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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by DatLagboi(m): 2:06pm On Sep 25, 2017
MrBigiman:


Thanks. So far I have managed to save 800k. I told the lady we should try and budget 500k, so we still have some change but she claim I don't value her and says I should step it up to 1.4m. She also say I must buy a ride, DAT she can't be married and trekking.
this comment made me to comment tongue

She needs a ride her dad could not afford her abiangry

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by Alech101(m): 2:08pm On Sep 25, 2017
nawa o...its well sha but i think you both should talk about this more and also discuss in depth how you both want this.
jashar:


Eeerrmmm......
No vex ooo...
Are you sure you want to marry that lady?

Just a question oooo....
Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by bennymark(m): 2:09pm On Sep 25, 2017
MrBigiman:


Thanks. So far I have managed to save 800k. I told the lady we should try and budget 500k, so we still have some change but she claim I don't value her and says I should step it up to 1.4m. She also say I must buy a ride, DAT she can't be married and trekking.

one chance bride, na this kind woman fit tell you to use your mama do ATM for her.

a big No No for me, you can't tell me how much to spend or when I should buy you a car. a woman is an adviser to the man, not a dictator

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by Khutie: 2:09pm On Sep 25, 2017
MrBigiman:


Thanks. So far I have managed to save 800k. I told the lady we should try and budget 500k, so we still have some change but she claim I don't value her and says I should step it up to 1.4m. She also say I must buy a ride, DAT she can't be married and trekking.
•••Am xowie to xay this bruh, buh that lady will wreck yhur financial life in 24months coming. Doesn't she know there is MARRIAGE after WEDDING?. Use yhur head and make the right shot...shalom!

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by pafisayo(m): 2:10pm On Sep 25, 2017
MrBigiman:


Thanks. So far I have managed to save 800k. I told the lady we should try and budget 500k, so we still have some change but she claim I don't value her and says I should step it up to 1.4m. She also say I must buy a ride, DAT she can't be married and trekking.


You need God.... You should pray about d lady or better still walk away.

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by Afamed: 2:10pm On Sep 25, 2017
Ayo4251:
When ordinary cow is 250k.......i don't think 500k will do
On what ground will you advise someone to spend 500k out of his 800k saving just to impress people for a day event.

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by pafisayo(m): 2:11pm On Sep 25, 2017
Khutie:

•••Am xowie to xay this bruh, buh that lady will wreck yhur financial life in 24months coming. Doesn't she know there is MARRIAGE after WEDDING?. Use yhur head and make the right shot...shalom!

How much has she saved up sef or she's just offering herself Noting more

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by mrsfavour(f): 2:12pm On Sep 25, 2017
BellaElla:
I need to ask, is the 500k all the money you have in your savings or just what you have earmarked for you wedding?
if the former is the case, please hold on a while and try to save some more or reduce your wedding budget by 200k . U should never start a marriage with an empty account balance.
If the latter is the case, i will proceed to breakdown the expenses for you.
Traditional marriage : (200k)
- attire for couple : 30k
-5 crates of malt (120pcs) : 15k
-Half bag of rice and condiments: 40k
-1 cow leg : 15k
- Marriage rites 100k ( This will work only if you have an understanding bride and inlaws)
Borrow a home theater system to her place for music and play from your phone using auxiliary wire.

Wedding / Registry : 300k
Groom suit, shoes, shirt :20k (You can get a wonderful suit from Ariaria market for 14k)
Brides outfit : 50k
Dj :10k (Get a friend to do Mc)
catering for 100 people : 100k .(Budget 1k per person, it will be enough) everybody must not chop grin
Chairs, canopies, decoration: 50k
Rings, Cake : 50k
photography :50k

