Posted on 11/20/2014 8:48:34 AM PST by CorporateStepsister
Jilted husband Kevin Cotter has turned the heartbreak of his divorce into a nice little profit by publishing a book full of ingenious ways to use his ex-wife's wedding dress.
Kevin, 41, was crushed when his wife of 12 years walked out in 2009, taking all her possessions except the white silk gown.
When he asked her to take the dress back, she refused and told Kevin to 'do what the f*** he liked with it'.
So he did - and for the last four years he has come up with a series brilliant ideas and filled a book with them.
Some of the best include a hammock, a superhero's cape and even a boat sail and he has documented them all on his blog.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Hammock and boat sail? Heap big woman!
coffee filters.
Levity is nice. :)
It's never a good thing when a marriage fails, but I have seen too many people approach the institution focused on the WEDDING and not the marriage. The elaborate and expensive white gown is the crown jewel of this mindset.
He must be a very annoying person, if he’s sitting around trying to come up with ways to use the fabric from her wedding gown.
That was my first thought too. Must be a bitter little man to let her (and her wedding gown) live rent free in his head for years.
Hope I’m wrong. I hope he put the hurt behind him and is just doing this as a good money making gimmick.
Yeah, right. His filthy-mouthed wife walks out and you think HE is the annoying person. Only a woman would post such a foolish sentiment.
So was the woman on birth control tablets when she met this guy?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3229061/posts
Women on hormonal birth control more likely to find ugly men attractive: Study
Life Site ^ | Nov 18, 2014 | Kirsten Andersen
Posted on 11/20/2014, 6:03:30 AM by Morgana
The birth control pill distorts a woman’s view of a potential mate, according to a newly released study. Researchers found that women using hormonal contraceptives were more likely to find physically undesirable men attractive while on birth control, potentially leading to a rude awakening down the line when the hormones wear off and they realize they aren’t attracted to their husbands after all.
The study, released Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, followed 48 couples for four years of marriage, and another 70 couples for one year. Researchers found that women who met their husbands-to-be while taking hormonal contraceptives experienced a marked decrease in marital satisfaction upon quitting the drugs – but only if their husband was not above average in his physical appearance.
Those women who married classically attractive, masculine-looking men reported increased satisfaction after quitting contraception.
“Given that women prioritize attractiveness differently when they are on versus off [hormonal contraceptives], I thought that going on or off [the pills] should affect how happy they are with their partner,” study leader Michelle Russell, a graduate student in psychology at Florida State University, told Fox News.
Russell pointed to previous studies showing that women who experience natural fertility cycles are attracted to traditionally masculine-looking men while ovulating, possibly because these men are perceived unconsciously by women to have stronger genes than their weaker, more effeminate counterparts.
Because the progesterone and estrogen in hormonal birth control affect women’s fertility and prevent ovulation, Russell’s team concluded that contraceptive users have their natural instincts dulled by the drugs, clouding their ability to discriminate between physically attractive and unattractive mates.
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Russell’s study seems to back up previous research indicating that hormonal birth control interferes with women’s judgment when it comes to picking their mates. A 2008 British study showed that hormonal contraceptives dulled women’s olfactory senses, leading them to choose genetically unsuitable mates because they were unable to detect the warning signs given off by pheromones. As a result, such women had an increased risk of miscarriage and difficulty conceiving. If they did conceive, their children were at risk for having weakened immune systems.
Craig Roberts, a lecturer in Evolutionary Psychology and one of the researchers in the British olfactory study, echoed Russell’s concerns about the long-term impact of choosing a spouse while under the influence of hormonal contraceptives. Roberts said he worried such decisions “could ultimately lead to the breakdown of relationships when women stop using the contraceptive pill, as odor perception plays a significant role in maintaining attraction to partners.”
Personally, I think this is brilliant. It’s funny how many of the women in the comment section there and on this site are reacting viscerally, because of the nonverbal message he’s sending... which is kinda’ his point.
Well I’m not a woman, and I think the guy needs to move on. At some point he just starts looking silly. And you have no idea what prompted her to move out. Although, given his reaction, I’m guessing she may have had good reason.
Wow bitter much? There was something wrong going on with the husband; after all there was a reason she walked out! (Plenty of men walk out on their wives by the way, men are not perfect either!)
Hilarious stuff. He truly is following his ex-wife’s suggestion to do whatever the **** he wants to do with it. That, and he is making money from his merriment.
Ping.
It’s an old joke among Jewish folk that the wedding is a ceremony intended to fulfill the hopes and expectations of two people - the bride & the bride’s mother.
Ba-dum-bing!
Would be funny if she sues him for a piece of the profits from the book.
She seems really wound up about him doing what she suggested. According to the story, he has remarried and go on. His ex-wife is kvetching about him having a lark with the dress.
Snow camo for hunting—good one!
Apparently Faraday of electromagnetic fame did this to his wife's wedding dress some days after the wedding....and went on to discover the laws of electro-magnetism.
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