Long-time bachelor Everard Cunion finally felt ready to take the big step as he exchanged vows with Caroline - a blonde wearing a white wedding dress bought off eBay.
Dressed in a military-style outfit, he made his vows to Caroline watched by Rebecca, their witness. He's spent weeks scouring charity shops loking for the perfect dress for his bride, & he'd also found a £15 frock for Rebecca.
Everard didn't know Caroline's ring size, so instead of a gold band, he bought her a fake diamond tiara & pearls.
He had the day of his dreams - despite the fact that the bride, witness & other guests were life-size dolls.
After the one-hour ceremony, Everard lugged his 9st wife upstairs before consummating their marriage on the bedroom. "It nearly gave me a hernia, but it was worth it & felt really special," he says.
The lonely singleton, who has only ever had one real girlfriend, has a total of five mannequins & insists they are so lifelike he has fallen in love with them - & given up his quest to find a human girlfriend.
"The opposite sex were always baffling to me," says Everard, a computer programmer from Dorset. "So I turned to dolls."
He bought his Real Dolls, marketed as the world's finest love dolls," for £5,000 each from a company in America.
But Everard's bizarre romantic attatchment to five pieces of plastic comes after a long & fruitless search for a real-life woman.
He turned to the internet to look for love, but failed to find a lasting relationship.
"The women I met never wanted to see me after the first date," he says.
But then Everard discovered a website selling Real Dolls - silicone mannequins with malleable limbs, synthetic wigs & detatchable tongues.
He was impressed with what he saw: "I couldn't believe how lifelike they were. It was the solution to my problems," he says.
Six years ago, Everard bought his first doll, Rebecca, a dark-skinned brunette with A-cup breasts. In 2004 he bought Caroline, a "blonde bimbo with a heart of gold," who he "married" two weeks ago at his home.
Last year he treated himself to the head of Virginia, a dark-haired schoolmistress, & a full-breasted brunette doll called Louise, who shares her body with Virginia. Then in March this year he bought Lina, who's black.
The lonely singleton, who has only ever had one real girlfriend, has a total of five mannequins & insists they are so lifelike he has fallen in love with them - & given up his quest to find a human girlfriend.
"The opposite sex were always baffling to me," says Everard, a computer programmer from Dorset. "So I turned to dolls."
He bought his Real Dolls, marketed as the world's finest love dolls," for £5,000 each from a company in America.
But Everard's bizarre romantic attatchment to five pieces of plastic comes after a long & fruitless search for a real-life woman.
He turned to the internet to look for love, but failed to find a lasting relationship.
"The women I met never wanted to see me after the first date," he says.
But then Everard discovered a website selling Real Dolls - silicone mannequins with malleable limbs, synthetic wigs & detatchable tongues.
He was impressed with what he saw: "I couldn't believe how lifelike they were. It was the solution to my problems," he says.
Six years ago, Everard bought his first doll, Rebecca, a dark-skinned brunette with A-cup breasts. In 2004 he bought Caroline, a "blonde bimbo with a heart of gold," who he "married" two weeks ago at his home.
Last year he treated himself to the head of Virginia, a dark-haired schoolmistress, & a full-breasted brunette doll called Louise, who shares her body with Virginia. Then in March this year he bought Lina, who's black.
Everard keeps the dolls' heads in boxes, & hangs their bodies on metal hooks in his bedroom.
It may all sound utterly weird, but it works for Everard, who insists he has a fulfilling sex life with his dolls.
"I've initiated a few orgy scenes, but mostly it's straightforward & each girl is different," he says.
After sex he can swap a doll's face for a "sleeping post-coital face," though Everard admits there's not much in the way of cuddles or pillow talk afterwards.
"They don't move much, but at least I never get criticised for on my performance!" he jokes.
The dolls are available in various face & body types, & different heights, weights & breast sizes. Optional extras include larger breasts, long painted nails, & blonde pubic hair imported from Sweden.
Everard opted for one extra - "hi-realism" eyes, which move like real eyes, & fit Caroline, Rebecca & Virginia.
He says the "relationships" are more than just sexual, & spends time dressing up the dolls in different outfits and recreating happy family scenes.
He buys their clothes from local charity shops & sometimes dresses them in prim '40s outfits, saying, "I want them to look classy, not pornographic."
After work on Friday, he likes to cook dinner then give his dolls a glass of wine & chat to them about his week.
"It's relaxing, & nice that they don't answer back. I think conversation is overrated," he says.
He loves to have tea parties at the weekends, & takes the dolls out for drives.
Locals regularly point & stare & gossip down the pub about their freaky neighbour, but Everard is insistent that being a laughing stock doesn't bother him.
"The other day, a neighbour spotted Lina 'helping' me in the garden. He looked at her admiringly before he realised she was a doll. His jaw nearly hit the floor in shock, but why should I be ashamed? Living with dolls isn't illegal, I'm just having fun," he says.
Incredibly, he makes a point of telling his workmates his girlfriends are his dolls.
"They just laugh snigger behind my back," he says. "But I don't care what people think."
It may all sound utterly weird, but it works for Everard, who insists he has a fulfilling sex life with his dolls.
"I've initiated a few orgy scenes, but mostly it's straightforward & each girl is different," he says.
After sex he can swap a doll's face for a "sleeping post-coital face," though Everard admits there's not much in the way of cuddles or pillow talk afterwards.
"They don't move much, but at least I never get criticised for on my performance!" he jokes.
The dolls are available in various face & body types, & different heights, weights & breast sizes. Optional extras include larger breasts, long painted nails, & blonde pubic hair imported from Sweden.
Everard opted for one extra - "hi-realism" eyes, which move like real eyes, & fit Caroline, Rebecca & Virginia.
He says the "relationships" are more than just sexual, & spends time dressing up the dolls in different outfits and recreating happy family scenes.
He buys their clothes from local charity shops & sometimes dresses them in prim '40s outfits, saying, "I want them to look classy, not pornographic."
After work on Friday, he likes to cook dinner then give his dolls a glass of wine & chat to them about his week.
"It's relaxing, & nice that they don't answer back. I think conversation is overrated," he says.
He loves to have tea parties at the weekends, & takes the dolls out for drives.
Locals regularly point & stare & gossip down the pub about their freaky neighbour, but Everard is insistent that being a laughing stock doesn't bother him.
"The other day, a neighbour spotted Lina 'helping' me in the garden. He looked at her admiringly before he realised she was a doll. His jaw nearly hit the floor in shock, but why should I be ashamed? Living with dolls isn't illegal, I'm just having fun," he says.
Incredibly, he makes a point of telling his workmates his girlfriends are his dolls.
"They just laugh snigger behind my back," he says. "But I don't care what people think."
