Hazy Memory...

When you've been married ten years, one would think you can remember the ceremony. Or at the very least, remember the divorce. And people might find it a trifle odd if the two of you had never even slept in the same bed.

A 38-year-old Sydney man planned to get married this month but was unable to find his divorce papers from his previous marriage. Unfortunately, without proof that he was single, his marriage could not go ahead. But a search of the Births, Deaths and Marriages registry did not turn up any record of the divorce.

So the man went to the Family Law Court where the judge heard that the man believed he had been married ten years. There was no sexual partnership. He believed the day of the marriage must have slipped from memory because he was dependent on marijuana. Yet he distinctly remembered signing the divorce papers when they split up.

When they finally got hold of his "ex-wife", he found they'd never been married. And the form she had asked him to sign was the tenancy agreement.

I can only imagine the ex's reaction.