Online affair? Why not with your wife?

sceptre

I thought this was hilarious, though I guess it depends on your sense of humour. Not really suited to the Humour board methinks as it's not their usual fayre (it actually happened and there aren't any fart gags - I haven't viewed the board in while so it's entirely possible that Kharn and Bio have turned it into a pretty classy joint). From Ananova.

Romantic problems in cyberspace

A Jordanian man divorced his wife after discovering that she was also his virtual girlfriend.

Bakr Melhem had been flirting with a women on an internet chat room for several months.

But, when they finally met up at a bus station, in Zarqa near Amman, he recognised her as his wife Sanaa.

Bakr Melhem immediately shouted the Arabic words for 'I divorce thee' three times.

The husband had assumed the online identity of Adnan, while his wife had described herself as an unmarried Muslim lady called Jamila whose cultural interests included reading.

Jordanian news agency Petra reports when the man uttered the Islamic words, effectively ending the marriage, the woman responded by calling him 'a liar' before she fainted

Ignoring the fainting wife ("oh, m'dear, would you mind fetching me some smelling salts from the writing desk, I've come all a flutter"), the odds of flirting like mad over a period of a few months with some self-described hot thing with a penchant for reading and meeting her at some bus station but to find out that she's the old bird that you left at home must be pretty remote. Still, at least hubby found out that he had another common interest with his wife (chatting up people other than his spouse on the internet with a view to meeting up for some sordid bus ticket groping) before divorcing her because she was doing the same thing as he was. It's a nutty place out there, better be careful, kids.

mike65

In the States (where-else?) asomething similair was reported once but the conclusion was more upbeat - they both realised they more in common then they knew and lived happily ever after.

Mike.

bounty_hunter

Ha! Pchh, people.

Adam

lol at islamic traditions!

Ro: maaan!

fade_to_grey wrote:

lol at islamic traditions!

lol

RobertFoster

Divorce seems easy Jordan. I wonder if "there's no place like home" x3 works too?

Capt'n Midnight

It not a new phonomea - http://users.cis.net/sammy/escape.htm

Oh yeah BTW most muslim countries have banned divorce by 3 text's.

Capt'n Midnight

RobertFoster wrote:

Divorce seems easy Jordan. I wonder if "there's no place like home" x3 works too?

Can the orthodox Jews do it the same way too ?

aidan_dunne

The funniest part of that story for me was the bit where he shouted "I divorce thee" three times. I can picture the scene right now!

For some strange reason, "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!" instantly popped into my head reading that.

So, does that mean that in Islamic culture, if you want a divorce that's all it takes? You just shout "I divorce thee! I divorce thee! I divorce thee!" at your wife and you're instantly divorced? Pity it didn't work in every country and culture like that. Would put a lot of divorce lawyers out of business!

Mossy Monk

high-larious

mike65

I thought everyone knew about "I divorce thee" X 3

Mike.

Repli

Wish it was that easy in Ireland haha......ha..

Trojan

1. Find hot 19 yr old in Templebar
2. "I marry thee" x 3
3. ???
4. Profit!

toiletduck

RobertFoster wrote:

Divorce seems easy Jordan. I wonder if "there's no place like home" x3 works too?

you have to click your heels together while you're saying it.

Sherifu

Jordan life sounds easy.

Give me beer, Give me beer, Give me beer.

/waits

monkeyfudge

"Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
I'm not much into health food, I am into champagne.
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape.
At a bar called O'Malley's, where we'll plan our escape."

JoeSchmoe

isn't this just the Pina Colada song all over again?

Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

(Rupert Holmes)

I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long.
Like a worn-out recording, of a favorite song.
So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed.
And in the personals column, there was this letter I read:

"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain.
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
I'm the lady you've looked for, write to me, and escape."

I didn't think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean.
But me and my old lady, had fallen into the same old dull routine.
So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad.
And though I'm nobody's poet, I thought it wasn't half-bad.

"Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
I'm not much into health food, I am into champagne.
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape.
At a bar called O'Malley's, where we'll plan our escape."

So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place.
I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face.
It was my own lovely lady, and she said, "Oh, it's you."
And we laughed for a moment, and I said, "I never knew"..

"That you liked Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
And the feel of the ocean, and the taste of champagne.
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape."

"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain.
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape."

Victor

rkm wrote:

Jordan life sounds easy. Give me beer, Give me beer, Give me beer.

Muslim country, no beer