Saudi asks wife: 'Can I marry again?'

A Saudi man set precedence in the Gulf Kingdom’s conservative society when he sought his wife’s written opinion whether she would let him marry again. But her response carried an implicit threat to her husband.

In a letter he left her at home, the husband told his wife that he intends to marry again on the grounds Islam permits men to have four wives at a time.

A copy of the letter published by Sada newspaper showed the man marked two answers at the bottom “I agree and I don’t agree.”

It showed the wife not only answered “I don’t agree” but added a threatening phrase saying :”try and you will see.”

Sada said the letter was circulated on social networks but did not mention where in Saudi Arabia the couple lives.