Tips on how to save more money
1. Do trad and white same day. This saves half of the cooking and logistics fund which can be utilized elsewhere.
2. Use an open field for reception
3. Avoid buying asoebi with the hope that people will buy from you.most people especially family will just collect and not pay back. give colours of the day instead.
4. You do not need to print 200 invitation cards. about 20 pcs will do for your esteemed guests, the rest can be invited electronically
5. Please , please and please, do not waste money on plenty 5 step cake and a bejeweled bouquet, or even expensive bridal shoes. You will have no need them after that day
6. You do not need emblazoned souvenir bags, there are plenty plastic souvenirs sold for 100 naira each.
7. You do not need to collect photobook ooooo. Many photographers use that to scam couples . What I did during my wedding was that I hired 2 cameras video and photo (5D) for 2 days at 15k each per day. I gave a relative to take pics and he put the soft copies in a flash for me. everything for trad and white cost 70k and i Had great quality pics. I did the photobook and two frames at a later date when we had recovered small and it was way cheaper doing it myself.
8. Please do not serve alcohol at ur wedding if you want to cut cost.

If the 500k is for only wedding ceremony then you do not have wahala. Just ensure you and your bride are on the same page and she knows exactly how much you have to spend.



30k is toooo much for attire o,for this recession ? pls cut down a beg.
Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by samuel19222(m): 2:12pm On Sep 25, 2017
MrBigiman:


Thanks. So far I have managed to save 800k. I told the lady we should try and budget 500k, so we still have some change but she claim I don't value her and says I should step it up to 1.4m. She also say I must buy a ride, DAT she can't be married and trekking.

use your 500k play bet9ja 2 odd, just double the money asap.

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by Adukey(f): 2:14pm On Sep 25, 2017
dake40:

Please marry me
shebi you didn't read that part she said she's married? Yeye!

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by senatrpaichulo(m): 2:15pm On Sep 25, 2017
MrBigiman:
I have a heart felt question to ask, can one conduct a wedding ceremony with 500k in this recession. Kindly advice and give a Bachelor a reasonable break down. God bless.
people spend their time planning for a wedding and fail planning for the marriage. if all you have is 800k, my bro forget about doing a flamboyant wedding. I knew of a young man who all in the name of pleasing a woman during wedding. he spent almost all he had, his provision store closed down, he's now selling pofpof with the wife in Lagos. plan for your honeymoon instead. if the lady is not in line, she's not your wife, how much is she bringing? don't sell your future today.

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by SmellingAnus(m): 2:16pm On Sep 25, 2017
Ishilove:

MrBigiman, church wedding is not by force, neither is it scriptural. It is us humans that have imposed man made doctrines on ourselves. What you should do is traditional wedding then church blessing.

I advise you follow this lady's break down but transfer what you want to spend on white wedding to the trad.
I perfectly agree with you on your submission on church wedding, however, there are some families you come from, it's almost unavoidable, even some atheists do church wedding not because they want to but because of the kind of family they come from... cool
Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by mrsfavour(f): 2:19pm On Sep 25, 2017
cococandy:
Get married to someone who is on the same frequency as you
honestly
Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by Sapiosexuality(m): 2:22pm On Sep 25, 2017
What a people we are! Why should anybody even spend up to 50k for marriage? Greed and some pathetic culture that materializes women and encourages wayward spending.

Wedding should only be what happens in church, the court, etc. Any other unnecessary selling of the lady( yes, that is what it is) shouldn't be made priority.

Why should a struggling person meet this stupendous societal misnomer when marriage(celebration) should be about the persons involved?

If you want to spend on your wedding, do so because you want to and not some bullshit passed down from generation to generation. Why do we love to complicate things for ourselves?

For me, the ideal thing is to wear my attire(and why must it be a suit?), go to church or court, wherever we agreed to and return home to sleep or do some other work.

