Now I've heard it all - a couple getting divorced over *pumpkins*? LOL...

She's better off without him! Really, what is the big deal? He obviously lived through years of eating pumpkins without any ill effects, and she saved him a lot of money. He sounds like a real control freak, doesn't he?

LOL, the man really likes his pumpkins I reckon. My goodness that was crazy.

He asked the question of, What man trusts his wife after feeding him pumpkin for half a year? What? You have got to be kidding me! And what is a courgette? You don't divorce your wife because you hate pumpkins and she has been feeding them to you. Because obviously, you really don't have a problem with pumpkins or you would have noticed right away! I would if I didn't like something! And they must be from the same family or he would have never been fooled! He needs to be a "man" and tell her the real reason he is divorcing her! Because if she had been feeding him pumpkins because they were cheaper and he didn't have a problem with it before he found the pumpkin rinds, he shouldn't have a problem with it now! Especially after 18 years of marriage! He is just looking for an excuse!

It sounds ridiculous on the surface, but I wonder if it is about the fact that she has been deceiving him? He may feel it would carry over into another area of their life. I don't know, just guessing.

Maybe the pumkin is just the needle that pop the balloon meaning there are other conflicts that the couple did not resolve and by discovering the pumpkin feeding makes the man realize that it's enough to divorce his wife.

Divorce over pumpkins! That is funny, or is it sad? My nieghbors separated over desserts though. The husband thought his wife was trying to kill him with her desserts. He had been diagnosed diabetic and she continued to have pies, cakes, cookies for their dessert. He refused to eat them and when she continued to bake, he moved out. Finally, one of his friends told her what was happening and she took her recipes to his hotel room. They were all sugar free! The separation only lasted two days.

That has to be the oddest reason for a couple to get divorced and am sure there are many other reasons out there. I have heard of a couple who got divorced because the wife was jealous that her husband had a better job than her and it is a job that she applied for at one time. She was so upset with him for taking the job that she wanted that they got divorced.

That is just really something else. He should have felt thankful that she was a very good cook. Let alone the fact that she was not spending so much money.

LOL... why do I sense that it really ran a bit deeper than "pumpkins"? Heck, if he's that anal retentive, had she known she could've gotten rid of him long ago I'm sure! LOL

I'm not a marriage therapist, but I'm guessing there's some other issue besides pumpkins that's a problem here, and maybe pumpkins are just an excuse. I have no idea what courgettes are, but apparently they're better or tastier than pumpkins!

That is definately a weird story, the weirdest divorce story I ever heard . People just donot value marriage anymore.

That is crazy... I just cannot believe that more and more people are getting divorced over such outrageous things. I know that when we are so angry and feel so mistreated, we tend to do things that we regret, it is that we have to stop sometimes and think about what is really important and what is really right. I have a close friend who is separated from her hubby (they could even be divorced, I don't know), they got separated because he told her that he wanted to have more kids and it was time for her to decide, she had been putting it off, and telling him that they would discuss the children issue later, (like when their other children were a bit older). Also, she has not been feeling too well lately, so she did not want to have more children. I am sad that it happened, and I hope that they can work things out...marriage takes a lot of work and commitment.

LOL they must have had a good marriage to begin with and this was the final straw. LOL People can think of the strangest things to think of. LOL

It must have been the only thing he loved about her and found out it was a lie so nothing was left for him to stay in the relationship. They are lucky they have divorce in Russia, not here.

Not quite the fairy story you expect is it really pumkin into courgette? He must have been desperate to leave if that was the best excuse he could come upwith, wonder what she threatened to turn him into! It's quite funny but also a little sad.

You know, what with Love becoming a such rare commodity these days, I'd say the this guy is "out of his gourd", if he doesn't give her another chance! :) Sorry, I just couldn't let one that get by me! :)

Ohhh now this is so funy. We are hearing lots of crazy things now a days. How can be people so silly. May be pumpkin is just an excuse, real reason for divorce is different.

Wel I guess it wasn't so much the pumpkin issue, but perhaps more the case that she had been lying to him over years. It might sound trivial to us, but maybe he began to think if she was capable of lying over something like his food, she might be able to lie over other, and more serious things.

people are weird, I've heard of people getting divorced over the dishes not being done!

I think that this man was abviously already unhappy with his wife and using the pumpkins as an excuse. They weren't in a happy marriage. The silliest divorces to me are the ones in which the marriages lasted only a few months to a year. Like give it some time! This mostly happens in Hollywood of course.