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Did I SERIOUSLY win the divorce?

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  • DUKE
    DUKE Posts: 7,360 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Congrats - Hope you live happily ever after :D
  • ThunderCat
    ThunderCat Posts: 748 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Great prize for someone in your situation. Well done :D
    2018 wins: Hong Kong holiday
  • mobot
    mobot Posts: 9 Forumite
    Oh i so enjoyed this post, could not stop laughing, which isnt good as i been diagnosed with pneumonia sides hurting now, 'big congrats on your win' enjoy enjoy!!!
    SUCH A HUGE THANKS TO ALL THAT POST THE COMPS!!!!
    Wins-Sept 12 , Johnsons wash, lindt carmel chocolate,
  • Stormie_2
    Stormie_2 Posts: 149 Forumite
    pootler wrote: »
    I'll be splitting the prize with my husband. :D

    I love that, you must be a very lovely person and still think very much of each other. Well done for making the split so nice. x
    :snow_laug:snow_laug:snow_laug
  • Helga14
    Helga14 Posts: 1,003 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker I won, I won, I won!
    hilarious congratulations. handy win.
    Top wins in 2018: Trip to Iceland, helicopter ride over london, couples massage, £300 flight from Pringles, trip to Paris, cocktail making class and afternoon tea up the shard. .

    Top wins in 2017:holiday to the Bahamas, trip to Paris, meal with champagne, a week in a manor house in France with £500 spending money.
  • sugarpops99
    sugarpops99 Posts: 77 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic
    lol wow thats fab, keep us informed how it all goes
    I am better than no-one but no-one is better than me.
  • pootler
    pootler Posts: 205 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic
    That was certainly an interesting couple of months! The Sun wanted to publish the story of the notorious prize. They got as far as writing it, and sending over a photographer and make-up artist to do a photoshoot, which was lots of goofy fun.

    In the end, they decided not to go ahead with it because we don't have any wedding photos. :-/

    But Bella thought it was a fab story. They rewrote it, and now it's going to be in issue 46, out on November 6th. Along with some cheesey holiday snaps and a few not-entirely-accurate details added for narrative effect.

    And since this is exactly the sort of place where it's ok to talk about money, I thought you'd find it interesting that in addition to the £1800 in divorce fees, maritalaffair.co.uk gave me £250 for my co-operation, and Bella are giving me £300 for the story. I've kept 50 for myself to treat a very good friend to a couple of lovely meals out and a day out (amazing how far you can make it go if you are frugal!) and the rest I'm sharing with my ex-husband to pay for plane tickets between Newcastle and Holland.

    I've not won anything else in a month. But that's fine by me. :-)
  • Elsbells21
    Elsbells21 Posts: 1,702 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    I still love this, and I'm so pleased it went to such an amicable ex-couple :)
  • robbies_gal
    robbies_gal Posts: 7,895 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    er i guess well done!
    What goes around-comes around
  • Abbafan1972
    Abbafan1972 Posts: 7,210 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I have so enjoyed reading this thread!

    I hope everything goes well for you and your (soon to be ex) husband in the future.

    It's nice that the magazine are running the story though and you get something out of it.

    You see lots of competitions for "win your dream wedding", I guess it's only fitting to have one for a divorce. It's nice that it's gone to such a nice person as you that really needs it, iyswim.

    Congratulations (in a nice way) and good luck again for the future. :)
    Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £16,087.17
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