[Suzanne rose]

And I've got the scars to prove it!!!!

If you decide to go for no 4 , can I please have an invite. I will make the cake

You can look at the first three were practice's

 

[Veggiepatch]

If you decide to go for no 4 , can I please have an invite. I will make the cake

You can look at the first three were practice's

Number 4 will not happen. Debra and I made that decision from the outset.

But I might get a cake recipe....

 

[deni67]

Three is my lucky number. And I’m lucky to have found you. Maybe that’s our link.

And there are three of us....you, me and Bronte our beautiful pussy!

I love your relationship, it sounds so much like mine and Craigs. 23 years of unwedded bliss with just us and our kitties has been wonderful

 

[Catherines]

Met my man at 14 (both of us living overseas) & I was still in final year school, his sister was in my class. I was a boarder & returned home for the Christmas holidays, and his mum sent his suit through me as he lived in the same city but had been visiting his parents in the city of my school. We started going out when I was 15, engaged at 19, then my parents, with me and their 6 other children, migrated to Australia in May 1965. Separation then was heart-breaking.

Mum used to tell me I should find someone else because she didn’t think he would follow me to Australia. Almost 2 years later when he had saved enough money he came here and 8 months later we had a double wedding with my elder sister.

He was a marine engineer which meant we spent many months at a time (sometimes 4 months) separated from each other. We (or at least moody & temperamental me!) have had our share of relatively minor arguments, but he is the most gentle man, does a lot for me and with me, never raises his voice to me (and never his hands); this year, God willing, we will be married 58 years in September. I love him very much and pray we will have many more years together further into old age.

 

[Bullwinkle]

13th June 1981

The morning of my wedding my husband to be sent me a 100 long stem red roses, with the following card attached “ You are the Love of my life, I cannot wait to marry you today, see you at 4.00pm…don’t be late..
I hope your beloved Collingwood win today”

I was late…
Unfortunately we only had seven years of married life together, my husband was killed in a vehicle accident…..there will always be a place in my heart for him..

The church we were married in, has now been converted to a seafood restaurant

We never had any children together, but I have a stepson from his previous marriage, who I think of as my very own son, and I am his only mum…I have been his mum since he was six years old….

My partner and myself became engaged late last year…so presently planning a wedding for early 2026, my much loved stepson is giving his mum away

 

[Veggiepatch]

This competition is an insult to people that have been divorced, separated and to those of us that have been badly treated by those who only wanted to deliberately hurt, emasculate, downgrade,and cause mental health issues on their victims that have deliberately caused good people to be lonely until the last breath, give us lonely people a competition to enter NOW!!!!!!!!!!

Ever thought of auditioning for "Married At First Sight"?

 

[DLHM]

13th June 1981

The morning of my wedding my husband to be sent me a 100 long stem red roses, with the following card attached “ You are the Love of my life, I cannot wait to marry you today see you at 4.00pm…don’t be late..
I hope your beloved Collingwood win today”

I was late…
Unfortunately we only had seven years of married life together, my husband was killed in a vehicle accident…..there will always be a place in my heart for him..

The church we were married in, has now been converted to a seafood restaurant

We never had any children together, but I have a stepson from his previous marriage, who I think of as my very own son, and I am his only mum…I have been his mum since he was six years old….

My partner and myself became engaged late last year…so presently planning a wedding for early 2026, my much loved stepson is giving his mum away

So sad to read that you only had seven years with your (first) husband. But those years will always be in your memory and you have your (step) son.

Happy to hear you’ve found love again @Bullwinkle! Please keep us updated as your wedding date approaches.

 

[EllenM]

When I was about 10 years old, I went with my family to the St Patrick’s Day concert at the Hibernian Hall in Cairns.

Our neighbours, twins Michael and Maureen, were in the concert. Michael came on stage singing a song made famous by a young Judy Garland and Peter Lawford in Easter Parade.
I’m just a fella, a fella with an umbrella
And my 10 year old heart swooned.

I decided, then and there, that one day, when I was all grown up, the man of my dreams would sing that song to me and I’d marry him.

But thoughts and fancies are so fleeting when you’re young, and eventually I forgot all about my romantic childhood notion.

Fast forward almost twenty years and while there wasn’t a chorus line of boyfriends over that time, I did ask myself sometimes “Is he the one?”
As it turned out, he wasn’t.

Then, one day I met ‘him’. And as the months went by, I wondered, was he ‘the one’?

I searched for some sort of sign that I’d finally met my Mr Right. And it came to me on a wet and stormy night by way of a knock on the door.

“Who is it?” I called out to the darkness outside as I opened the door.

“I’m just a fella, a fella with an umbrella”, he sang, smiling and soaked.

We married a few years later at a pretty little church called St Mary’s by the Sea in Port Douglas.

People said it was a perfect wedding day, but a pity about the rain.

 

[Suzanne rose]

13th June 1981

The morning of my wedding my husband to be sent me a 100 long stem red roses, with the following card attached “ You are the Love of my life, I cannot wait to marry you today, see you at 4.00pm…don’t be late..
I hope your beloved Collingwood win today”

I was late…
Unfortunately we only had seven years of married life together, my husband was killed in a vehicle accident…..there will always be a place in my heart for him..

The church we were married in, has now been converted to a seafood restaurant

We never had any children together, but I have a stepson from his previous marriage, who I think of as my very own son, and I am his only mum…I have been his mum since he was six years old….

