Magazine editor Suwako Nagatomo, 37, once had a boyfriend she wanted to marry -- until he asked her to quit her job, that is.

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The Iraq invasion brought more soldiers who wanted to marry.

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They were cautioned against alcohol, tobacco, and gum chewing, and were told that they should consider it a miracle of God if any decent man ever wanted to marry them.

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Ajay Singh Yadav told the police that he had been in love with Ms Mirza - ranked 85th in the world - for five years and wanted to marry her.

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In the 1990s, Samia Sarwar Mohmand, a young Pathan girl who wanted to marry of her own free will was shot dead in the office of Pakistan's most relentless women's rights campaigner Asma Jehangir.

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"Holly, you can tell, had this ulterior motive every minute being at the Mansion, and that motive was -- it was clear as day -- she wanted Hef's kids, she wanted a piece of Playboy and she wanted to marry Hef for, obviously, his will, " Wilkinson told People magazine.

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"Before, if you wanted to buy my apartment, you'd have had to marry me, then I could donate it to you, " he says.

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She says they were shopping for engagement rings and planned to marry as soon as the divorce was finalized, and he wanted to protect her.

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The couple decided to marry, but Mrs Crompton was not happy in her husband's house and wanted to redecorate.

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