According to a recent Gulfnews.com story, an Arab ambassador recently called off his wedding after discovering that his future wife had facial hair.

After quickly ending the betrothal, he then launched a lawsuit against the woman and her family claiming “emotional damage”, and asking for repayment for the gifts (over $120,000) that he had given his former fiancee before being introduced to her hairy visage. (The judge allowed the man to end the engagement, but did not rule for the woman to return ANYTHING given to her by him).

Still, the irony is delicious. Require a woman to hide her face and her beauty, THEN when she does not meet “beauty standards”, SUE her ass.

It is entirely mind-numbing that we live in a world where a man would feel entitled to sue a woman for being unattractive. A bride to be having facial hair is “emotional damage to a man”, but the incredibly damaging tradition of head-covering goes on all over the world.

Though it’s possible to conclude this story as a tragedy and loss for this woman, I have to wonder, if in this case, the woman didn’t actually win in the end. If she had in fact been attractive to his liking, she probably had to marry him, have his children, clean his house, and stroke his obviously frail ego for the rest of her life. I have to wonder (and hope) that this woman might have intentionally skipped her waxing appointment to sabotage this marriage.

It seems that this ambassador got what he was asking for by complying with a culture that hides the face of women…..one damn hairy lesson in reality.

I’d like to think that this woman has found the greatest, most loyal and protective lover of all, one that saved her from a life of marital servitude, and loss of dignity.

Prince charming isn’t a frog after all..rather, he/she/it is a mustache.