Desperate and divorcing in Australia
An Australian woman wanted so desperately to retain her home during a divorce settlement, that she claimed ghosts haunted it.
She allegedly believed doing so would devalue the home, hurting its ability to be sold and ultimately, allow her to keep ownership. Her estranged husband, however, wanted it on the market. The woman asked a property valuer how the value of her home would be affected given that a ghost occupied one room.
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Unfortunately for her, the judge considered her claim an “unbelievable fabrication.”
The court ruled to split all of the couple’s belongings, and is allowing her to keep the home if she pays her estranged husband $189,000.
“Traditional” dating in Saudi Arabia at risk
In Saudi Arabia, where marriage usually involves the use of a matchmaker, online dating is beginning to take off. And the matchmakers in the conservative country aren’t happy about it.
Matchmakers see the new Internet dating sites as organized prostitution. It’s hurting their business, and not necessarily helping couples: some matchmakers say the social networking sites are creating marriages doomed for failure.
The sites allow users to post personals and detail the type of relationship their interested in. In Saudi Arabia, the options are more than just “marriage” and “dating.” “Misyar” or “visitor” marriages are common, allowing spouses to live separately and visit in secrecy. Misyar marriages through matchmakers are typically much more expensive than traditional marriages, so going online in search of one, then, is not only less expensive but more convenient.
It’s hard to speculate who’s going to win this one. The centuries-old, traditional style of matchmaking, or the all-powerful Interwebs?
Elderly prostitute applies for court program
Remember when we told you about the elderly prostitute arrested in an undercover sting? Apparently, 71-year-old Sygun Liebhart said she’s not really a prostitute, she just occasionally accepts money to be a companion. She’s applied for a court program which would drop the prostitution charge if she successfully completes it.
Liebhart placed an ad for escort services on a classifieds website, and was arrested when she accepted money from an undercover police officer in a Glastonbury, Connecticut hotel.
If the case of an elderly prostitute strikes you as odd, take a beath – there’s weirder stuff out there.
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An Australian woman wanted so desperately to retain her home during a divorce settlement, that she claimed ghosts haunted it.The woman asked a property valuer how the value of her home would be affected given that a ghost occupied one room.
nice post
She allegedly believed doing so would devalue the home, hurting its ability to be sold and ultimately, allow her to keep ownership. Her estranged husband, however, wanted it on the market. The woman asked a property valuer how the value of her home would be affected given that a ghost occupied one room.
thanks for sharing it.