xmich:

#10,000 is too much,our inlaw paid #100 it depends

manny4life:

Exactly!
Our tradition (Nnewi) is N100 and if the groom wants to dole out more money, he does it secretly and at his own will. I am waiting on the sore liar called @7Alender to tell me how his brother in-law paid N375,000 for drinks alone.

sukkot:
yup thats true. in the past 10 years alone up-to 1000 igbo men have killed and butchered their wives in america alone. yup they take good care of their women

7Alexander:
i will answer u gracefully, im from Otolo (dts all u nid 2 kno), and i ll say it agn, d drinks my bro-in-law bought totalled 375,000. tell me abt d standing order, because d last tym i checked, trad marriage list varies between 'umunnas', in my own, it is inclusive of umu okpu, umu ada, nwunye di etc shares. even at d end every man in d umunna still go home with at least 5 bottles of drinks, same with d umu okpus, nwunye dis, etc.

7Alexander:
i will answer u gracefully, im from Otolo (dts all u nid 2 kno), and i ll say it agn, d drinks my bro-in-law bought totalled 375,000. tell me abt d standing order, because d last tym i checked, trad marriage list varies between 'umunnas', in my own, it is inclusive of umu okpu, umu ada, nwunye di etc shares. even at d end every man in d umunna still go home with at least 5 bottles of drinks, same with d umu okpus, nwunye dis, etc.

manny4life:

So, where in Otolo are you from?
I'm from Akbo Ezem, Uruagu, Nnewi... I no hide am. I need to verify your claims. Your claim is seriously outrageous and should be investigated ASAP... This is NOT Nnewi tradition. Your town is under Otolo (where Igwe stays) which is part of Aka Nnewi ano. Yes, marriage list is by Umunna but your umunna MUST follow stipulated rules (Omenana). Your Umunna CANNOT be doing omenenu... I know umuanna gets 6 cases of five different kinds of drink (including beverage), followed by 4 cases Umuada, followed by 2 cases Umu Okpu and the rest are just additional. So Nnayi, biko gwam... How does your total equal up to N375,000?
Please tell us what kind of drinks they bought because the three main group, nna, ada and okpu have been satisfied, so gini ka ogoo golu nke ojiri luo 375k?

VintageCocktail:
Your people probably declared surplus that is why your in-law spent that amount. Seems to me your family wave their hand for the whole Nkwo Nnewi to assemble and witness the traditional marriage. Don't tell me that 375000 drinks is part of the list because it is an ear and eye sore there are still below average earners who still get marry at Nnewi.

7Alexander:

believe it bro, Outrageous, yes. but that doesnt stop it frm bein true

manny4life:


It seems like he doesn't know Nnewi tradition... N375k for traditional marriage is a different thing but to tell me it's part of the list... Mba. Our people say, Obu ezi okwu na mmiri zolu, mana n'obolu ozu bu asi (it is true there was heavy rainfall, but saying it unearthed a human corpse, it's a BIG LIE).

VintageCocktail:
Seems to me your family wave their hand for the whole Nkwo Nnewi to assemble and witness the traditional marriage. Don't tell me that 375000 drinks is part of the list because it is an ear and eye sore there are still below average earners who still get marry at Nnewi.

VintageCocktail:
The bro is mixing it up..........he probably thought that the wine and drinks for the club members, committee of friends and the other long list of friends are part of the traditional marriage list.

honvalid:
If naa me i go await till dat time whey yam dey very cheap.

7Alexander:

its not a question of how many ppl were invited, because d list must av bin handed out right frm d outset of preparations. my dad was even complaining, at d end his share as d brides father was a crate of star and a crate of gulder, while my mom got a crate of mineral and small stout each. come to think of it , if every member of umu ada, umu nna, nwunye di, goes home with 4-5 bottles of drinks, apart frm d ones drank at d occasion, hw many crates do u tink it will amount to? one thing i will tell u is, speak for yourself. thats all

hardbody:


Funny. You must have been rolling with wretched guys. Like someone said, everything there is less than 200k. For your information a club night out with guys, you can actually spend more than 200k. So why would regular cash expense be a reason for late marriages? Compare the price of 20 tubers of yam to iphone 6 to be bought for the girl, her sister and her mother.

Freemanan:
#POVERTY...

Now I don't know if it is the family of the bride that is so poor that they wanna use this opportunity to gather enough for the rainy days.

Secondly, I don't know if it is the Op and those that will support his point that are so poor that they are scared of the challenge of getting married to an Igbo lady.

Still thinking

manny4life:

Even if each person went with a crate of beer (12 bottles) which is impossicant, how much is a crate of beer? Assuming ALL the persons involved were up to 100 (which is next to impossible) Btw, you're saying "drank at the occasion", which occasion? Bros, you're mixing akwa nkwu with iku aka and imego.

kilokeys:
if this is all it takes... i wouldnt mind o.. everything i see nt up to 200k.


far cheaper than getting iPhone 6 plus for father mother brothers and sisters.. all that would fit into a polybag and still cost u more than a million bucks

JurassicPark:
Lol..

Due to the fuel scarcity, add 50 litres of fuel to those items

manny4life:
@7Alexander,
call your in-law and check wella what the N375K was for..

Sommyangel:
I don't see anything wrong.. Them force you to marry their daughter ni.. That's how one guy that wanted to marry my cousin ran away after seeing the list

7Alexander:

im talking abt akwa nkwu, meanwhile , by my estimations members of my umunna alone are in d upwards of 200, considering dt its a big one and even dose abroad will stil get der own share of drinks, long as der family members help pay deir dues for them. now if u hav 200 members in umunna, prbbly 170 will b married, giving us, 170 nwunyedis, den include d umu okpus. as i said , speak for urslf. meanwhile, my umunna dont include beverages in our list. u see? just drinks, palm wine and Hausa goats

7Alexander:

funny, im d 1st son, which means dt im privy to everytin dt transpired, as i said it may sound outrageous and incredible, bt its tru. mayb we cn move on now. peace

preselect:


it's hard to leave Jewels alone. inferiority complex won't let them.

with all the marginalization suffered by the igbos, you still can't compare the average igbo village to the average village from the west or north.