Dear Mr.Prasad, From the point of view of the girls father's he wants to amicably go for a settlement, and not fight the case. I tried to put myself in his place and think... The situation here in India is totally different visavis the marriage & divorce. Though the divorce rates are very high every body think it will not happen in their house!!( this is like, in Mahabaratha yudhistra answers a Yaksha's question , that though every body knows abt death and see that daily, still think they will live for ever").. I have seen in many threads members commenting they do not know their neighbours, no relatives, friends, no frequent visits to any body place etc. Here the situation is different, every relation of yours is watching what happens in your family!! if you are rich and have married off your daughter with great pomp & show, nothing more is needed for the jealous ones.Those who feel happy abt ur misfortune outnumber the cared ones... This divorce will put the family to great shame and the stream of relatives with hung face coming & going, each one giving different advices etc etc.. & that is real torture. So i personally dont find any mistake in him asking for some other solution other than divorce..I really pity the gentlemen friend of yours.