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The couple, from the Western Saudi town of Medinah, had agreed to marry each other despite having not met face to face - a popular custom in certain Middle Eastern countries.
But when the bride removed her veil and smiled for the camera, her new husband leapt to his feet in disgust.
'You are not the girl I want to marry,' he declared. 'You are not the one I had imagined. I am sorry, but I divorce you.'
According to local daily Okaz, the bride immediately collapsed in a fit of tears as panicked wedding guests stepped in to try to resolve the dispute.
But their efforts were to no avail.
'The groom said he had not been able to see his bride's face before marriage,' Okaz reported. 'When he divorced her, the bride collapsed and the wedding turned into a night of tears.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2837721/Saudi-husband-tells-bride-wants-divorce-wedding-seeing-face-time-photographer-asked-pose-pictures.html
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)RebelOne
(30,947 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)than marry a stranger - how cruel is this
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KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)This way at least she's not "used" and stands a chance of being able to marry someone of sounder mind. Hopefully HIS reputation will be ruined -- fathers everywhere will think twice about investing any money in wedding arrangements and a dowry to give a daughter to this jerk.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Awful story and awful situation.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Lucky for her to be rid of him.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Imagine marrying and contemplating being intimate immediately (that night) and 'forever' with someone you have never before met or seen. Then it turns out any one of:
1. The person is a jerk
2. The person has very bad personal hygiene
3. The person is the opposite of what you find physically attractive (tall vs short/short vs tall, thin vs thick/thick vs thin, etc)
etc.
I really am surprised there aren't more wedding day divorces.
KayLaw
(2,321 posts)Just like the Saudi prince who runs Fox News? Him?
Brigid
(17,621 posts)She had decided she didn't like *his* face? After all, she hadn't seen *him* before either.