Windflower:

,we don't do second wife in my family,its prohibited

donpata:


Thats your opinion. i wear the shoe and know how it pinches. That's why i said, different stroke for different folks. read my intention well.

sexybbstar:
Wow! My head is swelling.what a breathtaking analysis!

expensiveguyman:
I didn't read ur long epistle but if u earned just 35k monthly and u want to settle down here in Nigeria.

I must tell u that u're walking on a long thing nd a serious hard time await u.

I know I sound discouraging but that's d bitter truth sir.

Hollawayn05:
ONE OF THE BEST POST EVER ON NAIRALAND..

YOU SUCH AN INSPIRATION....

Aquariann:

Let's start with you telling us where you live.

shadeyinka:


Life isn't like that. A man I know used to work in GLO, when Glo was Glo and he had money, 2 cars even before marriage. One year after, he lost his job. He began to do home lesson for children. Total income now cannot be more than 30k per month...and he has a wife and two children. The wife hasn't got a job.

Equations do change

ITbomb:

a half bag of rice which will last min of 3 months (spreading the cost is 3k a month) = 3k
Soup of 3k can last a week (assuming they have fridge and light) 3 x 4 weeks = 12k
In between food (beans or stew = 2k x 4) = 8
Gas 2.5k 7kg

Total = N25k for feeding
Reducing ratio can take it down to 20k

Change remain

PrecisionFx:



Pls answer the question n leave matter for mathias.

Aquariann:


Mention me when you're ready for an intelligent discussion otherwise, enjoy your night rest.

engrolawei:


My brother. I like your courage. Few years ago, I married at age 26 with a monthly salary of #25k. Before my children came, with GOD's help, I had a better job and today, I even sponsor somany people's education. I own numerous properties and even contribute a lot financially to other people's weddings. As you take this great step, trust in GOD and HE will lift you up and spice up your marriage. Be encouraged my brother. You have a good wife who will bring you good luck.

princeeze1:


I already responded to how I get to work n back somewhere, nairaland is simply filled with pretenders forming what they are not on social platforms, I cannot come and bring down myself to make a point, FYI my first job post nysc was 10k per month in 2011, I still made a commitment to save 2k5 from it every month, my second job as a teacher, private school in asaba was 20k, I saved 7k monthly, and God is always faithful, again I live in d heart of the capital of delta state asaba, nobody should come with that its about the city crap, it only shows nativity, I drive a 2005 accord, I bought it when things were more rosy not direct toks but 9ja used buy n drive for 650k b4 dollar sky Rocketed. I can go on and on, but no need, I have passed my msg to those who have brains and not indomie.

Valobit:


in fact if the FIL sees this, he will be even more encouraged to give out his daughter.
mind you the northerners are very simple people. during service year around 2010, a corper survived on 2k monthly.

jejemanito:
EOD

I will rather take a bullet to my balls than attempt the OP's route.

But from his write-up and his thought process, I knew he WILL succeed.

This thread's title may be screaming 35k! 35k! buh honestly, a wise person will know that donpat is worth much much more.

"Prospects" people!

Prospects!

PrecisionFx:




Hmmmmmmm, some people can lie for Lazarus..... So u people want to displace lai Mohammed for no reason





Okay wait, lemme make it simple.
2k monthly is 66 naira per day.

So are u saying he was trekking upandan from the beginning of NYSC till the end or where other corpers lapping him in the bus and okada?

Maybe he didn't eat, maybe he fasted n fasted 40 days in a row several times until he passed out of NYSC.

Did he buy recharge card? abi him no get phone?

All these for 66 naira per day

let lai Mohammed catch u oo

try again later.

PrecisionFx:






Yes, I luv that..... I don't want to poke any holes in ur prices, let's continue.

35k - 25k = 10k remains.