My partner and myself became engaged late last year…so presently planning a wedding for early 2026, my much loved stepson is giving his mum away

Sounds like you had a very special 7 years together.

You are lucky to have your stepson and he is very lucky to have you.

I wish you all the best with your up coming wedding. We would all love to see photos of the wedding.
You are a very special member of the SDC family

 

[Suzanne rose]

When I was about 10 years old, I went with my family to the St Patrick’s Day concert at the Hibernian Hall in Cairns.

Our neighbours, twins Michael and Maureen, were in the concert. Michael came on stage singing a song made famous by a young Judy Garland and Peter Lawford in Easter Parade.
I’m just a fella, a fella with an umbrella
And my 10 year old heart swooned.

I decided, then and there, that one day, when I was all grown up, the man of my dreams would sing that song to me and I’d marry him.

But thoughts and fancies are so fleeting when you’re young, and eventually I forgot all about my romantic childhood notion.

Fast forward almost twenty years and while there wasn’t a chorus line of boyfriends over that time, I did ask myself sometimes “Is he the one?”
As it turned out, he wasn’t.

Then, one day I met ‘him’. And as the months went by, I wondered, was he ‘the one’?

I searched for some sort of sign that I’d finally met my Mr Right. And it came to me on a wet and stormy night by way of a knock on the door.

“Who is it?” I called out to the darkness outside as I opened the door.

“I’m just a fella, a fella with an umbrella”, he sang, smiling and soaked.

We married a few years later at a pretty little church called St Mary’s by the Sea in Port Douglas.

People said it was a perfect wedding day, but a pity about the rain.

I would always tell my brides ( I was a bridal consultant) that it's good luck if it rains on your wedding day.
Great story !! Did he know about you and the song ?

 

[Suzanne rose]

Ever thought of auditioning for "Married At First Sight"?

Can you imagine

 

[EllenM]

I would always tell my brides ( I was a bridal consultant) that it's good luck if it rains on your wedding day.
Great story !! Did he know about you and the song ?

Thank you. And no, he didn’t know about the story behind the song. I’d forgotten about it too, until I saw him standing there, singing in the rain and looking goofy.

 

[Bullwinkle]

Sounds like you had a very special 7 years together.

You are lucky to have your stepson and he is very lucky to have you.

I wish you all the best with your up coming wedding. We would all love to see photos of the wedding.
You are a very special member of the SDC family

Thank you for your kind words Suzanne rose…I will definitely post photos of our wedding when it happens

 

[Suzanne rose]

Thank you. And no, he didn’t know about the story behind the song. I’d forgotten about it too, until I saw him standing there, singing in the rain and looking goofy.

Wow , then that really was a sign

 

[RFG]

Married a wonderful man in 1973. Those days it was up to the man to organise & book a hotel for the wedding night before setting off on our honeymoon. It was a lovely hotel however, when breakfast arrived the next morning he had mistakenly only ordered breakfast for one. Needless to say, he was the gentleman & said we could share it.

 

[Sue Cook]

Ken Stubbs
On my wedding day in1972 it was so hot. We were kneeling at the alter and you could hear the swet dripping on the cushions. I was so glad that it finished and went out to hire car who had the air conditioning going full blast it was a relief to get in the nice cool car

 

[Rujam]

My 2nd marriage was very sad as Maurie was dying of cancer. We had 2 sets of friends there plus the minister, I wore an aqua blouse and darker slacks, and our dog Tess wore a matching bow and was our bridesmaid. Maurie asked me to get his best trousers but no one saw them as he was covered with a blanket. Our wedding cake was a rainbow cake from Coles. I made pikelets and our friends brought nibbles and sandwiches. There were lots of tears from myself and the ladies. We married on 24th May 2011 and Maurie passed away on 4th June. We had lived together for 20 years and Maurie joked that he would marry me when he was 80. He made it to 77.

 

[deni67]

One of my brothers weddings was beyond sad.
He had a fiance that I really didn't get along with, she was mean to our mum who lived with my brother.
One day she told me she had breast cancer and although I sympathized with her deep down I thought she was lying to get attention.
Go forward a year and she's in hospital, my brother married her and two days later she passed away. He was grief stricken and a few years after he took his own life when he was 66

 

[Suzanne rose]

My 2nd marriage was very sad as Maurie was dying of cancer. We had 2 sets of friends there plus the minister, I wore an aqua blouse and darker slacks, and our dog Tess wore a matching bow and was our bridesmaid. Maurie asked me to get his best trousers but no one saw them as he was covered with a blanket. Our wedding cake was a rainbow cake from Coles. I made pikelets and our friends brought nibbles and sandwiches. There were lots of tears from myself and the ladies. We married on 24th May 2011 and Maurie passed away on 4th June. We had lived together for 20 years and Maurie joked that he would marry me when he was 80. He made it to 77.

A very sad but beautiful story. I'm so sorry for your loss

 

[Suzanne rose]

One of my brothers weddings was beyond sad.
He had a fiance that I really didn't get along with, she was mean to our mum who lived with my brother.
One day she told me she had breast cancer and although I sympathized with her deep down I thought she was lying to get attention.
Go forward a year and she's in hospital, my brother married her and two days later she passed away. He was grief stricken and a few years after he took his own life when he was 66

your brother must have really loved her. I knew someone who always lied and was a really horrible person but I put up with her, then one day she said her kidneys were failing and she was on a waiting list for a transplant. I never believed her because of how much she lied. The transplant never happened and she went down hill very quickly and passed away pretty quickly