TAIF, 22 July 2005 — A young Saudi though slow to start was quick to finish a wedding. And his marriage, which took three hours from proposal to honeymoon, was a record of sorts, Arabic newspaper Al-Madinah reported. The young man, wracked with doubt whether his proposal would be accepted by the would-be bride’s family, screwed up his courage and proposed. He was pleasantly surprised when the family accepted his proposal and asked him to marry her on the same day. Not one to let an opportunity slip away, the youth went to the hospital for the medical certificate and as he made his way home withdrew the SR3, 000 dowry money. The whole process from the moment he proposed and to the couple’s honeymoon took 3 hours. The members of both families too were surprised at the swift sequence of events that brought about a happy ending.