Share this on WhatsApp On this coming Friday (16 December 2016), FM 91.3 radio deejay Glenn Ong will get married for the third time. This time around, he is set to marry his ex-colleague and fiancée of 5 years- Class 95 DJ Jean Danker at the Sofitel Singapore Sentosa Resort & Spa. Ong claims that he does not have “wedding jitters”. This may be because he has walked down the aisle twice, with the late Kate Reyes and Jamie Yeo. Reyes and Yeo, both radio deejays, were ex-colleagues with Ong at Mediacorp. Despite having been married twice, Ong never had
Share this on WhatsApp Over in Nanchong City in Sichuan, a restaurant held a strange promotion in early December 2016. A sign was put up outside the eatery. It read: “The boss has divorced today! He’s in a good mood! Beer is free, drink up!” Perhaps to authenticate the deal, a divorce certificate was printed on the banner. One of the co-owners of the eatery recently had a divorce. The co-owner told Nanchong Evening News: “I did get divorced recently, it was a long-drawn out process. Just completed the proceedings, and I feel relieved, so I thought of celebrating it
Share this on WhatsApp 28-year-old Julian ‘Julz the Jackal’ Wallace was recently handed 2 suspended sentences for a violent assault on his ex-fiancée. Wallace was given a sentence of 15 months imprisonment for “assault occasioning actual bodily harm” and 7 months for “intentionally choking with recklessness”. The incident Wallace was a former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and owner of a “men-only” barber shop. On the night of the incident, the victim (Jessy Jess) was on her way home after work. She was late for about 15 minutes as she had stopped to buy some noodles for Wallace. When Jess
Share this on WhatsApp A man whose attempts to have sex with his wife failed did the unthinkable- he cut off his penis! Pretty drastic actions due to a “sexless marriage”. Ghasi Ram, 37, is from India. He claims that he has endured a sexless marriage for 10 years. Coming home drunk one night, he pestered his 34-year-old wife Manjhri Devi, 34, for sex. When he was rejected, he grabbed a knife and sliced off his penis. After Ram collapsed on the floor, his wife called for help and summoned a doctor. She denied her husband’s claims that the fault
Share this on WhatsApp 22-year-olds Ariel and Quinn McRae went to a Pandora store in Tennessee to shop for a pair of wedding rings. As Ariel tried the ring on, a shop assistant said to her colleague: “Can you believe that some men get these as engagement rings? How pathetic.” In a Facebook post (reproduced below in blue), Ariel shared that she told the woman that it isn’t the ring that matters. Rather, it is the love that goes into buying one that matters. Ariel’s Facebook post went viral and Pandora apologized. It offered Ariel a bracelet to make up
Share this on WhatsApp It is the end of the year and most companies in Singapore organize Christmas parties. It is common for employees to bring their partners along. One Reddit user faced an unfortunate problem. The user, known as “Isleptwithmyhusbandsbos”, wrote: “I slept with my husband’s boss a few times, before I even met my husband. I don’t want to go to husband’s office Christmas party and run into the boss. Can I skip it?” Adding more details, the user said: “I didn’t relay the particulars of my encounters with my husband. I said that I’d gone out with
Share this on WhatsApp What is life after divorce in Singapore like? According to a study on divorce in Singapore, sadness is the top negative feeling for divorcees in Singapore, even more than 6 months after the divorce. Dr Jessica Leong interviewed 19 respondents in 2011 and 2012. All in all, 134 divorcees took party in the study. Other negative feelings suffered by the participants include restlessness, worry and fear. One of those interviewed is Belle (not her real name). 14 years ago, Belle caught her ex-husband hugging another woman before going into a car. Belle then interrogated her ex-husband
Share this on WhatsApp A newly married wife’s worst fears came true when she discovered that her husband was accessing indecent images of children. The love story Jane Gaskin, a 47-year-old grandmother from Birmingham, had been single since she lost her husband. She began chatting with her new husband David Huggings, a 48-year-old lorry driver online in August 2014. They met up in person a few weeks later and Gaskin was impressed with the “true gent” in Huggins. Amazingly, all of her 4 children liked Huggins straight away. The couple shared much in common. Gaskin said: “We knew so many
Share this on WhatsApp 21.5% of marriages in Singapore last year (2015) involved people from different races. By comparison, the number of interracial marriages in Singapore was 14.9% in 2005. Despite the statistics, families of those involved in interracial marriages have their reservations. According to a survey conducted by Channel NewsAsia in partnership with the Institute of Policy Studies, more than 3 in 4 Chinese respondents are not accepting of a non-Chinese marrying into the family. For Indian respondents, more than 1 in 2 are not receptive. Earlier this year, Mediacorp aired a special series telling the stories of 3
Share this on WhatsApp There are fewer foreign brides in Singapore. 4,828 Singapore men married a non-resident wife in 2015. This is the lowest number since 2005. In 2005, the number was 5,611. 17% of all marriages in Singapore involved a Singaporean groom and a non-resident bride. In 2005, the figure was 24%. What caused the decline in number of foreign brides in Singapore? The Straits Times interviewed Andy (not his real name). According to Andy, his ex-wife, a Chinese national, married him only to become a Singapore permanent resident (PR). Andy’s ex-wife, a teacher, was loving during their dating
