chorus

Many, many years ago, when I was twenty-three
I was married to a window who was pretty as could be
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed

Oh I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny, I know
But it really is so
Oh, I'm my own grandpa

(It went on and on, but thank goodness that's all I remember. It was a bouncy tune, and you could belt it out as silly as you pleased, so it was kind of a fave.)

[Charles Henrickson]

Forget it, Jake--it's Chinatown.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I'm thinking my daughter wouldn't be so charitable with me......... lol

[LJPenney]

Ah! Beat me to it! I had an old friend who could sing that song better than anyone: he had this perfect "twang" and sang all the words with such a feeling of horror. I haven't seen him in a while (he is actually one of Baylor's top vocalists now), and this whole thread makes me miss him!!