Divorce at first sight.

It was divorce at first sight for a Saudi groom when his bride lifted her veil on their wedding day.

"You are not the girl I want to marry," the groom exclaimed. "You are not the one I had imagined. I am sorry, but I divorce you."

The heartbroken bride became hysterical and collapsed as the wedding turned into a "night of tears", Saudi daily newspaper Okaz reported.

The couple had agreed to an arranged marriage without meeting face-to-face, so the first time the groom saw the bride's face was when she lifted her veil for a photograph on the big day.

He immediately jumped to his feet and announced the separation.

Shocked guests at the wedding in Medina tried to change the groom's mind, but their efforts fell on deaf ears.

The groom's behaviour was condemned on social media.

Afra wrote: "He caused her great pain through his irresponsible attitude, and he deserves to suffer ... Unfortunately, many young people today are interested only in looks and ignore values and morals."

Abu Nass said the groom was not man enough to assume his responsibilities, but then added he should have insisted on seeing the bride before the engagement. "... may he be deprived of getting married at all."

Another Saudi marriage managed to last two years before the husband divorced his wife after she failed to reply to a WhatsApp text message.

The husband, in his 30s, said he was frustrated by his wife's seemingly endless interest in using her phone for chatting with friends and family, Gulf News reported.

When his wife failed to respond to the text message, he feared something was wrong and rushed home, only to find her watching television. Rather than reply to his message, she had been busy chatting with friends on WhatsApp.

 Source; Smh