SMS nearly causes a split

KUALA LUMPUR – An intimate Valentine’s Day text message nearly caused a Malaysian couple to split when it landed on a wrong mobile phone number, a newspaper reported yesterday.

A 27-year-old man and his wife of two months were taking a romantic drive around a park in Seremban, south off Kuala Lumpur, when his phone beeped just after midnight, The Sunday Star said. He asked her to retrieve the message, which read: “Darling, I really miss you, always thinking of you even when you are not here tonight beside me in the bed, I am waiting, lots and kisses and hugs – Jane”.The wife demanded her husband stop the car, accused him of infidelity and left for her parents’ home in a taxi.She refused to take his calls and his father-in-law later told him she would be filing for a divorce.It took 12 frantic hours before the sender of the message was traced.She called the wife with an explanation, and the couple made up with a hug in front of their families.- Nampa-AFP-ReutersHe asked her to retrieve the message, which read: “Darling, I really miss you, always thinking of you even when you are not here tonight beside me in the bed, I am waiting, lots and kisses and hugs – Jane”. The wife demanded her husband stop the car, accused him of infidelity and left for her parents’ home in a taxi. She refused to take his calls and his father-in-law later told him she would be filing for a divorce. It took 12 frantic hours before the sender of the message was traced. She called the wife with an explanation, and the couple made up with a hug in front of their families.- Nampa-AFP-Reuters