Woman sells wedding dress after new husband chatted up other ladies on honeymoon

When Jane Tarren walked down the aisle in her $1,350 Sonite wedding dress to marry Michael Borg in May 2016, she didn’t realise the honeymoon wouldn’t last long.

The 42-year-old groom, whom she had met online in 2013, began hitting on other women in front of her, while the couple were honeymooning in Mexico.

Realising something wasn’t right, the 46-year-old then started digging and discovered messages online from Borg to a friend calling his bride a “fat girl” he didn’t love.

The couple split five months after they wed and now the mother-of-two is trying to sell her wedding dress, to both get it out of her life and raise money for charity along the way.

Tarren posted a tongue-in-cheek ad on Facebook, which is gaining momentum online.

“It does look stunning on, enough to distract you from the fact your (sic) marrying a compulsive liar,” she began, adding the UK size 18-22 dress “is in stunning condition unlike my marriage”.

Tarren reassure’s the next owner “All bad luck has been removed as post separation the dress was cleaned

“I know this because after dry cleaning I became happier and more confident realising what it was like to be treated well in a relationship,” she writes, referencing her new relationship.

Trying to widen her audience, Tarren jokingly told women that are not getting married that the dress is still a winner.

“Wear it to the pub and people will buy you celebration drinks, even better fake cry and the sympathy drinks come in from every angle and every guy there who wants to be your rebound!!

“The dress will of paid for itself in one night!”

“The reaction has been phenomenal,” Tarren told YorkMix, adding: “People have given me so much support wishing me well in my future life.

“I guess it doesn’t take much for people to realise that whilst it may be funny, underneath was heartache – but what a reaction!”

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While at first she thought of selling the dress for $250 (£150)  to raise money for charity, she’s since come up with a different idea - giving the dress to a charity that makes gowns for stillborn babies.

“The money raised is to help these ladies overcome their loss,” Tarren told the publication.

The mother-of-two has now set up a JustGiving page with a revised goal of $340 (£200) instead, for the yet to be announced charity.

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