What would you do if you found out you had been deceived after marrying your spouse?
DOING the rounds on the Internet is the news story of an Algerian bridegroom who is suing his new wife for fraud after seeing her without make-up the day after their wedding.
According to Emirates 247, the groom is seeking $20,000 in damages, particularly fraud and psychological suffering, because he was tricked by his wife’s ‘beauty’ to the point where he didn’t recognise her after she washed her face. This frightened him, making him believe she was a thief who came to steal from his apartment. He claims he has been cheated and his wife is not as pretty as she was before they married.
The story brings into focus many Jamaican men’s insistence on not buying puss in bag — or ensuring that they experience the woman in all her elements before tying the knot. All Woman asked readers what their reaction would be if they found out they had been deceived after marrying their spouses.
Tafari S:
If I developed a genuine attraction to her, not meaning on a sexual level but in the sense where our energies or spirit synchronised, I’d most likely stay. However, I might feel deceived and lose trust and ultimately interest.
Henry L:
I don’t mind the ugly, but if it’s a case where she has a penis I never knew about, then that’s an issue. However, as much as people talk about looks, physical attributes, deformities, whether it includes appendages or whatever, at the end of the day when you get to know a person you look beyond the body and their looks and it’s all about the individual. So it shouldn’t matter. However, as long as she was born a woman and never had a sex change I’m OK. That’s my deal breaker.
Albert R:
If I married someone and then found out I had been deceived I’d do like the man and sue. Deception in my eyes is fraud.
Nicole N:
I would declare the marriage null and void.
Kirby S:
I would feel betrayed, but if I really love him for who he is and not necessarily his physical attributes I would try to work it out. However, if it’s a case of hiding who he really is in terms of personality and he turns out to be a really awful person, I would try to find a way out.
Georgia A:
I can’t fathom how I could be deceived and stay in the relationship. Null and void, and if I can’t use that route I would simply file for divorce.
Alex H:
I would tell her to leave and just move in my plan B right away.
Bridgette B:
If I was deceived I would feel betrayed, but I believe in second chances so I would find a way to mend the broken pieces.
