Marriage in trouble after man refuses to break traffic rules

A couple in Dhaka has admitted that a single instance of the husband refusing to drive against traffic during a traffic jam has landed the marriage in hot water.

Wishing to remain unnamed, the husband said they had been stuck in a long pileup while exiting the capital on Thursday evening.

"Basically, the other side of the road was absolutely free, and here we were sitting in a line maybe five kilometres long," the wife said. "Oh, and I want to be named. My name is Faria, and his name is Tanim, and he is a buffoon.

"Anyway, around 30 minutes into waiting at the same spot and waiting for some movement before geological time set in, we saw at least 35 cars zoom by on the empty side of the road, and they sped off into freedom. At first, I asked him gently whether he would do the same, because I didn't want to spend my life on the road, you know?"

Th husband said, "Well, she asked me to break the law, and I told her that it would be the unwise thing to do as the cars that were speeding off on the wrong side of the road as if it was Fast and the Furious would actually create more trouble because there would be a standoff down the road with cars coming from the opposite, and right, direction."

Faria said she could see the point at first, but after an hour, she could not see it anymore.

"Man, at one point, even cars that must have started their journeys after ours had reached this point started to pass us by. I knew he was doing this only because I disagreed. He always does this. And at one point, you have to ask what kind of man is so timid that he wouldn't take the small risk that literally hundreds of others were taking. He wouldn't do it even though he knew it would make me happy."

"A stand-up guy, that's who!" Tanim shot back.

It was learnt that the couple were still stuck in the jam as of yesterday evening.