Why should she be insisting on court weeding, i strongly believe she is up to something. After all this is Africa not America.

Am not comfortable with this  , I believe she wants to take over my hard earned wealth

its becos its africa, dats why she wants it, if u do not have anything hiding or something fishing, why oblige, do what she wants or u can go for someone dat will just pack into ur house without even her parents consent

tithe:

Why should she be insisting on court weeding, i strongly believe she is up to something. After all this is Africa not America.

Am not comfortable with this , I believe she wants to take over my hard earned wealth

I don't buy the idea of court wedding, why would she be thinking of what to claim in case the marriage ends even b4 it started?

Its good to start with positive mind, marriage has become business venture, pple think of profit b4 going into the business

of course i would grant her a court wedding, but she will also have to sign a prenupital agreement.

elecktra:

duh she just wants to be your legal wife which binds you to the one man one woman thingy whoever said its all about the money abeg your wealth

may even be the last thing on her mind,so a woman cannot take over your property without going to court abi ?? grow up jare

Give me a break here, we all know that one of the major reasons some women insist on court wedding has to do with materia gain.
It got nothing to do with legal wife.

sesman:

of course i would grant her a court wedding, but she will also have to sign a prenupital agreement.

Absolutely!!!

Some women do it because its cheaper why are guys always worrying about their imaginary wealth?

Ebonyeyes:

Some women do it because its cheaper why are guys always worrying about their imaginary wealth?

I will be worried if a girl i'm inlove with is more concerned abt court wedding than white wedding. It will send wrong messages.

Interms of being cheap, yes i agree, but if i have the money for white wedding and she is insisting on court one then i smell a rat.

@justwise i guess u do make a point so yeah i mean if am with someone dat has money den i wld want a white wedding but if we are just comfortable den anything is just fine.

ladybird77:

@justwise i guess u do make a point so yeah i mean if am with someone dat has money den i wld want a white wedding but if we are just comfortable den anything is just fine.

Sure, if we don't have much for good white wedding then court one will do. But in Nigeria, when pple start talking abt court wedding even when u can afford white one then there are more to it.

I guess so,

It could be for security purpose cos men this could be very funny. Everyone needs assurance. Its both ways.

Well, you can never be too careful . .

Bplnsa:

It could be for security purpose cos men this could be very funny. Everyone needs assurance. Its both ways.

Such should be suggested by the man and not otherwise

stop complaining, u know u r going to do the court wedding as she wants anyways,

@POSTER
marriage is not for men all over d world,
just do it d way she want it, and get over with it

See us see wahala o! If she wants white wedding now u will say she wants to bankrupt u b4 the marriage even begins.

Abeg u don't have serious work dats why u are worried over trivialities.

elecktra:

Mr. justwise all am trying to say is court marriage is not all about wat she ll get from the marriage intents are different a girl might want a court

wedding for pure reasons and the next might for selfish reasons i just dont think you should generalize girls who want court wedding as materialistic

Mrs elecktra i take ur point.

tithe:

Why should she be insisting on court weeding, i strongly believe she is up to something. After all this is Africa not America.

Am not comfortable with this  , I believe she wants to take over my hard earned wealth

nothing wrong with court wedding, just make sure she signs a prenup first

In terms of LEGALITY, there is no difference between court wedding and church wedding held in the Anglican and Methodist churches, and possibly other similar churches. Why? before any weddings could take place in these denominations, you would have to file marriage notice for specified amount of time, and the 'bans of marriage' must be annouced 3 weeks before the wedding day. At the wedding service, you follow a religious rite, and sign, in triplicate, the same marriage certificate you would have in the Court: the church retains a copy and you're given two copies  - 1 for the couple and the other to be handed over by the couple to the local registry. In these respects, the legality of marriages in these churches is at par with those held in the court.  THIS MAY NOT BE THE CASE WITH CHURCHES MUSHROOMING ALL OVER NAIJA. Saying that, it's a criminal offence (which attracts a jail term) to conduct wedding(s) in a church that has not be so licensed.