Does marriage mean more expenses?
Are you married or planning to get married one day? Have you ever stopped to count the financial costs of marriage as against its gains? Would you subscribe to the postulation that marriage from the wedding ceremony to maintaining the home and raising children, is financially draining?

chukwudi06:

Does marriage mean more expenses?

No

chukwudi06:


Are you married or planning to get married one day?

In already and enjoying every bit of it.

chukwudi06:

Have you ever stopped to count the financial costs of marriage as against its gains?

No loss,so-so gains and blessings.Oluwa o she.
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chukwudi06:

Would you subscribe to the postulation that marriage from the wedding ceremony to maintaining the home and raising children, is financially draining?

White wedding maybe.I really don't get the point
Traditional and legal marriages,absolutely not.Worth every penny spent on it.

one reply front page, amazing

just got married so may not be able to analyse totally.

but so far, its all good from all perspective

okay!!! time will tell. perhaps 2-4years from now.

Not married, but from what I've seen marriage (not the wedding ooh) does entail more expenses when:

1. Children are involved
2. There are school fees to be paid
3. Hospital bills to pay because of one mishap or the other, which children are bound to get into while growing up.
4. There are more mouths to feed, besides yours and so on.

Expenses shouldn't become a burden to dread but a necessary evil to be well trashed out through careful planning and combined resources from husband and wife.

The wedding itself doesn't have to drain you financially. And with all the expenses that come with marriage do remember that there are benefits too.

IT DEPENDS ON THE ANGLE YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT,IF YOU ARE A BIG BOI "MILLIONAIRE' AND YOU REALY WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE ,AS IN GIVE YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS THE BEST,
YOU COULD BE PAYING DENGERIOUS BILLS,why cos u want to send the Kids to Good schools,put them in a conducive atmosphere Bla,Bla,Bla .
I know men that are married that their wives struugle hard to ake care of the home While the MAN Sits down and Watch TV or Play chess.

usbcable:

one reply front page, amazing  

Surprised too.
Sometimes one wonders what d basis of pushing a topic to the front page is.

To ur question, i think being alone is a lot more expensive than getting married.

Reason, a wife will appreciate N5k eg. when given to her but a girlfy will treat N5k as a preamble to the main dough

Kx:


To your question, i think being alone is a lot more expensive than getting married.

Reason, a wife will appreciate N5k eg. when given to her but a girlfy will treat N5k as a preamble to the main dough

I am sooooooo laughing out loud at the bolded part.

Da Doctor:

@poster
Marriage has its challenges financially, but the gains out weighs same.

If one intends to go into it somday. same should be with courage.

But from experience.,,,IT WILL SAVE YOU A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY AND U WOULD KNOW U ARE INVVESTING IN YOUR FUTURE RATHER THAN WHIRLING AWAY YOUR HARD EARNED ON SOME HOT LADIES AND FRIVOLITIES.

For me, i am happy taking care of my family cos IT ISNT A WASTE, BUT AN INVESTMENT

Kx:

Surprised too.
Sometimes one wonders what d basis of pushing a topic to the front page is.

To your question, i think being alone is a lot more expensive than getting married.

Reason, a wife will appreciate N5k eg. when given to her but a girlfy will treat N5k as a preamble to the main dough

madoba:

Not married, but from what I've seen marriage (not the wedding ooh) does entail more expenses when:

1. Children are involved
2. There are school fees to be paid
3. Hospital bills to pay because of one mishap or the other, which children are bound to get into while growing up.
4. There are more mouths to feed, besides yours and so on.

Expenses shouldn't become a burden to dread but a necessary evil to be well trashed out through careful planning and combined resources from husband and wife.

The wedding itself doesn't have to drain you financially. And with all the expenses that come with marriage do remember that there are benefits too.

THANK YOU! Well said

@Op, Not Expense but responsibility

ifyalways, I love your replies. That means you married the ideal man. I hope my babe perceives me as such.

A man should ensure that he is financially stable before venturing into marriage. I will like to marry today because I know am ready for it and will never see anything about is as a waste or expenses. It will be very humiliating for a man not to give his wife and children their well deserved comfort.

I have told myself and other young men who care to listen: Achieve all you can before you get married o! My parents (esp my mum) are on my neck to pick a wife cos i'm the only son but i have rebuffed the idea. Bought a piece of Land at Tungan-Maji area of Abuja and i must develop it before getting married. Shikenah!

Who are we kidding. Off course marriage is expensive.

