According to a marriage officiant, Dr. Ahmed AlMa’abi, two new types of marriage has surfaced in Jeddah. It’s becoming a trend for widows and divorcees over 45 to marry men in their early twenties. Older women are seeking physically built men who can satisfy their emotional needs. AlMa’abi has high hopes that such marriages will bring down the divorce rate in the Kingdom, which has reached to 60 percent among couple from the same age group.
The second NEW type of marriage is referred to as “daytime marriage”, where the couple meets during the day time. The husbands are usually business men or high rank officials, who want to keep the marriage a secret from the first wife, while the brides have night-time jobs. This type of marriages, according to the officiant, is legal and Islamic.
