Couple make porn to pay for wedding

[rdowns]

Link (http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/12/02/Couple-make-porn-to-pay-for-wedding/UPI-28281259790256/) with no pics. :(

MACCLESFIELD, England, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A British couple said they are raising money for their dream wedding in Mexico by creating and selling their own pornographic films.

Lisa Brand, 34, and Tommy Barnes, 36, of Macclesfield, England, who have four children together, said they have thus far earned $2,163 from three pornographic films and are planning four more movies before their June wedding in Cancun, The Sun reported Wednesday.

"I have told my mum and most of my friends. They understand. It's always been our dream to have a fairytale wedding," Brand said.

The scenes created by the couple include a threesome, a hot wax scene inspired by Madonna's 1993 movie "Body of Evidence" and Brand spanking Barnes with a paddle.

"It's our five minutes of fame -- something to look back on when we're older. It has brought us closer together," Barnes said.

[arkitect]

Five minutes of fame?

I think the viewers are going to be disappointed. ;)

[jessica.]

Good for them. Weddings are expensive and divorces are no cheaper.

[mscriv]

Five minutes of fame? I think the viewers are going to be disappointed. ;)

More like, the internet never forgets. Their great, great, great, granchildren will be able to view with pride.

[PlaceofDis]

Good for them. Weddings are expensive and divorces are no cheaper.

which is why i think its pointless to raise all this money for one day. want to get married? great. do it cheaply, imo. it can be done. don't get me wrong, i understand why they are doing it, and that they'll likely make a good amount of money too, but i'd put it towards a downpayment on a house or something rather than a wedding. (although thats my rationale for not seeing any point in expensive jewelry such as diamonds too)

[ucfgrad93]

More like, the internet never forgets. Their great, great, great, granchildren will be able to view with pride.

Agreed, this may come back and hurt them in the future.

[arkitect]

Agreed, this may come back and hurt them in the future.
Especially when they get the "Wedding Videos" mixed up…

[mscriv]

i understand why they are doing it, and that they'll likely make a good amount of money too, but i'd put it towards a downpayment on a house or something rather than a wedding.

Don't worry, I'm sure the videos will continue long after the wedding goal is reached. I could be wrong, but people that find a good revenue stream tend to have a hard time leaving it behind. "We're doing porn to have the wedding of our dreams. Now we're doing porn to get a big enough house for our family. Oh, we still do porn so we can put our kids through college. What do you mean why are we continuing to do porn? Don't you know how hard it is to build up a nest egg to succesfully retire?" ;)

[bigjnyc]

$2,163 from 3 films doesnt seem worth the embarrasment, hassle and everything else that comes along with what they are doing. They might want to reconsider their strategy if thats all they've made thus far from 3 movies.

[steve knight]

$2,163 from 3 films doesnt seem worth the embarrasment, hassle and everything else that comes along with what they are doing. They might want to reconsider their strategy if thats all they've made thus far from 3 movies.

Sounds true they must really suck as porn stars. now how will they deal with it when the divorce happens? that's tough porn movies with someone you hate. well now I know why they have not made much.
http://s.buzzfed.com/static/campaign_images/web04/2009/12/2/19/couple-pays-for-wedding-by-making-porn-24325-1259798868-10.jpg

[bigandy]

Ugly people shouldn't be allowed to make porn.

[Unspoken Demise]

Ugly people shouldn't be allowed in porn.

Agreed. Yeesh! :( That picture of them makes my penis mearly for show during the duration of the viewing. Ew.

[Antares]

well now I know why they have not made much.
http://s.buzzfed.com/static/campaign_images/web04/2009/12/2/19/couple-pays-for-wedding-by-making-porn-24325-1259798868-10.jpg

Thanks. You ruined the fantasy I was having about them while reading the previous posts.

[Rt&Dzine]

Maybe they have really hot bods. But they are getting kind of old.

[Dagless]

More like, the internet never forgets. Their great, great, great, granchildren will be able to view with pride.

My thoughts exactly. Fair play if you're going to do this, but it's probably a good idea to keep anonymous so your grandkids etc don't find it amongst the family videos.

[steve knight]

I doubt very much if their porn will last very long.

[Thomas Veil]

Ugly people shouldn't be allowed to make porn.Somebody should've told Ron Jeremy.

[scottness]

Good for them. Weddings are expensive and divorces are no cheaper.

Think they'd make more porn together to pay for the divorce? :D

[scottness]

which is why i think its pointless to raise all this money for one day. want to get married? great. do it cheaply, imo. it can be done. don't get me wrong, i understand why they are doing it, and that they'll likely make a good amount of money too, but i'd put it towards a downpayment on a house or something rather than a wedding. (although thats my rationale for not seeing any point in expensive jewelry such as diamonds too)

Agreed. My wedding cost <$300 on the beach. We saved the money for the honeymoon.

[ucfgrad93]

We saved the money for the honeymoon.

That is what we did as well. We went pretty inexpensive for the wedding and hog wild for the honeymoon.

[sushi]

More like, the internet never forgets. Their great, great, great, granchildren will be able to view with pride.
Unfortunately, that's very true.

want to get married? great. do it cheaply, imo. it can be done.
Agree.

Basically you have the big three:
Ring]
Wedding
Honeymoon

Each couple needs to do what works for them. Personally, I don't see a reason to go in debt.

That is what we did as well. We went pretty inexpensive for the wedding and hog wild for the honeymoon.
Sounds good.

I went to a friend's wedding ceremony here in Japan that cost around $70,000. There were 200 attendees. Granted it was very nice. Awesome layout. The food at the reception was out of this world. We all brought changes of clothes for the various portions of the ceremony, and the 3 receptions.

