More on Marriage, Here

Another more thorough and thought-out response to Maha Aheel's article and my post about Saudi women marrying non-Saudi men, here. [Scroll down to the middle of the page.] The writer, a man, Salah Al-Qahtani, has some valid questions and makes some interesting points. He says that one of the reasons a Saudi woman would marry a non-Saudi man is because "She is looking for a man who will build a family with her, not a brigade of wives."

The whole marriage issue, here, is just so different than what I, as a Westerner, am accustomed to...

A couple more articles - they are just quickies - are here. One reports that because a relative [cousin?] was rejected by the bride, he - the relative - threatened to kill anyone who married her. The bridegroom felt threatened enough to invite the police to his wedding.

The other reports that a jilted woman wants to complain to the police about a man who broke her heart. [Honey, this is just part of life. Woman-up, quit 'chur crying and deal!] Apparently she is seeing a psychologist, and the psychologist's recommendation is that she not fall in love with a man via e-mail or mobile phone. Good advice. The same psychologist says that another girl complained to him that her boyfriend hit her and broke her phone when she broached the issue of marriage. [Honey, if he is hitting you before you are married - he is going to beat you senseless for not ironing his gutra properly after you are married - run, do not walk, RUN away from him, and do NOT look back!] According to the psychologist, "Only 20 percent of summer mobile and e-mail love stories end in marriage, but 80 percent of these marriages end in divorce in the first four years..." and he warns "young couples against such hasty alliances."