News Out of Africa

I could not stop grinning as I read a brief human interest story posted by the BBC today. A South African woman who is in the process of divorcing her husband, is trying to shame him for his infidelity by posting a sign on her car that lists his indiscretions. She is hoping that her former spouse will be shamed into paying the maintenance (alimony) that he owes.

The poster on the boot of her car reads:

If my soon-to-be-ex-husband thinks he can: 
bed down cheap women, 
buy them underwear, 
wine and dine them in the best restaurants, 
take them on five-star holidays, 
take ‘excite’ tablets for erectile dysfunction, 
go out boozing each night AND not pay me my maintenance as ordered by court,
and think I will take no action, he has another thing coming.

You go girl! The woman, who remains unnamed for legal reasons, commented to the Die Burger newspaper,

I decided to make a peaceful point for women everywhere who struggle to get their maintenance.

That takes some ovaries! Nice work!