[yg17]

That is what we did as well. We went pretty inexpensive for the wedding and hog wild for the honeymoon.

I want to get married by an Elvis impersonator at a drive through chapel in Vegas and spend all my money on the honeymoon. That's the way to do it. No spending 20 grand on a 3 hour long wedding reception.

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It's such a weird coincidence, because my dream wedding involves a housewife and a plumber as well.

[the vj]

With all that money they can barely cover the round trip for one of them, seriously. They need at least $8K but for real no less than $12K.

[steve knight]

in their case that's a lot of humping.

[Prom1]

Good for them. Weddings are expensive and divorces are no cheaper.

Indeed. And its not like Sex before marriage has not been done before. I think about 90% of people that have watched porn before, want to be a star in one - maybe not to the extremes that exist in porn, but non-the-less.

This couple had the bravery to explore their sexuality, and lust & chose to do so together, while most people don't even talk about their lust with those their already intimate with - let alone show or ask the NEED to be wanted/desired - are doomed to divorce or end up resenting each other.

[ucfgrad93]

This couple had the bravery to explore their sexuality

I wouldn't call making a porn move an act of bravery.:rolleyes:

[rdowns]

Indeed. And its not like Sex before marriage has not been done before.


They have 4 children.

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Well they're certainly going about raising money the wrong way. If you're going to exploit something to raise money, exploit the children.

[bartelby]

It reminds me of one of the stories in Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted.

[TwinCities Dan]

Once upon a time, we went on vacation leaving the keys with "friends"....


The tape was destroyed alongside the friendship... :o (Just a tip) :(

[ravenvii]

Once upon a time, we went on vacation leaving the keys with "friends"....


The tape was destroyed alongside the friendship... :o (Just a tip) :(

... what tape? The private porno tape you and your significant other made and left at home to be discovered by your "friends"? Or a tape of your "friends" going for a romp in your bed while you were away (eww)?

[roadbloc]

Only people who live in Macclesfield would do that.

[arkitect]

Once upon a time, we went on vacation leaving the keys with "friends"....


The tape was destroyed alongside the friendship... :o (Just a tip) :(

... what tape? The private porno tape you and your significant other made and left at home to be discovered by your "friends"? Or a tape of your "friends" going for a romp in your bed while you were away (eww)?
Indeed. So many questions about that scenario.
It could swing both ways…

[iBlue]

Don't worry, I'm sure the videos will continue long after the wedding goal is reached. I could be wrong, but people that find a good revenue stream tend to have a hard time leaving it behind. "We're doing porn to have the wedding of our dreams. Now we're doing porn to get a big enough house for our family. Oh, we still do porn so we can put our kids through college. What do you mean why are we continuing to do porn? Don't you know how hard it is to build up a nest egg to succesfully retire?" ;)

Definitely. I had a friend that produced porn and I know many people get trapped in the cycle of "easy money". Though, at the risk of sounding completely shallow, they (http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news8839.html) are rather hideous and the likelihood of their videos being a huge success is very low. Good luck to them though.

[bartelby]

Definitely. I had a friend that produced porn and I know many people get trapped in the cycle of "easy money". Though, at the risk of sounding completely shallow, they (http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news8839.html) are rather hideous and the likelihood of their videos being a huge success is very low. Good luck to them though.

I'm sure there's a fetish for that though...

[arkitect]

I'm sure there's a fetish for that though...
:o
The guy might be OK'ish in a Triga rugby showers setup… but alas, I have no idea where Lisa would fit.

"It's our five minutes of fame - something to look back on when we're older. It has brought us closer together."
Only 5 minutes? I think the punters are getting short changed.

[kunal123]

No spending 20 grand on a 3 hour long wedding reception.

You should see indian weddings. There is one to two events before the wedding,the wedding and the reception which is like another wedding. It's all just a big waste of money.

[TwinCities Dan]

... what tape? The private porno tape you and your significant other made and left at home to be discovered by your "friends"? Or a tape of your "friends" going for a romp in your bed while you were away (eww)?

Sorry, I was a bit vague there. The former, our tape was in my wife's underwear drawer. The regular porn was out with our regular movies, they really went searching for it... :rolleyes:

[iBlue]

Sorry, I was a bit vague there. The former, our tape was in my wife's underwear drawer. The regular porn was out with our regular movies, they really went searching for it... :rolleyes:

That's a horrible betrayal of trust. Good riddance to friends like that.

[patrick0brien]

Wha? Oh, I'm sorry, I was distracted by the avatars of the first two posts...

[rhett7660]

Here is a picture of the couple by the way:

http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news8839.html

[patrick0brien]

Gaaaaah!!

My eyes, my eyes! Make the bad man stop!

[dukebound85]

Here is a picture of the couple by the way:

http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news8839.html

she so sexhey

[palmharbor]

Sounds true they must really suck as porn stars. now how will they deal with it when the divorce happens? that's tough porn movies with someone you hate. well now I know why they have not made much.
http://s.buzzfed.com/static/campaign_images/web04/2009/12/2/19/couple-pays-for-wedding-by-making-porn-24325-1259798868-10.jpg

Me thinks she should spend the money getting her teeth fixed as it will be harder and harder for him to wake up to that smile every morning, and then just go to Paris for the weekend.

[CHAOS STEP]

Is there any real need for them to even get married - save as to a cheap civil formality service option?

I mean, they both have plenty of miles on the clock, why make a big fuss over it?

They just sound like drama queens.

[SandynJosh]

I wouldn't call making a porn move an act of bravery.:rolleyes:

Normally I'd agree, but now that I've seen their photo... It's also an act of bravery to watch their porno.