According to a new survey, the more expensive the wedding, the more likely the couple are to divorce.

The survey goes on to say that men who spent between £1,200 and £2,500 on engagement rings were more likely to get divorced than men who spent between £300 and £1,000 on a ring.

Furthermore, those who spent over £12,500 on a wedding are 3.5 times more likely to divorce than couples who spent between £3,000 and £6,000. With the average Asian wedding in the UK costing a staggering £30,000-£40,000, it begs the question, is this money well spent?

One friend revealed: “What can you do but cough up the money to keep face?

“The Asian community is so judgemental. My dad had to take out a hefty loan for my wedding.

“He had to show my in-laws that we could host a wedding to remember. That was the only way to gain their respect. The same can be said of the Asian community as a whole.

“They respect you if you have a fancy car or money.

“My in-laws even said they wanted me to arrive in a helicopter to the wedding, just to make the wedding as unique as possible.

“I had to put my foot down there. My hair would have gotten ruined, and how am I supposed to wear all that jewellery with those big headsets?

“Not only that, we had to give gold jewellery to every single female member of my in-laws, and a new suit for all the men.

“People become so greedy around weddings. Yet they’re quite happy to hand over a £10 note as a wedding gift in return. On top of that they complain about the wedding.

“After spending £70,000 on my wedding between all the gifts, my jewellery and outfit and hiring the ostentatious cars to show off, we ended up getting a divorce.”

As recent as 2010, one in five divorces in America were blamed on Facebook due to reconnecting with old flames and the ease of sending flirtatious messages to people.

This type of modern malaise was allegedly the impetus for Desperate Housewives’ star Eva Longoria’s split from her basketball player husband Tony Parker.

Kiran (not her real name) spoke candidly about the breakdown of her marriage.

“We had the big wedding. No expense was spared,” she said.

“But once the excitement died down and all the functions subsided, my husband got bored. He became really reclusive.

“Until he discovered apps like Tinder. He became obsessed with his phone.

“He stopped having conversations with me.

“He got a huge thrill out of talking to these anonymous women for one purpose. I still don’t know if he has physically cheated on me.

“But if he gets more turned on by messages on his phone than by me, it’s not the best future a girl can hope for.”