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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIndian bride walks out of wedding when groom fails math test
http://news.yahoo.com/groom-fails-math-test-indian-bride-walks-wedding-065433753.html<snip>
NEW DELHI (AP) An Indian bride walked out of her wedding ceremony after the groom failed to solve a simple math problem, police said Friday.
The bride tested the groom on his math skills and when he got the sum wrong, she walked out.
The question she asked: How much is 15 plus six?
His reply: 17.
The incident took place late Wednesday in Rasoolabad village near the industrial town of Kanpur in northern Uttar Pradesh state, local police officer Rakesh Kumar said Friday.
The groom's family tried persuading the bride to return, but she refused. She said the groom had misled them about his education.
"The groom's family kept us in the dark about his poor education," said Mohar Singh, the bride's father. "Even a first grader can answer this."
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Indian bride walks out of wedding when groom fails math test (Original Post)
malaise
Mar 2015
OP
Arranged marriage? If so, the groom's family appears to have lied. Contract broken. n/t
Cerridwen
Mar 2015
#3
Years ago I was left standing at the altar when my fiancee asked me to integrate ln(x),
Nye Bevan
Mar 2015
#8
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)1. Till math do us part. n/t
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)5. lol
I think that is a DUzy.
malaise
(268,967 posts)11. Well it could be a math test or a means test
Take your pick
Baitball Blogger
(46,703 posts)2. It could have been math anxiety.
On the other hand, maybe he was clever and didn't want to marry her in the first place.
Cerridwen
(13,257 posts)3. Arranged marriage? If so, the groom's family appears to have lied. Contract broken. n/t
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)4. Expect more of this as India's gender imbalance grows wider.
female infanticide has consequences...
ksoze
(2,068 posts)6. At least it wasn't the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow
FSogol
(45,481 posts)7. African or European?
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)8. Years ago I was left standing at the altar when my fiancee asked me to integrate ln(x),
and I couldn't do it.
Apparently the trick is to treat it as 1.ln(x) and integrate by parts.
malaise
(268,967 posts)10. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh
LeftinOH
(5,354 posts)12. The bride didn't want to marry an idiot. That's a simple
enough question for a grown-up to answer.