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Woman warns against clicking ‘I accept’ button on marriage website

women warned to be more careful in their lunch breaksDebbie Sanders, 26, of Chatham, warned today against the dangers of a new web-based marriage service. ‘My boyfriend Jason had suggested trying it out, so I went online during my lunch break to see what was involved. I’d always hankered after a church wedding actually, or perhaps the Maldives, and picking the bridesmaids’ dresses and things, but nothing ventured…

‘When I clicked on the link, it said, ‘Do you want to run the Marriage Wizard?’ I had to click ‘Yes’ to continue, and then on the next screen, without thinking, I clicked on ‘I accept’. Well, no one ever reads the licence agreement, do they. The next thing I knew, it said the Wizard had completed the marriage and would I like to register for updates.’

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Men still pressurising women into dinner after sex

romantic-dinnerEquality between the sexes was meant to sort this all out. Yet even now in the 2010s, many women still complain that men are pushing them into meals as soon as they have had sex together, while men all too often believe that buying a condom entitles them to move on to a restaurant.

‘They’re all the same,’ complained Laura Styles, a 24-year-old receptionist. ‘Twenty minutes of foreplay, a quickie on the sofa and suddenly it’s ‘I know a nice little Italian round the corner, come on, everyone eats on the first night these days…’ Then if I try to make an excuse, they call me an anorexic and leave.’

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Man hospitalised after leaving 2009 resolutions to the last minute

will start earlier next year, maybe NovemberJustin Harris of Harrow was rushed to hospital on New Year’s Eve following a frantic but failed attempt to fulfil all his New Year’s resolutions for 2009 in the last few days of the year.

After realising on boxing day that he hadn’t managed to achieve any of his goals for the year, Harris set about using the Christmas to New Year lull to have a go at rectifying the situation. However, he finally succumbed to serious injuries involving his car on New Year’s Eve at some point after his first 10-mile marathon training run in the morning, and before his scheduled attempt to complete the 26.2 mile course in the afternoon.

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Vegetarian continues to ruin Christmas dinner for his family

'that poor, poor turkey'A 27-year old man from Norwich has been arrested after a disagreement over a Christmas dinner escalated into violence. Tony Clark was taken into custody after pinning his brother-in-law Stuart Lindsay to a table, and threatening to stab him through the heart with a turkey drumstick.

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Dog walking romance still hangs in the balance

little poppets never seem to tire of chasing tailRaymond Wilcox, a 43-year old analyst from Bromsgrove, has reported mixed results in his attempts to get a local woman into bed using their pet dogs.

Wilcox met attractive divorcee Anna Sheppard, 37, on the local common when his West Highland terrier Flint started playing with her Jack Russell bitch Molly. The sight of the two small dogs rolling happily around in the grass together prompted other dog owners to start referring to them as an engaged couple.

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