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"Given only weeks to live, Reece Fleming proposed to his 'special friend' Elleanor Purgslove at a laser tag party. After she accepted, their parents arranged a make-believe wedding at Reece's home in Mackworth, Derby. He died the next day with his family. Reece's mother Lorraine Fleming said he told her, "I can go now" after his wish had been granted. The 28-year-old said: ""He was so proud of her, and we were proud of them both." Reece was diagnosed with leukaemia in July 2004, when he was aged just four. He fought the disease for four years until May when doctors told him he had just weeks to live. Ms Fleming, said she and his stepfather Mick Thompson had tried to help him achieve as much as possible before his death, including marrying his sweetheart. "When we found out that we only had a few weeks with him we tried to do absolutely everything with him that we could. "Him and Ellie had been 'special friends' for a couple of years but then they broke up. "We said we'd have a pirate party, and Ellie came. She went to visit Reece a few times in hospital as well. She added: "We also had a football and laser quest party, apparently that's when he proposed to her." The pair went out to dinner in the mayor's limousine and the families organised a 'wedding', complete with rings, a stand-in vicar and a certificate. The ceremony was carried out on July 4 and the following day Reece died at home with his family and a Macmillan nurse. At his funeral, mourners followed a horse-drawn hearse on foot. Ms Fleming added: "Even on the Saturday that he died, he got out of bed and walked to the sofa. "He always tried walking, right to the end, so we thought if he walked for us then we would walk for him." "

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2443562/Dying-eight-year-old-'marries'-his-school-sweetheart.html

7/24/2008 6:36:01 PM

You're not supposed to post sad stuff in chit chat

7/24/2008 6:37:52 PM

wow saddest thing i have read all week

7/24/2008 6:38:04 PM

thats so sad, i had leukemia when i was a kid. poor little guy.

7/24/2008 6:40:20 PM

I came in expecting to hear about some marriage/sexual practice that some other culture practiced, but damn...you bummed me out.

7/24/2008 6:41:01 PM

Laser tag football sounds like fun.

7/24/2008 6:42:42 PM

not trying to bum you guys out!!! it was just such a sweet story.....

7/24/2008 6:43:26 PM

That is so sweet. Poor little guy.

7/24/2008 6:43:38 PM

there's no crying in tww!

the question is... did he hit that??

[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 6:44 PM. Reason : .]

7/24/2008 6:43:59 PM

omg

7/24/2008 6:44:18 PM

that is some serious "awww" material

7/24/2008 6:46:56 PM

My brother and I laughed when it said he died the next day. We're going to Hell.

Broken childhood ftw!

7/24/2008 6:47:19 PM

eight year olds, dude

7/24/2008 6:48:15 PM

*bow chica wow wow*

7/24/2008 6:48:55 PM

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"My brother and I laughed when it said he died the next day. We're going to Hell."

your brother's next

7/24/2008 6:49:11 PM

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"the question is... did he hit that?? "

7/24/2008 6:49:17 PM

let the man get some tail before he dies....

they're married go for it...

7/24/2008 6:49:45 PM

agreed

7/24/2008 6:52:02 PM

dang it

7/24/2008 6:53:10 PM

yeah wow. I was totally expecting some kind of fucked up weird thing but it turns out it was a really sad (and sweet) story.

7/24/2008 7:02:59 PM

7/24/2008 7:33:30 PM

talk about a tear-jerker.

7/24/2008 7:37:37 PM

7/24/2008 7:44:35 PM

holy shit that's sad

7/24/2008 7:45:15 PM

I'm surprised they let them cut that cake with that huge knife

7/24/2008 7:47:17 PM

Shit, nevermind.

[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 7:52 PM. Reason : didn't read the story]

7/24/2008 7:51:53 PM

^^ i was actually thinking the same thing earlier

7/24/2008 7:53:42 PM

Not much of a honey moon.

7/24/2008 8:02:22 PM

that's like the most depressing story evermade... Looks like the next chick flick...

7/24/2008 8:10:56 PM

but most likely far too short to be made into a movie

7/24/2008 8:25:46 PM

not if you add some Klingons, time rifts and conspiracy theories...

7/24/2008 8:30:28 PM

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"Spontaneous : My brother and I laughed when it said he died the next day"

we already knew your brother was a dipshit, but we didn't think you were one too.

7/24/2008 8:33:31 PM

7/24/2008 9:03:53 PM

so did they fuck, or what?

7/24/2008 9:04:14 PM

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"I'm surprised they let them cut that cake with that huge knife"

What's he gonna do? Kill himself?

7/24/2008 9:05:02 PM

i read this part and thought to myself "that's the saddest thing i've ever read."

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"Given only weeks to live, Reece Fleming proposed to his 'special friend' Elleanor Purgslove at a laser tag party. After she accepted, their parents arranged a make-believe wedding at Reece's home in Mackworth, Derby. He died the next day with his family."

then i read this:

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"Reece's mother Lorraine Fleming said he told her, "I can go now" after his wish had been granted."

7/24/2008 9:40:25 PM

man this stuff baffles my mind, how the fuck can a four year old face death

7/24/2008 9:41:55 PM

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"Homer: You know what you two need? A little comic strip called "Love Is..." It's about two naked eight-year-olds who are married."

7/24/2008 9:43:52 PM

kind of puts stuff in perspective imho

7/24/2008 9:50:25 PM

are those the kids in the photos? there was no picture in the article that is linked.

7/24/2008 9:53:55 PM

^

http://perezhilton.com/2008-07-24-this-might-make-you-cry

7/24/2008 9:58:56 PM

yea, they're the same ones. i found that picture on perez hilton, where i initially saw the link to the article.

[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 10:02 PM. Reason : i'm toooooo slow!]

7/24/2008 10:01:46 PM

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"After she accepted, their parents arranged a pretend wedding at Reece's home (not the kids pictured above)."

the kids in the pic arent the ones who got married

7/24/2008 10:08:07 PM

oh damn. my bad tdub

7/24/2008 10:15:19 PM

stupidest shit ever

I'm sorry

I wouldn't let my kid do that

7/24/2008 10:17:09 PM

this story did not make me emotional at all. i think its stupid

an 8 year old doesn't get relationships much less a "pretend" marriage

its the parents being selfish and idiotic. yes, the kid was going to die soon, but i really doubt "marrying" his "special" friend was a huge deal for him. somehow i think an 8 year old would of had more fun at disney world (depending on how bad his condition was) or something like that

[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 10:23 PM. Reason : ef]

7/24/2008 10:22:57 PM

amen sister

7/24/2008 10:26:43 PM

That's about the saddest goddamned thing posted in chit chat in a while.

7/24/2008 10:36:12 PM

^^^ jesus, you're a cunt

7/25/2008 12:49:45 AM

^ That doesn't make her wrong.

7/25/2008 12:55:08 AM