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The one duty we owe to history is to re-write it - Oscar Wilde
Brit ends marriage on Facebook
Forgets to tell missus
Monday, 9 February 2009, 12:41
A BLOKE in Blighty ended his six year marriage by changing his status to single on the social notworking site Facebook.
Neil Brady forgot to mention the matter to his wife, Emma, and she only heard about it when one of their mutual friends asked how she was.
The sad story ended up before the British courts after Brady was charged with assaulting Emma. He was fined £580 pounds and told to pay £175 in compensation and legal costs. µ
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Will there be a question based on this in my Britishness exam? e.g. Q: How do British people initiate a divorce? A: on Facebook.
Facebook doesn't create or cause or communicate the demise of marriages. People kill marriages. (She KNEW it was over way BEFORE his post!)
Sheryl Kurland, Author
"Everlasting Matrimony: Pearls Of Wisdom From Couples Married 50 Years Or More"