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>Smith met Mary Theresa Poole in drama class at St Wilfrid's when they were both around 14 years old, and they were married at Worth Abbey on 13 August 1988. They have 25 nieces and nephews but have remained voluntarily childless, with Smith espousing the antinatalist view that he not only objects to having been born himself but refuses to impose life on another. He also "does not feel responsible enough to bring a child into the world".[214]
>Smith has said that Mary did not always share his confidence and vision for the Cure's future early in his musical career, which he used as significant motivation to ensure the band was successful.[217] It has been reported by the Daily Express that she used to be a model and worked as a nurse with intellectually disabled children, but gave up her job so that the couple would not have to spend so much time apart as the Cure became more financially successful during the mid-1980s.[217][218][219] He told The Face in 1985 that he had once accidentally left a video camera running in their home: "After a couple of hours you forget that it's on and I was quite horrified at the amount of rubbish we say to each other. It's like listening to mental people [...] I feel more natural in the company of people who are mentally unbalanced because you're always more alert, wondering what they're going to do next." He added that Mary used to dress as a witch to scare children, that she sometimes dressed up as him, and that he could never take people home as he did not know "who [would] answer the door".[220]
>While the Cure was recording Wish at Shipton Manor between 1991 and 1992, among the objects pinned to the wall was "Mary's Manor Mad Chart", listing 17 members of the Manor's staff and residents (including the Cure and their entourage) "in order of instability". Mary was ranked in second place after a kitchen worker named Louise. Smith said of this time, "We all voted and we had an award night. It was very moving."
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