The Winners!

Winners! Winners! Winners! Chocolates and signed copies of The Matchmaker of Kenmare!! Not ten winners - we chose only seven (see my separate note) and here they are in no particular order, five girls and two boys: Congratulations to you all.

akjames61 Will you take my hand in marriage? You are very welcome to the rest of me too!

ImaylimE Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm awful at poetry, but will you marry me anyway?

lrpresley Marry me, or I'll vote for Palin.

thewritertype What do you say to "for better or for worse"? We both should know better but we both could do worse.

ostawitchestour Play with me, lay with me, forever stay with me; just we two. Bed with me, wed with me, Just like you said we'd be.

rachelforgets My rocketship is built for 2, there's room for me & room for you, please make my starlit dreams come true, Leeloo.

thewritertype You said you wouldn't marry me if I was the last man on earth. But I'm not, so how about it?

Comments

[Lydia (The Lost Entwife)]

Oh my goodness! I won! Thank you so much.

@lrpresley (now @TheLostEntwife)

[Mandy James]

Thanks Frank! Can't wait to read your book, and eat the chocolates of course! In fact I intend to do both at the same time. Congratulations to the other six winners too ;)

[Paul Bassett Davies]

Thank you. I'm very pleased to appear twice in the list. Regarding your note about the responses: perhaps they're a reflection of the changed conditions of modern marriage. Many people find themselves bringing complicated arrangements from previous marriages and relationships into new ones, which often come with complexities of their own. The experience of introducing your new wife's in-laws from her first marriage to your first wife's second husband's children by his first marriage can make for an interesting Christmas dinner but can also make you a bit wary. And exhausted. Of course, love and passion can sweep all this aside in an instant, but when it comes to making a new long term commitment in the cold light of dawn, it's understandable that people might be a bit wary.

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