Third of Irish women drop wedding hints
Wedding rings IRISH women are constantly dropping hints to get their other half to “put a ring on it”, a study has revealed.
In a poll of 1,000 unmarried females who are in a relationship, 33% were found to be the “pushiest partner”.
They came second to Welsh women, at 41%, who admitted regularly dropping hints about getting hitched.
Among the reminders often used are pointing out rings in jewellery stores, talking about how happy married pals are and stopping to look in bridal store windows.
The poll, which was carried out by jewellers F.hinds, also found the average time it took to propose was just over one year and eight months. MEL B wants her ex-husband banned from seeing her 10-year-old daughter, saying he showed her videos of ISIS beheading prisoners.
The Spice Girls singer accuses Stephen Belafonte in US court papers after their bitter divorce battle.
She is demanding he should not be allowed to visit Angel Murphy Brown, Mel’s daughter from a fling with film star Eddie Murphy.
Mel – real name Melanie Brown – is backed by 19-year-old daughter Phoenix, who says in a court document: “He got us all to watch men being beheaded with chainsaws by ISIS.”
Mel, 42, tells the Los Angeles court: “When I was not present, Stephen thought it was funny or educational (I still do not know) to play videos of ISIS beheading individuals.
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“This was entirely inappropriate for such young girls, who do not understand what is happening in the videos.
“Angel has repeatedly told me about these videos and that she was scared and frightened that Stephen would expose her to such gruesome images.”
Mother-of-three Mel says she has enrolled Angel in therapy as a result.
Phoenix, Mel’s daughter with first husband Jimmy Gulzar, says Belafonte would call her “retarded”, and frequently eat half of the packed lunch made by Mel, so she had little to eat at school.
The teenager says Belafonte would “kick and yell” at their dog, and even once threw him in the pool.
She says when the dog eventually died, he allegedly laughed about not having to walk him any more. Mel’s documents were filed in response to papers submitted by Belafonte, 42, who has made a formal request for visitation Mel B and her daughter Phoenix, 19 Belafonte and Mel with their daughter Madison, 6, Angel and Phoenix rights with Angel. The producer says the girl is like his own daughter after having begun raising her when she was born after Mel’s affair with Beverly Hills Cop star Murphy. The spat is the latest twist in one of Hollywood’s most bitter divorces. A hearing has been set for later this month when a judge will make a ruling.