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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Divorce bid cites 'smelly husband'
2005-03-02
An Iranian woman has requested a divorce from her husband on the grounds that he has not washed for more than a year. "My husband says he does not like water and does not want to take a shower ... He doesn't even wash his face when he wakes up in the morning," Mina, 36, was quoted as saying in court by the state-run Iran newspaper.
Isn't not washing un-islamic? Guess I should check with the staff imam, al-Aska Paul.
When the couple first married eight years ago her husband was obsessively clean, she said. "He spent hours taking showers three times a day and washed his hands every few minutes," Mina said.
That sounds like a classic obcessive compulsive disorder.
"But he suddenly changed ... Now nobody, including me, my children and his colleagues, can stand him." Divorce is a notoriously difficult process for women in Iran, who normally have to prove that their husband has neglected them financially or sexually, is a drug addict or physically abusive.
Posted by:Steve

#9  Thank you, Seafarious, but please don't matronize me........heh heh.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-03-02 3:11:22 PM  

#8  Depression is a common, treatable illness that effect's millions of people. I can tell by my
educational background and knowing many that suffer from this- that is what "smelly husband"
suffers from.

ANDREA JACKSON
Posted by: ANdrea Jackson   2005-03-02 3:06:06 PM  

#7  I think one of the Kennedys of Mass. sufferered from the Depression. I once saw Hal Holbrook in Winchester VA (his daughter was the apple blossom fairy that year).
Posted by: R Foxx   2005-03-02 2:35:11 PM  

#6  "I do not like thee, Doctor Fell -
The reason why, I cannot tell..."
Posted by: mojo   2005-03-02 2:00:03 PM  

#5  one understands that when the good wife pinches the nose with one hand and points bathroom-wards with the other, it is time to take action. A daily shower is one of the things manditory for marital bliss...
Posted by: BigEd   2005-03-02 12:46:36 PM  

#4  # 2 ONCE A WEEK~~ EEERRR. most shower every day or every other day. This "smelly Husband" suffers from Depression and has a chemical imbalance in his brain which result's in this type of behavior- i.e. obsessive complusive disorder. He has gone to the other extreme of NOT washing. Get the 'ol boy to a doctor a.s.a.p.

Andrea Jackson
Posted by: ANdrea Jackson   2005-03-02 12:28:41 PM  

#3  My, how curly the toes ofyour slippers are, O esteemed Mufti...
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-03-02 11:51:24 AM  

#2  I take a bath once a week, whether I need it or not. However, the "Hollywood Shower" idea of the newly-wed husband is veddy veddy bad because it wastes too much water, unless one take sea water showers. Since psychologists are unIslamic, the best alternative that I recommend is to have him report to a local accredited Imam for a court-ordered consultation and evaluation. Then the Imam will report to the court and the husband can retort. Then a judgement can be rendered in the case. I have spoken. Make it so, XO.

[***graceful and fancy flourish with the right arm and hand***]
Posted by: Al- Aska Paul   2005-03-02 11:48:03 AM  

#1  That's odd, every Arab Male I've dealt with fastidiously cleans his face, ears, mouth, hands & feet before entering the Mosque to pray. They don't pay any attention to their armpits though, sometimes there is a little unhappiness emanating from up under there. Proxemics are a big thing amongst Arabs, they place a heavy emphasis on how ones' body smells, his breath, how close he is from you whilst talking, etc. It appears we have a Farsi version of Pigpen on our hands here...
Posted by: Bodyguard   2005-03-02 11:09:30 AM  

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