Posted on 03/02/2005 11:10:36 AM PST by dead
TEHRAN (AFP) - An Iranian woman is attempting to set a legal precedent by divorcing her husband because he has not showered for more than a year, a press report said.
The 36-year-old woman, only identified as Mina, reportedly told a Tehran court her husband Reza smells so bad that even his children will not go near him.
"Everybody is making fun of us. We cannot go to any parties. I feel so ashamed," the woman told the divorce court, according to the governmental Iran (news - web sites) newspaper.
Iranian women wishing to divorce can only demand one if they can prove their husband has met strict critieria -- including being impotent, abusive, a drug addict, in jail, unable to provide for the family or living away from home for more than six months.
Being smelly is not included in the list of marriage infractions, although a legal expert contacted by AFP explained that Mina could argue that the stink had caused her to hate her husband so much she can no longer live with him -- something that is recognised as a valid justification.
According to the report, Mina complained that before developing an aversion to water Reza used to have an obsessive compulsion to take "at least three showers a day and wash his hands every few minutes."
"I have put up with him for eight years. I have had enough." she said.
Ewwww!
Muslim solution - Cut off her nose.
Man. that sounds rough. Even well groomed guys tend to get that special smell as they get older.
Sounds like reasonable grounds to me. Soap and water are cheap. Sheeeeesh!
I see an Honor Killing in her future.
Hmm, not taking a shower. Sounds cheaper than hiring a lawyer.
Iranian Party Alert!!
Smelly husband ping!
Maybe he's French.
I kid you not. This sounds like my poor grandmother. This saintly woman remarried after my grandfather died and discovered almost immediately that she had made the mistake of her life. Her new husband refused to bath and so they ended up sleeping on different floors, I think because she couldn't stand the odor--or the man! About every six months, she basically threatened his life unless he peeled his duds, and she carried them (by some type of implement, she wouldn't touch them) to a large boiling pot of water (this was a log cabin where there was no indoor plumbing or electricity; I remember it well). God love this woman. She just didn't have the soul to be miserable. She found humor in all that, too. And she was a God-fearing woman who didn't believe in divorce. She has been the inspiration of my life!
That's why the women wear burkas! [slapping forehead]
Iran-a-muck indeed.
They have Everquest in Iran?
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