63-year-old man marries 53 times in ‘search of peace’

A 63-year-old Saudi man has claimed that he tied the knot 53 times for ‘stability’ and ‘peace of mind’ but not ‘personal pleasure.’

The man named Abu Abdullah, while talking to Saudi-owned television said that he is now married to just one woman and does not plan to remarry.

“When I married for the first time, I did not plan to marry more than one woman because I felt comfortable and had children,” he said while recalling details of his first marriage.

“But after a while, problems arose. I decided to marry again when I was 23 years old and informed my wife of my decision.”
“I married 53 women over long periods. The first was when I was 20 years and she was six years older than me,” he said.
According to him, his shortest spell of marriage was for one night. “Every man in the world wishes to have one woman and remain with her forever…. Stability is not to be found with a young woman, but with an old one,” he added.

“Most of my marriages were to Saudi women.” Abu Abdullah said he had also married foreign women during his overseas business trips. “I used to stay for three to four months. So I married to protect myself from vice,” he said.

He said that he tried to treat all his wives fairly.