Woman bridesmaid to ex-husband and mother

Ananova ^ | 09/16/03 | Staff Writer

[bedolido]

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.

Story filed: 18:34 Monday 15th September 2003

[bedolido]

this is a better looking face then any of the people involved in this craziness

[tubebender]

This could be Oprahs next guests...

[aculeus]

Scots law rules that a man may not marry his former wife's mother if his ex-wife is still alive.

Must be a common problem.

[tang-soo]

Closer magazine stepped in and arranged a humanist ceremony

Well, isn't that special!

[Movemout]

Such a positive outcome to such a sordid affair. Are there any sober people left in Scotland?

[Camachee]

I may have lost a husband but I've gained a father," she said.

BWAHAHAHAHAH!

Too much in-breeding, I think. :0)

[tubebender]

I've seen better lookin' faces on an iodine bottle.....

ROTFLMAS...

[Tree of Liberty]

Mother I'd Like to...

You can fill in the "F"

[aculeus]

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

Always look on the bright side.

[tubebender]

Is Jeff Foxworthy in their blood line...

[dighton]

"The three of you together -- now that's a picture only Charles Addams could draw."

-- North by Northwest.

[Porterville]

No one ever loves you like your mum, mum, mum...

[capydick]

There's more Chins there than a Chinese Phone Book......

[hosepipe]

The bright young thing(more or less) on the right(pic) after sobering up must've concocted this scheme herself....

else the story might have been I got drunk and married a bulldog... win-win situation really..

[joesnuffy]

and ten days later he goes after grandma?
what a herd of mutts

[exit82]

I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. You guys crack me up!

[CatoRenasci]

Truth is stranger than fiction. Reminds me of the old novelty song: I'm my own grandpaw.

[TRY ONE]

Merriam Webster --- "Incest: a fun game the whole family can enjoy"

[RippleFire]

Their family trees don't fork!

[hotsheet]

Jerry, Jerry, Jerry!