A jilted Romanian man found a new bride by asking which of his neighbours could fit into the wedding dress.
Florin Mazilu, from Malu Mare in southeastern Romania, is now recommending buying the dress first and looking for the wife second. He claims his stand-in bride has turned out to be the love of his life after original fiancée Adelina Epure dumped him four days before their wedding.
Mazilu spread word in his hometown that he would marry any girl who fitted into the wedding dress and the wedding ring he had already bought.
Within hours he had found 21-year-old local Ana Maria who fitted perfectly into the dress and ring.
He said: "I had everything prepared for the wedding but no bride. I was determined to go ahead with a wedding though and while the conditions I set for a bride were unusual I knew that if she fitted the dress and could wear the ring on her finger it would work.
"Ana Maria was the only one of dozens of girls who could fit into the dress perfectly and could wear the ring. It was love at first sight. I knew she was perfect from the moment I saw her."
It might be an interesting test of your mental health to see which fairytale you thought of first: Cinderella and the glass slipper (romantic), or Procrustes and his bed (psychopath).
I must admit that I thought of Cinderella when I read your story but then, I hadn't heard of Procrustes and his bed.
ReplyDeleteI believe in taking a few risks in life. My husband and I had our first date on 10th February 1973 and married on 16th April that year. I expect we've had the same ups and downs in our marriage as couples who went through long courtships and careful planning. But we had a great time getting to know each other in the early years. I hope Florin and Ana Maria have as much fun.
M Ali:
ReplyDeleteThe same thought has crossed my mind. It's like Borat and his Kazakhstan.
But this story is crazy without being TOO crazy - ie. he didn't find a goat that fitted the dress and marry it. Though that might just be the junior editors being clever, of course...
Peter:
ReplyDeleteAfter being a student in the sixties, 'living in sin' in the seventies would have been far too conventional. Marrying a virtual stranger was the final outrage to perpetrate on my long-suffering parents.