Pls calculate their monthly transport n house rent m add it to 25k...

donpata:


OK. For 6 months I received no pay when I started working in 2015. I was paid in the 7th month (Nov). 30k at that time. 30k by 7 is 210k. I got the 2 plots from a friend at 150k each. Paid 150k and the following yr did "contribution" of 15k with 10 people. I took mine 1st (january 2016) so I used it to pay for the 2nd land. Need more explanation Thomas? Lol

ITbomb:
I thought the doubt was if at all 35k will be enough for feeding. Let's not go into others

PrecisionFx:



Bros yes u got paid 10k in 2011, but i hope u won't try to convince us that u saved 2,500 every month from it and lived 100% on 7500 naira As in u lived ln 250 naira per day to pay rent, feeding, transport, tithe, data n recharge card, etc

PDPGuy:


They must be really struggling! In this economy, N30k can barely sustain a single person, let alone a family of 4.

donpata:
I was moved to write this epistle cos of the fp topic of marrying someone who earns 35k yesterday. I have seen such questions on NL but I normally ignore them. Someone even asked if a lady can marry someone who earns 100k . I normally laugh at the comments and move on. I laughed at the sheer ignorance of many commenters, and the foolish statements many made. I decided to assume that 70% of the people who commented are either undergraduates still studying who have a big Disney picture of the sweet employment awaiting them or some who have not really known what is out there in the world. The remaining 20% earn well probably and so feel life should be like that for everyone. The remaining 10% commenters are those who really see life as it is in reality – DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS. Now am gonna be objective and subjective at the same time. And let me warn you – IT’S LONG

Me? 30yrs, had my BSc in the north but did my MSc at UI. Hoping to register for Phd by next year.
My fiancée? 24ys old and currently awaiting 300 lv registration. Will be done by 2019.

Fact: without any serious research, I think I am save to say that at least 50% of families (basically father and mother) in Nigeria earn a combined income of less than 40k in a month.
Fact: The federal govt claims it has about 100k civil servants. Add paramilitary and military with about 500k personnel and public office holders, I think 800k people in active service on FG’s payroll is a fair judgment. For the sake of argument, let’s assume fg has another 800k retired personnel on pension. That’s like 1.6 million people. Nigeria has a population of 180million people. The WB estimate Nigeria has a workforce of about 60 million in 2016. If we delete the 1.6million on FGs payroll, we still have about 58.4million people left. Obviously, the remaining are left for the State and Local govt as well as private sector to employ. How many are employed?
Lagos state claims it has about 100,000 workers in its payroll. Let me be liberal enough to use it as a benchmark for all Nigerian states and fct. 100k by 37 = 3.7million employees.
Obviously, we still have over 50million people to employ. How many will the Real private sector pick? Yeah those that will pay a graduate from 60k above – how many can they pick? Now many will have to be entrepreneurs, “self-employed” people, petty traders, artisans etc. How much can they really earn monthly?

Fact: 80% of state and LGA workers between level 1 and 10 earn less than 50k in a month. Apart from states like Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and a few others, most states, especially in the North, pay quite low. On level 8, with Kad Govt, I earn 35-37k. It fluctuates monthly. Note that there are married people with at least 3 children that are on lev 1 - 6. Do the maths.

Wedding:
Many asked how one will pay bride price. Well, I have crossed that bridge. I know my status so before I even got a lady, I started buying some stuff like wrappers to keep. More so, my savings, family and friends rally round me and that was solved. Only a foolish lady will think of bride price as an issue here. Except if her family is poor, why should they demand too much?. 2 of my sisters that married had their bride price pegged at 5k each. The total money paid on the first was 25k and 50k for the 2nd. Mind you, they are currently running their masters programme so they ain’t illiterates. Let me stop here.

So the Wedding? How will I handle it? SIMPLE: I AM CUTTING MY COAT ACCORDING TO MY POCKET

Box: I went to the market and saw boxes of 100-200k. I was showed a set of 5 for 30k as well. I opted for a set of 5 at 60k. That’s my own level too. Mind you there were people picking that of 30k too. Different strokes for Different folks.

RECEPTION VENUE: Church Premises. My church got a lot of space so why should I spend 200-500k (that I don’t even have) renting a hall for a 2hr event? A guy who got married last month in my Church did not do reception at all. Again, Different strokes for Different folks.