Marriage is not an achievement. It is simply the recognition of people as married. Simple. We should stop this bride price culture too. It turns women to be just goods.

http://www.mortalpoet.com/dear-africans-pay-bride-price-just-traded-item/

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by CharleyBright(m): 2:22pm On Sep 25, 2017
Different strokes for different folks.
What's your social status??
Your social status will determine how much you spend on wedding.
Some people will conveniently do a wedding of 200k, some 300k, some 500k, some 1million, and some 5-10 million Naira. All depends on your social status.
Even if u want to do wedding of 100k, and all you have to offer is minerals and biscuit, no one will fight you for not providing rice and stew. And in most cases, it is even the humble wedding that lasts more than the one the couples spent millions.
But to tell you the truth, in wedding 3 people matters: You, your wife to be and the Officiating Minister. Once the three are present, every other person or thing is secondary.
Lastly, wedding is one day ceremony, don't plan to impress people and spend what you don't have.
The week after wedding is usually financially funny for many people.
Best wishes in your wedding plans.

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by oyelamitaiwo(m): 2:22pm On Sep 25, 2017
Acidosis:


Please do not create problems for yourself. To buttress Ishi's point, majority of the problems we face today are man-made. We spend 20 hours creating problems for ourselves, and then struggle through the remaining hours of the day looking for solutions.

You have saved N800,000. Go ahead and marry a woman that shares same orientation with you. Many women out there do not need the 'ovation' kind of wedding... don't be scared of anything, they all possess the same body structure and endowment. Spending N1 trillion on a wedding won't automatically give you access to four brea.sts on your wedding night.

A group of businessmen just sat down and derived a way to suck out money from intending couples and they felt the best way to go about it is to build wedding dress worth millions, event centres, etc. Since they are aware that many people out there are mu.mu "sheep-ers" to celebrities, they make sure their services and products get endorsed by celebrities.

You are a human with a mind of your own, you can break the chain!

About the car talk, I sincerely think that you're about getting married the wrong woman. If your woman is not ready to take that public transport with you, then quit. Get a car at a convenient period when you're sure that YOU (not a girlfriend) will NEED it.

If Danfo is what you use, ensure you get a woman that feels comfortable in Danfo, if she bothers you with Uber requests, quit! She's not your type.
Nice one bro.. very on point. kudos to ur intelligent
Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by nwakibie3(m): 2:24pm On Sep 25, 2017
OP 1.4m is small na, just use that ur 500k play sure 2odds for bet9ja. Jst carry barca and Chelsea straight win then 1m go come out sharply grin grin

Ur woman is only trying to impress her friends not knowing that wedding is jst a 6hrs affair. She is even giving u condition to buy a car for the marriage. OP jst run for your life, she is not ur wife

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by OjujuCalabar(m): 2:24pm On Sep 25, 2017
Yes, you can even organise more then three separate weddings with N500k. Depending on the church.
Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by Khutie: 2:27pm On Sep 25, 2017
pafisayo:


How much has she saved up sef or she's just offering herself Noting more
•••My niggur, I wonder o. I just hope dah bruh ain't making the biggest mistake of his life settling for a slay mama. Marriage is total different thing from dating.

°°°Forever is fvckingly long for someone to be unhappy.

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by Viccur(m): 2:29pm On Sep 25, 2017
Of course. But make sure u serve only zobo and egg roll
Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by nwakibie3(m): 2:29pm On Sep 25, 2017
OP how much will she contribute in that 1.4m she suggested?

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by freshvine(f): 2:30pm On Sep 25, 2017
The problem is not how much he budgeted but the lady he's about to marry.

Op, stop thinking about wedding, start thinking about the package your village people is about to deliver to you grin


Please don't change moniker o cheesy cos we're expecting more threads about this "wife" it'll help us in diagnosis angry. You know we've to keep abreast of developments through your moniker grin

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by yankison(m): 2:32pm On Sep 25, 2017
Acidosis:


Please do not create problems for yourself. To buttress Ishi's point, majority of the problems we face today are man-made. We spend 20 hours creating problems for ourselves, and then struggle through the remaining hours of the day looking for solutions.

You have saved N800,000. Go ahead and marry a woman that shares same orientation with you. Many women out there do not need the 'ovation' kind of wedding... don't be scared of anything, they all possess the same body structure and endowment. Spending N1 trillion on a wedding won't automatically give you access to four brea.sts on your wedding night.

