Trust in Public Records

There is a woman in Washington State who wasgetting married.
married to two men. Two! My hat goes off to her,And that is the moral of the story, as I see it. An
because here I can't make a marriage work with oneolder American man marrying a pretty young
man, and she managed to stay married to two forimmigrant woman should come down to earth and
five years! Must be all the breaks she took whilerealize it's not his masculine prowess she is after. I
traveling from one husband to another.don't mean to imply that all such relationships are
All kidding aside, this was one smooth operator. Thecorrupt, but there is a large precedent.
press is silent as to the reason 39-year-old ChunboBefore you blindly trust someone, why not build your
Shen married the 76-year-old man from Kingston,trust on solid ground? Check out your intended's
WA, whom she met online. We know little about thebackground and verify that there is no other
Illinois husband, except that he exists, which alsomarriage certificate on file. While you are at it, make
means he didn't check public records before marriage.sure she has no civil judgments, liens or bankruptcies,
The Washington husband found his wife's joint taxor even criminal history. You can find all that
return with this other husband on his computer. Nowinformation in public records.
he understood all the trips she took; she must haveThen you'll at least know whether the love of your
said she was visiting family, and she was. Ironically,life has reasons to deceive you, or not. Romance is
she was even arrested at the airport: Kitsap Countywonderful, but trust is earned; there is nothing wrong
has charged her with bigamy. All good things come towith protecting your interests. Better safe than sorry.
an end. Both husbands would make ideal 'posterHow many more cliches do I need to employ to
children' for reasons to explore public records beforeconvince you?