Soaps lead to divorce

[faceless]

Indian woman divorces over husband's soap opera ban
An Indian woman successfully divorced her husband after he refused to allow her to watch soap operas, according to a report.
17 Nov 2009

Mubai's Daily News and Analysis newspaper said the husband's ban had led to daily arguments between the couple from Pune, in the south-east of India's financial capital. Eventually, the wife decided the situation was unbearable and she filed for divorce. Television soap operas, with their high melodrama, dramatic close-ups and music, have a huge following in India, particularly among housewives or women who work as domestic help.

Granting her application, a family court judge said the husband had been picking arguments with his wife for more than four years "on the grounds that she was seeing Hindi serials on TV channels". It added: "The respondent (husband) was not allowing the petitioner (wife) to see programmes on TV as per her choice".

The divorce ruling was given in August, but details only recently emerged when the ex-husband applied to the high court to overturn the decision, which also gave the woman custody of the couple's six-year-old child. His lawyers argued in court on Monday that the woman's claims of cruel treatment against her were false and were part of the normal "wear and tear" of married life, the newspaper said.

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I wonder if there's ever been a plotline in a soap that was like this?

[SpursFan1902]

If there hasn't been, there should be!

[pirtybirdy]

Personally, I'd divorce him just for the mere fact that he thinks he can tell me what I can and can't do. That would be my grounds for divorce. He's my husband not my boss. lol!

[Skylace]

So true Pirty. I am sure that it is just part of the issue. If he is controlling in that area, I am sure he is in others.

[faceless]

Maybe he began to be controlling because she was addicted and neglecting her responsibilities? She married him in the first place after all.

[pirtybirdy]

What's her responsibilities? What he says her responsibilities are? lol! What he assigned her to do? Of course I understand that most likely, in their culture, she's "expected" to do household chores and whatnot, and she's probably watching the boob tube instead. Oh well......I can understand if he's busting his ass for all the hours and he comes home to a pigsty. Could have been an arranged marriage and he had no idea she was like that. Still, it's a bummer she felt she had to divorce him over it, I guess their was no compromises to be had on either side. lol!

[faceless]

I'd say her kids were a responsibility. Maybe he thought she spent too much time watching tv and not enough caring for them? The courts almost always support the woman in cases like this of course.

Then again, we don't know anything about the case beyond what's posted here.

[eefanincan]

[SpursFan1902]