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Nov 29th, 2007, 16:08
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'Abused' Australian invokes Indian dowry law
Hi all,
In this case, a 'scam/annoyance' in Australia. Reported in a reputable newspaper in Melbourne, the Age. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...036900847.html !!  Not to make light of her plight, but I'm a little disbelieving of her gullibility. I wonder if she's travelled in India? |
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Nov 30th, 2007, 05:00
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well, we all know about blonde skippy chics ...
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Nov 30th, 2007, 12:37
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Maybe she should have dyed her hair.
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Nov 30th, 2007, 12:47
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"I loved him and kept hoping that if I gave him what he asked for, he would change..."
"They hinted at something about him, about his past record and his criminal background and I went 'Oh gosh', but I still didn't quite grasp what they meant," she said." she has bigger problems than that husband.....   |
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Nov 30th, 2007, 12:49
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Nov 30th, 2007, 13:01
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a pain in the asana
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save yourself, shashank, I think you are about to be flamed by the blondes....dyed hair or not....  |
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Nov 30th, 2007, 13:12
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 it was mentioned in the article.. |
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Nov 30th, 2007, 15:27
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Dec 4th, 2007, 14:23
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Sounds like a bad.. errr.. even worse episode of Judge Judy.
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Dec 4th, 2007, 15:51
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Whereas one would not expect this woman to have grown up in a family which taught her to be docile and submissive (err... not traits I associate with Australian ladies of any hair colour) it is not so rare to be conned.
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Dec 4th, 2007, 16:06
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I married a girl from India in 2000 and we now live in New South Wales. I told her at the time that I expected a dowry of 3 goats, a cycle rickshaw and 500 Rupees; 7 years later I'm still waiting. It's lucky I read this article, or I might have kept on hassling her.
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Dec 4th, 2007, 16:36
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Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird
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I married a woman in India in 2005.
I'm still waiting for the colour TV and the cow. Now I find that her son is getting married, and his new wife is not going to come and live with us and be our unpaid servant 24 hours a day. Oh! The Disappointment! |
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