Mac12:




I am an igbo girl, my sister's husband brought 50k as the bride price but my dad took 15k and returned the rest to him...

if no be sey u be military now, I for ask you if you be single & submit my application instanta but bloody civilian should keep off military zone

quincyshakur:
E small nah My kid Bro spent 9.5M an u are here blabbing cos of ordinary 2m

guy borrow me 10k
I go pay back by month end abeg

obamartins:


Trust me, no one will call you poor. There is life after wedding, so no need to impress the world. People will always complain.

are u a footballer?

OVA200:
Am not married but I won't exceed my budget of 500K
Call me poor if you want to.

You try sef.

Buhary effect.

2mill is still fair compared to some peeps
But i would prefer jst traditional marriage and court,even my trad marriage will be on a low key,i don't like loud marriage..we would spend 1m tops,i don't see any reason to waste so much money
I love quietness and simplicity

Please what's the budget for court wedding like?

SilentListener:
You spend two million just to mary one yeye girl, let me ask you something, your wife is she a Virgin before you marry her?

kaiiiii,stop it,dat is someone's wife

100million





I really spent a lot

my girl friend is above 30 na evening news paper ayam waiting for her to come and pay my bride price am not paying 5 shillings for any non virgin naija evening news paper not in my time

ValCon888:
Bride price of 10k?
She's certainly not an igbo girl.

*make una no flog me cane o.*

Mine was 24 naira. My husband still de wonder why he no marry me and all my sister's join. Lol

Didn't spend up to 200k. Yet, wedding was good but our marriage life has been great

OVA200:
Am not married but I won't exceed my budget of 500K
Call me poor if you want to.

i like you my guy. Chop knuckle.

nah white wedding chop ur money

No wori I dash u 100k

BillgatesMaigad:
guy borrow me 10k
I go pay back by month end abeg

indigenous234:
Don't get me wrong OP, but I think this your marriage budget is very much padded.

You said you were cutting costs abi ? Oya, let's do small analysis .

*Your traditional marriage was on a week day- Wednesday.

*the traditional marriage was held in Ekpoma, which is a village.(with the only civilisation there being the AAU)

* since the traditional marriage was held on a week day, it therefore means that lesser number of guests will turn up.

*Now you said you spent #200,000 for Food? The amount is over blotted to sound civil. That means it's about 2k food each for a guest assuming they were up to a hundred or 1k for 200 guests. While the normal budget for food for a (not poor/ not a multi millionaire ) wedding is 500 per guest. Now, working with this "normal budget" analogy, it means therefor that you had at least 400 guests for your traditional marriage ( on a weekday?? In Ekpoma OK ohh. ..!!!! Except you add a video/photo evidence of the food served and estimated number of guests, I find your food budget untrue.

You spent 200k for food and a further 140k for drinks in your traditional marriage but spent 300k for foods and drinks in your white wedding reception !!! That's a difference of about 17% less. Abi no be Nigeria you do the marriage??

When people over hype their marriage expenses it beats me what the end game is.

you should know that there's hunger in the land and much more people will turn up for free food.

Mac12:




I am an igbo girl, my sister's husband brought 50k as the bride price but my dad took 15k and returned the rest to him...

Should I come with N13,500?

OVA200:
Am not married but I won't exceed my budget of 500K
Call me poor if you want to.

God bless you bro for this statement.

My wedding would be coming this November, that was what I budgeted too

I dey wait for Don Jazzy

Xisnin:

Your kid bro spent 9.5M and you still can't afford a wedding.
You should hide your face in shame.

Deltatoto:
u be poor man pikin na when go marry poor man pikin too.i gave my wife 300k for trad cloths.i did 4 separate introductions,how can u wear shoe of 2k when my Pam slippers is 25k.how many ppl are u feeding with 200k?ns beans and plantain u cook for them?u Dey use 120k buy drink for wedding how much u take Dey buy drink for ur birthday?u are on drugs bro

Chai! This thing no dey pay o

drmikeadams:
my girl friend is above 30 na evening news paper ayam waiting for her to come and pay my bride price am not paying 5 shillings for any non virgin naija evening news paper not in my time

Evening newspaper..

pocohantas:
How much was her contribution inside the 2m?

asif u no sabi . Zero na

lawman88:
If I talk now many of you will not believe me. I spent less than 200,000 in my wedding.
Court wedding:
Certificate 8,000
Refreshment 6,000
Ring......10,000

Traditional wedding:
Clothes.....45,000
Food.....40,00
Drinks.....20,000

That is all

Before you shout I am poor, immediately after the wedding, I opened a clothing shop for my wife with 800,000. I started my PhD immediately after the marriage. My wife has also started her master degree. I have bought land and developing it now. We married 2017.

