A married mum fell for a pole dancer in a virtual world game – then wed the man behind the character in real life. Briton Kelly Sexton and American bachelor Nick Von Asten found themselves falling in love after their characters hooked up in the online game Second Life.
Just days after their first chat, Kelly, 41, had told her husband of nine years she wanted a divorce. Within six weeks Kelly and Nick’s online characters had wed – and went on to have a baby.
Three years later, she and Nick, 30, from Wisconsin, turned fantasy into reality by getting hitched themselves. Mum-of-four Kelly, of Aylesham, Kent, told the Sunday Mirror: “It feels like a fairytale – to meet someone 4,000 miles away and have that strong connection. “When I first saw