Marriage is enjoyable if u got d right partner.

Marriage becomes more expensive than being single if you marry the wrong person. Wrong person makes marriage regrettable.

He who finds a good wife finds a good thing and obtain favour from GOD. This is a divine commandment not fairy tale.

Even married to the right person, marriage has its ups and down, as DA DOCTOR puts:

Da Doctor:

@poster
Marriage has its challenges financially, but the gains out weighs same.

If one intends to go into it somday. same should be with courage.

But from experience.,,,IT WILL SAVE YOU A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY AND U WOULD KNOW U ARE INVVESTING IN YOUR FUTURE RATHER THAN WHIRLING AWAY YOUR HARD EARNED ON SOME HOT LADIES AND FRIVOLITIES.

For me, i am happy taking care of my family cos IT ISNT A WASTE, BUT AN INVESTMENT

You should not dread the ups & down in marriage, it is about being responsible

@ Da Doctor: It's been quite ages, how has it been?

be sharp and think like onyeocha. Have a dog or cat instead of kids, live in partners eliminate church wedding brouhaha(just kidding). Generally the average guy sees marriage as expensive, thats why marriage @ 30 and above is the rave now.

Almost all ladies ll agree its not a waste,since they are not the one footing the bills.Lol

But from experience.,,,IT WILL SAVE YOU A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY AND U WOULD KNOW U ARE INVVESTING IN YOUR FUTURE RATHER THAN WHIRLING AWAY YOUR HARD EARNED ON SOME HOT LADIES AND FRIVOLITIES.

How on earth will marriage save you a whole lot? Are we talking about the man or the woman?

Marriage could be said to be like a business, it is what you put into it that you get, not that you automatically get a good save, good investment or progress with it.
Marriage give you more challenge, task and more expense. You want to meet your taste, your partners taste (which ordinarily would not have been) and a common taste (family thing).
You are prone to more expense from relations (both sides). You had a car, you need a second one. You need a bigger and better apartment.
Well, alot of men had been ruined by it and others made

It simply denpend on your lifestyle, some people did better when single because they were able to do away with a lot of things. The good thing is, you just dont mind if you find yourself in a good one . .shikena

Ah Yeah!! more expenses but not ridiculous if you have a plan, but all in all its all worth it when I look at my wonderful family.

9ja lowa kilon sele?

ficoram:

Almost all ladies ll agree its not a waste,since they are not the one footing the bills.Lol

It means more responsibilities

To fulfill your responsibilities you need more money,

if you thinking of the expenses, pls dont marry, dont even near woman, save your money, when you pass way the savings will follow you.

Definitely

Yes, marriage means more expenses.

Let's look at it from this angle, a single person cares for himself/herself alone, all she gets good for his/her needs and pleasures but a married person will always consider himself/herself, his/her husband/wife and children and this mean more expenses.

Just like in every human endeavour, there are gains and there loses hence you can not for the sack of expenses run away from the gains. I wonder if Armstrong never stepped out of the Space rocket, would he have discovered that he landed on the moon?

Life is all about positive and negative, gain and lose hence the expenses in marriage is negligible over the years (At old age).

married with kids.I think it is more expenses and more gain later.If it goes wrong,which it has the tendencies to,it will then become disastrous to both species.

@Da Doctor: I am basking in God's glory.

Don't worry, there is glory without cross, nothing do you my brother

More expenses? Sure.

But its a worthy investment.

Better than waking up at 70, all gray, dying and miserably alone.

Been married twice. First wedding ceremony was a total show even though I begged for a quiet wedding. Financially draining, cost millions,splashed in papers and magazines the marriage was also financially draining cos we spent loads of money trying to have kids and not forgeting medical bills from beatings and darling husbands drinking and gambling habit. Second wedding was a dream wedding quiet court wedding follwed by a simple candle light reception for 30 guests as lots of relatives who believed divorce is a sin refused to attend, dat was a blessing to me as I ve always hated crowds. The marriage proper, got preggy almost immediately I attend dat house, my dad jokinly told hibby dat it seems he laid ambush for me, got pregnant free of charge. We share expenses and manage resources, second hubby not as rich as first hubby financially but emotionally and mentally second hubby is d richest man in d world. Luckily we don't have younger ones to train. We live modestly and well witin our means, eat at home, create our own entertainment and treat ourselves once in a while. Baby came with extra expenses but we had planned and saved towards dat. So for me I will say depends on the kind of marriage and the understanding and cooperation of d couple