A group of businessmen just sat down and derived a way to suck out money from intending couples and they felt the best way to go about it is to build wedding dress worth millions, event centres, etc. Since they are aware that many people out there are mu.mu "sheep-ers" to celebrities, they make sure their services and products get endorsed by celebrities.

You are a human with a mind of your own, you can break the chain!

About the car talk, I sincerely think that you're about getting married the wrong woman. If your woman is not ready to take that public transport with you, then quit. Get a car at a convenient period when you're sure that YOU (not a girlfriend) will NEED it.

If Danfo is what you use, ensure you get a woman that feels comfortable in Danfo, if she bothers you with Uber requests, quit! She's not your type.



. Stop how can you convey yourself f and your potential wife in a commercial vehicles on your wedding day.. It is barbaric and ridiculous, between still you can rent a car.. Oga o inside Danfo again
Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by DMarvel(m): 2:32pm On Sep 25, 2017
MrBigiman:


Thanks. So far I have managed to save 800k. I told the lady we should try and budget 500k, so we still have some change but she claim I don't value her and says I should step it up to 1.4m. She also say I must buy a ride, DAT she can't be married and trekking.


Personally, I will not advise you take to anyone's advice on this part. You have the best from @BellaElla already. You should know what is best for you. If I were you, I would only use one third (at most) of my savings for my wedding ceremonies.
Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by Sexina851(f): 2:37pm On Sep 25, 2017
Ishilove:

MrBigiman, church wedding is not by force, neither is it scriptural. It is us humans that have imposed man made doctrines on ourselves. What you should do is traditional wedding then church blessing.

I advise you follow this lady's break down but transfer what you want to spend on white wedding to the trad.

Very first am hearing dis. Some people have inculcated dis church wedding to a do or die affair. They tell u marriage is not complete until u are wedded in d church.. They are practicing the white man's tradition even more than the white man himself. And now d church doesn't just get dem joined together, until several conditions are met. They even refused to get one guy married because he wasn't a constant tither

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by Oyindidi(f): 2:38pm On Sep 25, 2017
MrBigiman:


Thanks bro. I appreciate u advice.
Did you take the advice?

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by elougo(m): 2:38pm On Sep 25, 2017
[quote author=ILAB post=60692724][/quote]


On point
Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by IkpuMmadu: 2:39pm On Sep 25, 2017
MrBigiman:
I have a heart felt question to ask, can one conduct a wedding ceremony with 500k in this recession. Kindly advice and give a Bachelor a reasonable break down. God bless.

With 50 k you can

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by elougo(m): 2:40pm On Sep 25, 2017
MrBigiman:


Thanks. So far I have managed to save 800k. I told the lady we should try and budget 500k, so we still have some change but she claim I don't value her and says I should step it up to 1.4m. She also say I must buy a ride, DAT she can't be married and trekking.

She is not yet ready

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by IkpuMmadu: 2:41pm On Sep 25, 2017
MrBigiman:


Thanks. So far I have managed to save 800k. I told the lady we should try and budget 500k, so we still have some change but she claim I don't value her and says I should step it up to 1.4m. She also say I must buy a ride, DAT she can't be married and trekking.

I have been married for years now..take my advise...if the lady said this....mark my words. She isn't a wife materia

Don't marry her to avoid had I known

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by Lennylinconlee(m): 2:41pm On Sep 25, 2017
The wedding saga is a big headache for guyz generally and most guyz think of it day to day most importantly the matured and senior bachelor. the Amount to sort wedding rite is a big deal if you have nobody to support you. Many people are in same shoe but just cut your cloth according to available materials not according to your size....what if your size is bigger and material available is nothing to write about. cut all avoidable expenses and do capital rational for the unavoidable... Don't enter deficit for wedding. the same people that came to eat your jollof rice will be the one to carry your matter about if you go broke.....Be Guided.

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Re: Is N500k Marriage Still Possible In This Recession? by Viccur(m): 2:43pm On Sep 25, 2017
I dnt think i will ever marry due to all these vexing topics about marriage on NL these days. Just provoking my spirit

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