Wedding Cards: Saw a nice foreign one. They said it will cost me 30k per 100. I needed 500. I was showed another that will cost 5k per 100. I Finally opted for the one of 10k per 100. Even got a 5k discount.

My suit? I opted for a 16k suit and my best man decided to pay for it.

My shoes? I got really nice shoes but coz it’s my day, I opted for new ones. I picked up a very nice one for 2k. It aint top notch quality but it should take me through the day. It can actually pass for a ck or d&g when viewed from a distance.

My Chairs and Canopies? My organizers are 20. Lol . They have paid 80% of the money.

Cake? My aunt who has a HND in catering bla bla and has been in it for almost 15yrs running has taken that as her contribution.

DJ and Camera man? My men in suit, (5 in number) have paid for that service.

MC? A friend is good at it. That is his contribution.

Wedding Gown: My cake designer linked me to a lady who rents out. She thus charged us 10k for a nice wedding gown. I deposited 5k. Will pay 5k after the event.
Need I continue? I don’t think so.

The main thing – The marriage life
Yeah I know you are saying all I have said na wash. You are waiting for how reality will hit me after the marriage cos that’s the main deal. You gonna say you await my regret thread after some few months. Sorry, your expectation will be cut short.

Fees:
Now, my to-be wife will be registering for a new session by December. Her fees is just arnd 30k so I kept that amount and I have promised myself not to touch it until its time. I don’t even need to touch it. Everything appears almost set and done.

Clothing: I filled my wife’s box to the “brim” with both native and English wears. So for now, cloths aint really an issue.

Accommodation: Here in KD, a 1 bedroom mini flat cost between 80-150k depending on the location. Am not talking of a 2 room flat cos, truly, I don’t need it now. But I am not even thinking of taking the mini flat either. A room and parlor (real face me I face u) cost between 18k-45k depending on the location. There are better ones; mostly new houses that cost 40-60k. I’ve gotten a very nice one for 55k. Just 2 tenants in the house and the other guy is single so we just gonna be sharing the toilet with him. It’s not that I can’t afford it but wisdom must direct me. I got 2plots of land already so I don’t even intend staying in that house beyond a year or 2.

My building: I already have 2 plots of land. I’ve struck an agreement with some guys who will supply me mud blocks at N20 each. At my estimate of 3000 blocks, that’s 60k . Havent paid but after my wedding, I will do it jejely. My plan is to rush the building and roof it b4 the rains come next year. I paid some guys in my area 7k so by next week, they are gonna go there and dig the foundation of a 2bedroom flat for me. Not that I am building now but I have to dig during the rainy season cos the land gets hard during the dry season. My intention is to use just ¼ of the land for that so that when I am blessed wella, I will use the remaining ¾ of the land to build my pent house. Need I tell you that by estimates, I need 6 bundles of those “aluminum” sheets to roof it? I bought 3 last year when it was 16k. I could not add cos it went up to 30k. I heard it’s 20k now but I can’t buy the remaining 3 now cos of my wedding preps. Will do that after my wedding when I have relaxed a bit.

Feeding?
A 50kg bag of rice takes me over 5 months now that I am alone. I believe in varieties so I got different things stocked in my room. Adding one or two extra plate should not make life difficult. I planted maize on my 2 plots. Once harvested, I won’t need to buy semovita all the time. If you have been to the north, you will know that with my harvest, Tuwo is served. Need I continue? I don’t think so. Let me not bore you further.

My support to extended Families
Someone asked in that thread that how do one take care of his families and inlaws. Well, my family aint rich but they can cater for themselves. My dad and mum earn and have only one child left in the university. Moreover, they are sensible enough to know that they should not expect from me. Rather, what is sensible is for them to support me if need be . My fiancées’ parents aint rich either. But I know they aint so poor to demand me to take care of their own responsibility when they know I have their daughter to cater for. Of coz, once in a while, I will do what I can for our families.

Children
Just a child and I will pause until she is done with school. I know it’s gonna come with challenges but I don’t think you expect me to plan out every day of my life and budget for same here. I know that I will cross the bridge when I get there.

