₦airaland Forum

Rapmoney:
Lol! I think some Nigerian parents feel their sons-in-law owe them financial assistance.

Juliearth:
Your wife's family becomes your family after marriage,so you should take care of them as you would your own family.

twinskenny:
Was courting a girl back then.. Al of a sudden the sibling including started calling me for favour.. recharge card today school fees tommorow.. I stylishly cut of the relationship

Pidgin2:
Won't u like your husband to help your family members?

Rapmoney:
A friend of mine recently lamented badly how he has been subjected to a mere source of income for his wife's family. Apart from buying things for them during festive periods, he is still been called on every now and then to take care of minor issues that should ordinarily be taken care of the family. There are grown up men in his wife's family but this young man will still be called on to foot medical bills of his father-in-law, support house rent and other funny things such as paying for DSTV subscription. Whenever he complained to the wife about these, she would tell him if members of her family could help, they would have done that. The eldest male in the family who is almost 42 still calls my friend for financial assistance!

Now, my question is: Does it mean if my pal's wife didn't marry him, the entire family would have been wiped out by financial problems? I personally feel his unnecessary kindness towards the family is becoming a huge burden in life. I believe he is been used.

I believe this is a common phenomenon in some families which makes it look as if it is the responsibility of a man to cater for his wife's family no matter how comfortable or not the man may be.

femi4:
Rule 1: Never marry a woman from a struggling family

Nma27:
So who will marry the woman from a struggling family?

sirfee:
Including their Dstv subscription? Na by force to watch dstv abi....weldone ma

femi4:
A struggling man

chubbygal:
See dem with talk

Juliearth:
Your wife's family becomes your family after marriage,so you should take care of them as you would your own family.

Juliearth:
Your wife's family becomes your family after marriage,so you should take care of them as you would your own family.

demefa:
Una go do Olosho till wen Una marry Una carry Una family join for d extortion

ITbomb:
Maybe your friend no pay the bride price finish, na by installment

Or

Your friend had set a bad precedent and they all assume he likes to give.
Why would someone that can't afford to pay DSTV subscription be watching DStv

dingbang:
When u marry from a poor family...

Juliearth:
Maybe you should relax and try to understand my statement,with a clear mind.

sirfee:
I got your message,assistance is allowed but parasitism is prohibited,it sucks.

Sunymoore:
No at all. I didn't remember marrying her family, I married her, and only her is my responsibility. It's good to be generous to her family but never a responsibility. Where dem dey when my family were busy struggling just for me to be a man? Abeggi!

Tedassie:
abeg,go plait am...plait the one 'downstairs' too


yeye dey smell.