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Guatemala’s current presidential elections have recently thrown up one of the most unusual reasons for divorce that we at Quickie Divorce have seen in our ten years in the business. Presidential hopeful, Sandra Torres, 56, recently sacrificed her happy eight year marriage to current president, Alvaro Colom, due to a constitutional ban that prevents relatives of incumbent officials from succeeding them in office. Whilst her dedication has to be admired, the bizarre reasons behind Torres’ divorce got us thinking: what other reasons have, or can, be given for divorce? A question which saw us trawl through the internet for some of the more unusual and interesting arguments that have been put forward to justify divorce. Our findings, as we’re sure you’ll agree, are rather interesting. In Canada, for example, a couple can divorce if one spouse’s snoring keeps the other awake at night whilst in Japan, your partner sleeping in an unacceptable position is considered sufficient enough for a judge to grant a divorce. From the husband who claimed that his wife’s acne was “traumatic” to the wife who stated that her bibliophile husband loved his books more than her, India has seen numerous individuals rely upon a smorgasbord of seemingly trivial reasons to divorce their spouse. India has also seen couples divorce because of poor table manners, disagreements over the family dog and, undoubtedly the most trivial reason of all, because one half of a couple wanted to keep the bedroom fan on at night, whilst the other didn’t. Well, thinking of several examples of unreasonable behaviour was never easy. Still, maybe you should get some advice before relying on disagreements over home furnishings in your petition.