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

[fishtank]

Someone tell Arlen Specter about this feature of Scottish law.

[ValerieUSA]

They all deserve each other.
I would have guessed that "mum" to be 60 - not my age. But I would have guessed the daughter to be much older, too. I hope they are all infertile at this point.

[ppaul]

Someone tell Arlen Specter about this feature of Scottish law.

ROFLMAO!!!

[Moosefart]

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

[b9]

Looks like Drew Carey hit the mother lode!

[camle]

and I just HAD to ask!!!

[camle]

When the guy sobers up - watch out!

I'm a victim of coicumstances!!

[varon]

Definately not a MILF.

Nor a DILF ;-)

[kenth]

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

That.... that's just not right.

[Not A Snowbird]

I guess I'm just not that forgiving. I did forgive my sister for having a brief fling with my ex-husband, but my mother? That's a whole new, reeking, disgusting kettle of fish. At least I didn't have to see my sister and my ex together at family gatherings.

[Registered]

Unless "mom" is on the right, this guy's head should be examined! Eeeew.

[exile]

You know, you expect to hear stories like this coming out of West Virginia, But England?

[Feckless]

...or, my personal favorite:
If I had a dog that ugly I'd shave his butt and teach him to walk backwards.

[b9]

HA! Poifect!!!

[Thinkin' Gal]

These three look like they fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down!

[tx_eggman]

I read the post in disbelief ... but then I saw the picture and understood completely. Scotland has slack-jawed yokels too.

[albee]

Re: Post #47

Poifect!!!!!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

You guys are grossin' me out man!

[camle]

hee hee. daughter has possibilities, but Mighty Mom lokos like she can hold her own against Gorilla Monsoon!

[blackbeanburrito]

I hardly ever post here, but I couldn't pass this up. This is the kind of stuff which inspires SONGS:

I'm My Own Grandpa

( Lonzo & Oscar )

It sounds funny, I know,
But it really is so,
Oh, I'm my own grandpa.

I'm my own grandpa.
I'm my own grandpa.
It sounds funny, I know,
But it really is so,
Oh, I'm my own grandpa.

Now many, many years ago, when I was twenty-three,
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her, and soon they, too, were wed.

This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life,
My daughter was my mother, cause she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy,
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.

My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad,
And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my stepmother.

Father's wife then had a son who kept him on the run,
And he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother, and it makes me blue,
Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandmother, too.

Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild,
And everytime I think of it, it nearly drives me wild,
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa!

I'm my own grandpa.
I'm my own grandpa.
It sounds funny, I know, but it really is so,
Oh, I'm my own grandpa.