While it may be true that it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, no one said anything about having to make it legal and binding. Here are some of the shortest celebrity unions.

On January 1, 2008, actor/comedian Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds exchanged ceremonial vows in front of friends and family in Bora Bora. They were planning to make things legal when they returned to the US, but after only two weeks decided that it would be best to just stay friends.