'Who Wants to Marry My Daughter'? Southbridge family holding auditions for possible suitors

Boston Globe ^ | 08-17-03 | Peter DeMarco

[Colofornian]

If it's true that a woman has to kiss many frogs before she finds her prince, then Kimberly Devlin's lips must be turning green. Recent first dates -- they usually end there -- have asked her to pay the check, have lied about owning a car, or have fibbed about their line of work. The last man who asked her out, though nice enough, was a walking billboard for his tattoo parlor and wore more earrings than the 22-year-old Devlin could count.

[ken5050]

Have you seen the article on this?..was it posted here.....?seems to me the Marine groom's gunny should have given him a heart-to-heart..

[Cyber Liberty]

That kid looks a bit young to be getting married. A bit young to have those tattoos on her forearms, too.

[Phantom Lord]

It appears to be a dumpster that is brought on site when a major home remodeling is taking place or a roof is being replaced. Can't just dump all that debris on the lawn.

[cjshapi]

Did anyone happen to notice her dad's name is Peter Wood? How cruel is that?

[Phantom Lord]

She doesn't look all that bad physically. And she is either real short, or her daughter is the tallest 4 year old on the planet.

[RoughDobermann]

Did anyone happen to notice her dad's name is Peter Wood? How cruel is that?

No crueler than Dick Trickle...

[Zavien Doombringer]

HAHAHA!!!

I saw this in the news last night, one of the questions was, "does cigarette smoke bother you?"...the mother had that dry cackle laugh that long time smokers have...brown teeth too...I was wondering if this was in "Appalachia"

[af_vet_1981]

"This is for the long run. This is not baloney," said Wood, a former bar manager.

ROFL if it wasn't so sad ...

[af_vet_1981]

Ok... this chick is a loser magnet because she learned it from her father, the bar manager.

[LizardQueen]

I was shocked when they said it was Massachusetts. I guess when you get outside of the Boston metro area (home of blond pageboys and wire-rimmed glasses) the styles change drastically.

LQ

[LarryM]

She's not ugly. The body's pretty good.

[Zavien Doombringer]

ok, you lost me...What's a blond pageboy?

[Orangedog]

Did anyone happen to notice her dad's name is Peter Wood? How cruel is that?

Talk about having parents with a sense of humor!

[nothingnew]

"My mom is half Italian and half Greek, so she's all about family,"

"My Big Fat Italian/Greek Wedding II.

FMCDH

[ladysusan]

...and this is different from the story on the role of women in Bedouin culture...how?

[Roughneck]

Are they letting transexuals, homosexuals, and seekers apply as well?

If not, the ACLU better get hoppin' sarcasm/off

[1Old Pro]

.....But if we get all losers, we'll still have fun."

Well, they had just better resign themselves to having fun then.

[Orangedog]

"I work. I'm independent. I'm not looking for a man to support me. I'm just looking for love," said Devlin, a full-time nanny, who lists compassion, love, and truthfulness among her strengths.

Yeah, ok....she has zero job skills and a 4 year old. Sounds like she's looking for a box of "Instant Family...Just add dad!" No wonder her parents are trying to foist her off on some gullable sap.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Nothing says "loser magnet" like an unmarried 22 year old with a 4 year old kid.

Anyone nondiscriminating enough to have sex with someone that there is no way in hell they would marry won't like who her parent pick, who will no doubt be stable, educated, smart, well-mannered, i.e. a nice guy and a bit of a dork.

She'll dump him for the loser with the bad boy image.

[Hank Rearden]

"At first I was like, `No. Are you crazy?' " Devlin said. "When I woke up in the morning, they were like, `We're doing this.' "

"And, like, I had to like, turn down the Sorbonne scholarship because I didn't have anything to wear. Like, I so need a man. Any man. One from my front lawn. Like."