Man divorces bride over wedding night texting

A man has divorced his new bride, after she spent their wedding night texting her friends, instead of consummating the marriage.

The unnamed groom was furious with his wife for spending all her time on her phone, at their hotel room, after the ceremony in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Despite his advances, the woman is said to have pushed him away, because he was getting in the way of her replying to all the texts from well-wishers.

A relative told Saudi daily, Al Watan: “The groom tried to get closer with her, and more intimate, but he was shocked when she ignored him, not responding to his words and action.

“When he asked her if her friends were more important than he was, the bride answered that they were.”

The woman reportedly got angry when she was asked to stop, and the pair soon got into a furious argument. The groom demand a divorce, before he stormed out of the room.

The relative said that a divorce case was filed and the court referred it to the reconciliation committee to assess if the newly-weds could be reconciled, the relative added.

However, the groom, who was too hurt in his pride to forgive, refused to withdraw the case and insisted on the divorce.