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A newly married couple with a baby of less than 1 year.

Scenario 1
The man earns about 100k in a month and the wife is not working at all. The house expenses and the man's transport to work consume 99.9% of his income.
Question - Out of the man's income, how much should he give to his wife for her upkeep.

Scenario 2
The man earns about 150k and the wife does a part time job that gives her 20k monthly.

House expenses and the man's transport consumes like 80k. The man sends 20k to his people and saves 50k for future use.

Question - How much should the man give his wife for monthly upkeep.

Scenario 3
The man earns about 320k monthly. House expenses and transport takes about 160k. The man sends 40k to his parents, keeps 20k in a children account for their baby and saves 100k.

The wife works in a place where she's paid 60k

Question - How much should the man give to his wife for upkeep.

Additional info.
House expenses includes rent, feeding, baby food and other house related expenses.

In the 3 scenario, we did not take into account if the wife is contributing to the household or not, we are just assuming she isn't bringing in anything, so dont factor in that in your judgement.

Apart from scenario 3, none of the other scenarios should have a girlfriend let alone be married with a child. It's stupid.

If your salary is 100K don't even contemplate marriage, just have a place where you can be going to suck breast from time to time

You just dey concoct unreal and non-idealistic scenario come dey ask us to dey rack out brain on top wetin no real


Advice on real life issues sef, I never give, not to talk of Hollywood abi na Gollywood

Rich4god:
Scenario 1
The man earns about 100k in a month and the wife is not working at all. The house expenses and the man's transport to work consume 99.9% of his income.
Question - Out of the man's income, how much should he give to his wife for her upkeep.

He should save money to get her a shade in the market where she can do her petty trading in order to support herself.

Rich4god:
Scenario 2
The man earns about 150k and the wife does a part time job that gives her 20k monthly.

House expenses and the man's transport consumes like 80k. The man sends 20k to his people and saves 50k for future use.

Question - How much should the man give his wife for monthly upkeep.

The wife should use her experience from her current job to look for something better so that she can effectively contribute to the home.

The man however should invest in a business for his wife (if she's unable to secure a job) that can give her a monthly income of at least 100k. That way, they can both plan their home effectively.

Rich4god:
Scenario 3
The man earns about 320k monthly. House expenses and transport takes about 160k. The man sends 40k to his parents, keeps 20k in a children account for their baby and saves 100k.

The wife works in a place where she's paid 60k

Question - How much should the man give to his wife for upkeep.

The wife should increase her income. 60k is peanuts she should look for a job where she can earn at least 200k. With such income, they can effectively plan on how to manage their home.

Let the man give what he thinks is appropriate. If a man's income is not enough to support him, why would he think of getting married and even go as far as having kids? Is the man dumb or just pretending to be?