Kuwait City: Up to 12 per cent of marriages come to an end even before they are consummated on wedding nights in Kuwait.
Kuwait University Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences Dr Hamoud Al Qasha’an unveiled the statistics, based on two studies focusing on disputes arising in the course of preparations towards marriage and during married life.
In a statement to Al Rai newspaper, he said that divorce before the wedding ceremony doesn’t necessarily indicate a failed marriage but points to inadequate planning by the couple towards this new life compounded by disputes and total focus on materialistic gains such as the venue of the wedding and honeymoon, and dwelling place of the couple.