The bride must have been glowing:
A 110-year old Saudi man has taken a second wife because his first 85-year-old wife no longer satisfies his needs, the daily Arab News said on Friday.
The report did not explain why the man considered his current wife to be unfulfilling, but it did point out that his new spouse is only 30 years old.
Under Islamic law, men are allowed to have as many as four wives, as long as they can support them and provide for them equally.
It’s a strange world.
Well, at least we know it wasn’t Anna Nicole Smith . . .
I’m not a Sharia expert but I’m pretty sure Islamic law says you can’t marry someone who’s dead.
And what happens when this new wife is 85, huh? What then? Get another new one?
So yes, I guess he would be ready for a third wife at that time of life (middle age).
I do object to the idea of women as “servants” to the “needs” to men; unfortunately, that is the way it is in many parts of the world. Doesn’t make it right. I am familiar with the argument that we shouldn’t judge other people’s cultures by our standards, but I say that women have a universal right to self-determination, independence, and equal status with men–regardless of “culture”. If that makes me a Eurocentric bigot, then Eurocentric me up, baby.
Two quotes come immediately to mind:
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I want to know what kind of diet he’s on.
maybe it was the first wife’s idea.
Reminds me of the story of the 85 year old man who told his doctor he was getting married again — this time to a 29 year old cocktail waitress, so he wanted a complete medical workup.
“I must warn you,” the doctor said, “that excessive sexual activity may be fatal.”
The old man shrugged. “Well, if she dies, she dies…”
Damn, you beat me to it. 🙂
I stopped being freaked out by huge age differences in a marriage when I was in my early 20s. I met up with a girl that was a year ahead of me in high school when she got married to a 68 year old man.
It seemed pretty messed up at the time, but she’s the one who asked him to marry her. She worked at the marina and she fell in love with him and his dreams about sailing around the world in his retirement.
When I saw her again years later, they were still married, she was still very much in love with him, they had sailed around the world twice, and they had just returned from overwintering in the south pacific. They had to switch to a larger boat so they would have room for their two children.
In that same time I had gone to countless weddings of people marrying in their own age group, that quickly ended in divorce.
Without knowing more details, I’m not going to judge.
…no longer satisfies his needs. Emphasis mine.
Sorry, but if I’m a single thirtysomething, then I don’t want 110 year old anything. And what about her needs.
It’s one thing if we’re about the same age and we grow old together. But most of the time, this is just an excuse for replacing your wife who put up with your shit with a newer model. Religious gloss for “new p**.” Nothing more.
the older wife is still part of the marriage, so still has a place to live and all that — unlike in this country where to get a new wife you have to present your current wife with divorce papers, preferably while she’s recovering from cancer surgery.
And as I said, perhaps it was her idea — in that culture, women are used to that sort of thing. Heck, sometimes I wish I had another wife around here — I love to cook, but hate to clean…
What did the groom’s father wear to the wedding?