We’ve all heard of shotgun weddings, but what about a shotgun divorce? One couple only lasted a matter of minutes as man and wife before calling time on their marriage, in what could be the shortest union in history.
The pair, from Kuwait, tied the knot at a local courthouse in front of their friends and family members, however an incident as they were leaving the courthouse saw them asking for an immediate annulment.
According to Q8 News, reported by The Daily Mail, the newlywed bride tripped as the couple were making their way out of the venue, which resulted in her husband branding her “stupid”.
Despite having just signed their marriage contract minutes earlier, the furious woman then pleaded with the judge to put an end to the marriage immediately.
While the couple have not been identified, people on social media were quick to praise the bride, with one user describing her as a “smart woman” for ending her marriage in these circumstances.
One wrote: “You go girl, smart woman!” Another said: “Hope she kept the ring.” While a third wrote: “Note to self, never get married!”
Read more: Millennials ‘better at marriage’ than divorce-happy Baby Boomers: Study.
It’s often assumed that Millennials are more likely to get divorced, however a recent survey actually claimed the opposite finding that the generation, generally regarded as those born between 1981 and 1994, are better at staying married than “divorce-happy” Baby Boomers.
The study, carried out by the University of Maryland in the US last year, found that the overall divorce rate had declined by 18 per cent between 2008 and 2016, according to Slate, meaning that marriage today is apparently more successful than in the past.
Just over 10 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 34 were found to be divorced, compared to more than a quarter of people over the age of 44, which is an increase of 10 per cent since 1980.
Sociology professor Phillip Cohen, who conducted the research, reckons the shift can be mainly attributed to millennials who are going about matrimonial life differently to their predecessors, particularly Baby Boomers who experienced a surge in failed marriages in recent years.
However Cohen explained that the decline in divorces is most likely linked to “the increasingly selective nature of marriage”, saying that the couples “who persist through cohabitation and enter marital unions” have greater stability.
The report reads: “Marriage is rarer, and more stable, than it was in the past, representing an increasingly central component of the structure of social inequality.”
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