And Finally...Strangers met in their own shopping mall wedding ceremony

By James Shepherd on Jun 6, 09 12:47 PM in News

When two total strangers married in a bizarre ceremony at a shopping mall, everyone assumed it would never last.

David and Elizabeth Weinlick had met for less than five seconds before they turned up at the altar in a stunt whipped up by a TV station.

Amazingly, 11 years and four children later, the couple, now both 39, are still married - and madly in love.

"We live a charmed existence. He's a splendid man to be married to," says Elizabeth, who was chosen as David's ideal bride by a 55-strong selection committee of his friends and family.

"We've never regretted it. It sounds like a crazy thing to do but there was instant chemistry - and we did our dating after we married."

Spend any time with the couple and it's plain how suited they are. They finish each other's sentences, laugh nonstop and, when asked, can find very little they don't like about the other.

David, then a pony-tailed anthropology student, set a countdown for his wedding day when he announced he intended to get married, aged 28, on June 13, 1998.

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