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BOOB OF A BRIDEGROOM - Gosh-Darn Happy - & He's Playing It To The Jilt
New York Post ^ | 5/4/05 | Andrea Peyser

Posted on 05/04/2005 11:06:48 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta

JENNIFER Wilbanks hails from a slice of the South where 32-year-old never-married women are either insane, in prison or gay.

But while her mental fitness is currently up for debate, and her sexual orientation has not been road-tested, as her idiot fiancé has made sure to reveal, I'm beginning to believe something far more sinister is afoot in the state of Georgia.

There may be good reason why a pop-eyed femme fatale who's fairly long in the tooth, by Scarlett O'Hara standards, chose to flee from her marriage to a willing bridegroom who may not be the most brilliant buttercup in the bouquet, but nonetheless appears to possess the majority of his teeth.

Perhaps Jennifer and her hubby-not-to-be are far better suited for each other than meets the eye.

There exists one thing on this planet that's coveted far more strenuously than love, family, health or good sex. It even trumps money as the must-have accessory for the bride on the go. Fame.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 14bridesmaids; 28attendants; chickie; jenniferwilbanks; runawaybride; southernbelle; weddingoverkill; wilbanks
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"We have not, you know, broken the sanctity of marriage yet, if that's the right way of putting it. In God's eye our relationship is still very pure . . . Very platonic relationship," John gushed on TV.
1 posted on 05/04/2005 11:06:48 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: cajungirl; xsmommy

Pingoleon!


2 posted on 05/04/2005 11:07:27 AM PDT by Xenalyte (It's a Zen thing, you know, like how many babies fit in a tire.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

This whole thing is NUTS as are all involved.


3 posted on 05/04/2005 11:08:25 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Dr. Scarpetta
Wilbanks hails from a slice of the South where 32-year-old never-married women are either insane, in prison or gay.

Is that a cheap shot at the South or what? And I'm a Northerner!

4 posted on 05/04/2005 11:09:10 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta
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5 posted on 05/04/2005 11:09:19 AM PDT by TXBSAFH (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, who's bringing the chips?)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

sounds like dumb and dumber. neither one seems like much of a prize.

i still wonder who she ran away with and why she was dumped in vegas.


6 posted on 05/04/2005 11:10:39 AM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta; cajungirl
the must-have accessory for the bride on the go. Fame.

That and a nice place setting of Baroque silver!

7 posted on 05/04/2005 11:12:26 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (Don't let them Bork Bolton!)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Living together for 5 years and never had sex? Ya right.


8 posted on 05/04/2005 11:12:32 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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To: 1Old Pro
This whole thing is NUTS as are all involved.

Not to mention those of us who are home reading about it

9 posted on 05/04/2005 11:12:43 AM PDT by woofie (I am so not kidding.)
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To: areafiftyone

it is an attempt at a cheap shot. Statistically though, many if not most women in the south are married before they are thirty. some are on their second marriage by then. Marriage straight out of high school is still very common.


10 posted on 05/04/2005 11:12:46 AM PDT by timtoews5292004
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To: areafiftyone

< "Wilbanks hails from a slice of the South where 32-year-old never-married women are either insane, in prison or gay."

Is that a cheap shot at the South or what? And I'm a Northerner! >

Of course the implication is, if you are a woman in the South and not married by 30 there is some sort of problem with you. What do you want to bet that she has written articles in the past that proclaim that women don't need men or marriage? These people are such hypocrites.


11 posted on 05/04/2005 11:14:45 AM PDT by GOP_Proud (...stumbling across Bill Bennett on the radio is like bumping into Socrates at Starbucks.-K.Parker)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Wow, that article is just loaded with Southern (read: red-state) bashing.


12 posted on 05/04/2005 11:15:22 AM PDT by Thrusher (Remember the Mog.)
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To: gopwinsin04

*Ping


13 posted on 05/04/2005 11:15:36 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: areafiftyone
The guy is a gentleman trapped in a bad situation.

He's doing the right thing, and I'm proud of him for doing what he's doing. Who says chivalry is dead

On the practical side:
What if he goes on TV and says to all America that he's dumping her? That will just make things worse. If she commits suicide after that, it will be all his fault. Hey, this is America! Her mother would probably sue him.

On the betting-man side:

This marriage ain't never gonna happen. It may be a year to two before all is said and done, but it's over.
14 posted on 05/04/2005 11:15:46 AM PDT by lOKKI (You can ignore reality until it bites you in the ass.)
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To: areafiftyone

I took as her saying that "normal" women in that particular area are married prior to age 32. I didn't take it as a shot at the South per se. I took it as a shot at older never-married women from that area.


15 posted on 05/04/2005 11:15:57 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: woofie

AGREED. It'd all go away if we stopped talking about it or watching it. It was a non-story from day one blown out of proportion by a 24-hour news media desperate for a ratings boost at the beginning of sweeps.


16 posted on 05/04/2005 11:16:02 AM PDT by timtoews5292004
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To: areafiftyone
Is that a cheap shot at the South or what? And I'm a Northerner!

Yes it is. The author seems to operate on the assumption that people marry at age 10 or so in the South. The age that people marry has gone up nationwide and I am sure the South reflects this same trend. I don't think 32 is a particularly old age to marry. Unlike the woman in question, most people at age 32 a pretty clear about who they are and what they want. I think this gal has some other psychological things going on but I doubt they are due to the fact she did not marry at an early age.

17 posted on 05/04/2005 11:17:43 AM PDT by foolscap
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To: MikeEdwards; beaversmom; goldstategop

*Ping


18 posted on 05/04/2005 11:17:58 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

>>willing bridegroom who may not be the most brilliant buttercup<<

Given the author making unfounded and stupid stereotypical remarks, he needs to be careful assessing the intelligence of others.


19 posted on 05/04/2005 11:18:21 AM PDT by 1L
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To: Phantom Lord

Living together for 5 years and never had sex? Ya right.


He did make a point in his interview with Sean Hannity that she had just begun moving things into his house in the past few weeks and though she had stayed "under the same roof" a few nights, they were NOT living together. He said he wanted to clear up that misunderstanding.

Hey, I'm only the messenger....................


20 posted on 05/04/2005 11:19:13 AM PDT by Primetimedonna
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