Other wants
I am a gadget freak. Before my wedding preps, I buy things impulsively. Now I know I have to control that. I know what lies ahead of me. That’s why I didn’t go for an iphone but went for a hot note. When the hot note packed up, I didn’t kill myself for a Samsung s7 even though I love it. I went for my sweet Ulefone Tiger @ 31k. When I went for a tab, I didn’t go for an ipad; not even a tecno pad. I went for imose xii . Instead of ps3 console, I download games to my laptop and play them. That serves me.

I CAN TRULY GO ON AND ON BUT CALLING SOMEONE A FOOL AS MANY DID ON THAT THREAD YESTERDAY IS QUITE ILLOGICAL. My dad married at 24. My mum was 19 then. Both are now degree holders. Things have changed and that’s why I am marrying at 30. I don’t want to clock 50 and yet taking my first child to write Common Entrance. If you like say I am rushing.
Firstly, I love my fiancée die. 2ndly, I am a Christian and my bodily desires are building up strongly. Marriage is the way out. 3rdly, I love kids. Since they are an inheritance, I can’t wait to have one as God wills. Lastly, I wanna retire in peace. Not old man using my pension to train undergraduates and Jambites.
Finally, I am not complacent with where I am. I have handled a few millions before but this is where I am now. I wanna go for my phd and I hope to reestablish myself in business. But I can’t again let my social life suffer cos of where I am today. I have a job now; low paying as it is, I know if well managed, I will make it out. Even if I remain in the employ of the State Govt, I cant earn 35k forever. I am young and will keep moving on.

DISCLAIMER: This is not meant to force anyone to get married when he is not ready - Not at all. I just want some people to know that there are different strokes for different folks. There are too many factors that determine happiness and success in life and marriage. Your salary is just one. YOU CANT CALL ME A FOOL FOR MY DECISION. I HAVE CAREFULLY WEIGHED MY CIRCUMSTANCE AND PROSPECTS AND I FEEL I AM READY TO TAKE THE LEAP. I KNOW IT WONT BE A WALK IN THE PARK; BUT IT WONT BE TOO DIFFICULT EITHER.
FOR THE “FOOLS AT 40” WAITING FOR THEIR MILLIONS TO BUILD UP BEFORE SETTLING DOWN, TILL UNA COME.
FORGIVE ME FOR THE LONG EPISTLE. HAD TO TAKE MY TIME SO THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL APPRECIATE THAT NO TWO PEOPLE HAVE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES AND SITUATIONS.

I PROMISE TO RAISE ANOTHER THREAD ANNUALLY TO TELL YOU HOW FAR WE HAVE GONE.

WetinConsignMe:


And u have invalid grammar, bro

princeeze1:


You cannot criticize me because my analysis is the very truth, my wife had it planned and written down too, I practically collected the written budget from her to write it here. As for trans, my office has q company ride, fully maintained by coy for senior staffs, na forming make me dey drive go office b4.

ImaIma1:


I am curious too. That means the income is not 65k. There is another source of income.

pedi:
bro I raise hand for you twalli baba,am also think of such,am 25 my fiance 24 will be getting married by 2019/ 2020,_I currently got a job with and NGO buy yet to know the pay,but am sure to earn about 50k a month from now to 2020 I should save enough for my weeding and from the little bit coin business am doing ,and support from my friend in US,I hope to get thing done, but some 1 said am too young to get married that why am I in a rush_but am 25,thank you.

PrecisionFx:



Bros yes u got paid 10k in 2011, but i hope u won't try to convince us that u saved 2,500 every month from it and lived 100% on 7500 naira As in u lived ln 250 naira per day to pay rent, feeding, transport, tithe, data n recharge card, etc

ImaIma1:


Let them be trying to deceive us.
They have one uncle, mum, brother, friend that supports them. Do you have any? Does OP have younger ones he is taking care of or a sick parent? Fall for the lie that everything he has achieved is from 35k monthly at your own risk. Some people are really gullible...believing things hook, line and sinker without analysing things themselves.
By the time you go and marry with 35k, you will come back and do a rejoinder to this post.