Bride wants divorce after Husband spends wedding night

Bride wants divorce after Husband spends wedding night A Saudi Arabian bride spent her wedding night texting her pals instead of consummating her marriage — so her husband filed for a divorce just hours after they were hitched. The couple was sitting in a hotel room following their ceremony in Jeddah when the bride got busy with her phone, responding to congratulatory messages from her friends rather than paying attention to her new mate, Saudi media reported. “The groom tried to get closer with her and more intimate, but he was shocked when she ignored him, not responding to his words or action,” a relative told Al Watan, a daily newspaper in Saudi. “When he asked her if her friends were more important than he was, the bride answered that they were.” Her response infuriated her husband, who walked out on his wife and said he was ending their short union. A local court tried to patch things up for the newlyweds, recommending that they try to reconcile, but the unsatisfied man wouldn’t budge on his divorce demand, according to Gulf News. Divorces are common among Saudi newlyweds, according to legal expert Ahmad Al Maabi. “Misunderstandings, differences in view and the easy approach to marriage without a deep appreciation of the responsibilities are among the major causes for divorce among young people,” Al Maabi told Al Watan. “Marriages are bound to fail when there are no robust foundations or trust.”