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Man Fakes Own Death to Avoid Upcoming Wedding

straykatz — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:46:04 GMT

Tucker Blandford, 23, met his bride-to-be, Alex Lanchester, in August 2012 at a college in Connecticut. They hit it off and quickly fell in love.

Lanchester, from the United Kingdom, was studying abroad for a year. When that year was up, they shared a tearful goodbye at the airport, where Blandford got down on one knee and proposed.

They were to be married on Aug. 15. Lanchester spent over $1,000 on wedding invitations, the photographer, the wedding dress, and other preparations. Blandford even booked a venue on the campus where they had met.

Then one day Lanchester got a phone call from a man identifying himself as Tucker's "dad," saying his son had been depressed and had "thrown himself in front of a car," ending his life.

Devastated, she called Tucker's mother to offer condolences. Tucker's mother told Lanchester that her son was in fact alive and well.

Tucker later admitted that he had impersonated his father on the call. He told a reporter at the UK's Daily Mail: "I'm a terrible, awful person. I know I shouldn't have told her I was dead, but I didn't know what else to do. Alex is an amazing girl, but I got scared and wanted to get out of the relationship."

Lanchester is moving on from all this and is back in the United States, traveling.

She's handling this well, but what do you think about how this guy avoided his own wedding?

Re: Man Fakes Own Death to Avoid Upcoming Wedding

brii — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:48:28 GMT

He handled that rather badly.

I hope she's counting her lucky stars he decided not to go through with getting married. Who knows what he could have done when they had kids or something.

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stilltamn8r — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:49:24 GMT

" So now I'm praying for the end of time...to hurry up and arrive, cause if I have to spend another minute with you, I don't think that I could really survive!!" WHO knew it was a true story when Meatloaf sang it?????

Re: Man Fakes Own Death to Avoid Upcoming Wedding

terrier3 — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:53:29 GMT

She dodged a bullet!

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tansy — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:55:43 GMT

It never occurred to him that she might call his parents or want to attend his funeral? What a doofus.

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straykatz — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:57:19 GMT

Yes...she is lucky.....I'm with terrier - she dodged a bullet!!!

Re: Man Fakes Own Death to Avoid Upcoming Wedding

Deb1010again — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:02:10 GMT

On 8/20/2014 tansy said:
It never occurred to him that she might call his parents or want to attend his funeral? What a doofus.

Exactly. She certainly did dodge a bullet with this one.

I'm sure she'll find another guy and years from now will thank her lucky stars things turned out the way they did. Meanwhile, I hope the next woman Tucker approaches knows how to google.

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DoneTryin — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:03:12 GMT

LOL! Better she found out now than later that he's not only a jerk, but a stupid one at that!

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Catitude — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:05:14 GMT

He's way too young and obviously totally immature and cowardly.

A text message calling it off would have been better!

Re: Man Fakes Own Death to Avoid Upcoming Wedding

straykatz — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:13:37 GMT

Yes a text would have been better than pretending he was dead.

I bet he was thinking if she was overseas that he could get away with the lie.

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kristan — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:15:01 GMT

I think she was a lucky bride-to-be.

Re: Man Fakes Own Death to Avoid Upcoming Wedding

------ — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:20:20 GMT

On 8/20/2014 straykatz said:
He told a reporter at the UK's Daily Mail: "I'm a terrible, awful person... ."

At least he got that part right.

Re: Man Fakes Own Death to Avoid Upcoming Wedding

Preds — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:21:46 GMT

Wonder if she was tempted to make his lie a truth?

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shesallthat — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:36:16 GMT

On 8/20/2014 tansy said:
It never occurred to him that she might call his parents or want to attend his funeral? What a doofus.

that was my exact thought when i read this story yesterday!

Re: Man Fakes Own Death to Avoid Upcoming Wedding

wildcherry — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:38:02 GMT

On 8/20/2014 Preds said:
Wonder if she was tempted to make his lie a truth?

Re: Man Fakes Own Death to Avoid Upcoming Wedding

straykatz — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:42:22 GMT

he said "but I didn't know what else to do."....ummmm...how about you call, write, text the person instead of making up such an outlandish lie.....I hope that he has learned something from this.....a lie is not better than the truth.

Re: Man Fakes Own Death to Avoid Upcoming Wedding

RainCityGirl — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:45:00 GMT

Not only is he a moron and a sniveling coward, BUT faking your own death is very very bad karma. Be careful what you wish for.

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Yahooey — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:53:35 GMT

So basically anytime there is a situation he can't handle, death is the answer? Could you imagine if they married. Dodging a bullet may be closer to the truth. What if he decides the only way out is to kill her. Strange stories out there.

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jackthebear — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:13:35 GMT

she is very lucky, hopefully she may be able to laugh at this one day

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Topaz Gem — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:20:44 GMT

It's better that he did this ahead of time rather than leaving her at the altar on their wedding day. He's a sniveling coward, for sure, and should have just talked with her about it if he was getting cold feet. If he couldn't even tell his fiancee of his reluctance to walk down the aisle, then they weren't that close to begin with. She will find someone much better.