Close on the heels of its latest update introducing the double blue tick which signify that a message has been read, WhatsApp has now led to a divorce.

A Saudi man divorced his wife apparently because she ignored the messages he had sent her on WhatsApp despite having read them. The husband, who is said to be in his 30s, was irritated by his wife using her phone to talk with her friends and family and not answer his messages.

He apparently told the court that she spent most of her time on the phone to the point that she neglected looking after their home and taking care of their child. On being asked why she didn't reply to his messages, she said she was busy talking to her friend.

The man claimed that all his efforts to solve the situation had failed because his wife needed the phone to stay in touch with her family and friends.

However, the situation came to a head when he tried to get in touch with her and called her from his office, but she didn't answer the phone.

He sent her messages on WhatsApp and knew she had read them because of the application's latest update.

Worried, he left work to go home and see if everything was alright or not. When he arrived, he found her sitting in the living room, watching television.

He asked her why she hadn't answered him or acknowledged his messages. When she answered that she was too busy talking with her friend to answer his calls or his messages, he decided to divorce her.

(indiatoday)