₦airaland Forum

PaperLace:
It's the same way most Nigerian men call it my house, and threaten to throw women back to her father's house at the slightest misunderstanding. Women have finally realised (probably by experience) that it's the man's house _here in Nigeria. So, it's his house .

You don't want the house again, PDPguy?

PDPGuy:
Of course, I love my house. But I wouldn't mind if the house is called "our house". It won't make me less of a husband

PDPGuy:
Of course, I love my house. But I wouldn't mind if the house is called "our house". It won't make me less of a husband

PDPGuy:
Of course, I love my house. But I wouldn't mind if the house is called "our house". It won't make me less of a husband

PaperLace:
Just as you noticed most women call it her husband's house, lots of Nigerian men also believe it's his house alone. The house belongs to the man, the kitchen (only) belongs to the woman

Such women are only acting out the norm, for some others _ it's reflex.

Lollipop247:
It's the husbands house, rented/ built with his money. The wife can't claim what's not hers. It's just like a husband buying a car in his name & giving his wife the car to ride. The wife will say 'it's my husbands car' unless it's in her name. If Gbege happen, the husband go pursue the wife Comot 4 him house & collect him car.

PDPGuy:
Of course, I love my house. But I wouldn't mind if the house is called "our house". It won't make me less of a husband

Lollipop247:
It's the husbands house, rented/ built with his money. The wife can't claim what's not hers. It's just like a husband buying a car in his name & giving his wife the car to ride. The wife will say 'it's my husbands car' unless it's in her name. If Gbege happen, the husband go pursue the wife Comot 4 him house & collect him car.

lilmax:
so she didn't drop a dime and she wants it referred "our house ".... Abeg guy go sleep.....

why you are trying to be a "save the women guy" and at the same time lacking common sense is what I don't get

PDPGuy:
Why do most (if not all) Nigerian women refer to the house where she and her husband live in as "my husband's house"?

Shouldn't it be referred to instead as "our house"? I thought both husband and wife become one when they tie the knot.

Even if it was the man who bought the house 100% with his own funds before getting married, there should be no fuss in referring to the couple's home as "our house".

jnrbayano:
After I marry, it will be right if I cease personalizing the house where we live. It becomes not just "our house" rather "our home"

Should I have other properties (houses) I rented/leased out, my wife would be correct if she refers to those properties as "my houses"

There shouldn't be any mix up.

lilmax:
so she didn't drop a dime and she wants it referred "our house ".... Abeg guy go sleep.....

why you are trying to be a "save the women guy" and at the same time lacking common sense is what I don't get

iamloyalty:
Ladies beware!

PDPGuy:

FortuneTeller:
Don't get too anxious. I just want something simple

PDPGuy:
It can't cost less than $1.5 million in CA; which means that we will have to come up with a $300k down payment.

byvan03:
That has always sounded silly to me.

Amhappy:
Because for most Nigerian men,they are the owner of the house. The wife is just a little bit above a tenant who can be thrown out at any time. Wife ownership start at the man's demise. This is more reason why more women are hustling and selfish with their money.