I can't waste money on what is not going to bring income. My inlaws told me to do what I can afford that time since I was a master student then. So I reduced everything to the extent that I have over a million after the marriage.

Some guys are still paying debt 5 years after marriage simply because they want to please people that do not matter

wise man

obamartins:
I just stumbled on my marriage note where I wrote down all my expenses while I prepared for my marriage and decided to share. This topic is to guide those planning for their wedding on how much on the average they should budget for their marriage. Although the amount you will spend depends on what you want and the tribe/family you are marrying into. I actually budgeted N1,200,000 (1.2 million) but ended up spending close to 2million.

I got married November 2018 to my beautiful esan girlfriend of 4 years. Here is the breakdown:

Pre-wedding
1. Lab test for HIV, Genotype and pregnancy (as instructed by the church) - N5000
2. Transportation to take her to see my parents - N10,000
3. Ring 18 karat gold (engagement, and wedding rings) - N75,000 (from aboki)
4. Wedding certificate - N4000
5. Wedding seminar organized by my church - N4000

Federal Registry:
1. Affidavit for spinsterhood and bachelorhood-N2000
2. Main fee - N34,000

Traditional marriage
1. Drinks - N140,000
2. Yams - N40,000
3. Salt - N4,000
4. Bride price - N10,000
5. Make up - N20,000
6. Food - N200,000
7. Transportation - N20,000
8. Photograph - N6000
9. Canopy - N6000
10. Palmwine - N2000
11. Palm oil - N12,000
12. Native kola - N3000
13. Introduction - N12,000 (did introduction same day as traditional marriage)
I love esan marriage, they don't put hole in one's pocket

White Wedding
1. Drinks and food - N300,000
2. Reception hall - N105,000 (a Catholic church event hall)
3. Decoration - N50,000
4. DJ plus MC - N35,000
5. Guest house accommodation for my parents - N15,000
6. Souvenir 100 unit (Jotter, bag and notebooks) - N93,000
7. Photographer - N20,000 (soft copies)
8. Video coverage - (Hmmmm! Money no reach)
9. My wife's wedding gown - N35,000 (rent)
10. Me and my bestman's shirt and suit - N36,000
11. My wife's makeup and accessories - N50,000
12. Hotel room for after wedding panpangolo - N18,000 for 2 nites
13. My shoe - N2,000 (it's a long story)
14. Cake (4 steps) - N15,000 (my wife baked it if not e for pass that amount)
15. Transportation for my parents back home - N10,000

This are the little I could remember, I will update as soon as I get them. It was supposed to be a budget marriage but I spent close to N2,000,000 despite cutting off as much expenses as permitted. What was ur marriage budget? Did you stick to your budget or did some unforseen expenses prop up? Please share for the benefit of those planning theirs.

Lalasticlala

Which tribe are you?

obamartins:


She is Esan, in Edo state. Ekpoma to be specific. Even my parent shock seff. I gave them 20k they returned 10k. They said I should use it to take care of their daughter.

Same as bayelsa for me my family handed d bride price back to me

quincyshakur:
No wori I dash u 100k

why u dey wash me nah

daddytime:

I get four of my esan sisters wey never marry...lol
Submit your cv first..

on top wetin?..marry them yourself

Everyone has their choices to make. If you can afford it then there is no problem.

I got my girlfriend pregnant, we decided to keep the pregnancy as I didn't want an abortion. 6 months into the pregnancy her parents said I must do wedding before she gives birth and I told them I have no money for wedding because I spend my money on her hospital bills for steady checkup. I had to do a little quiet traditional stuff to pay on her head and that of the baby. Didn't spend more than 200k for everything.

Few days to delivery date, got us a new apartment to welcome the baby, took care of all hospital bills and now we got a beautiful baby girl (My new Cheri) and we living a normal life like we had a million naira wedding.

Big wedding or no big wedding, a happy relationship is all that matters.

OVA200:
Am not married but I won't exceed my budget of 500K
Call me poor if you want to.

. You try sef. That was about me and my husband's budget though he didn't like it at first but he thanked me later for prefering a low key celebration. The life after wedding is the most important.wish Nigerian youths understand this.

BlackPantherCri:


Mine was 24 naira. My husband still de wonder why he no marry me and all my sister's join. Lol

He fit just dey fvck them na. Cheap, cheap people

kilisi:
Didn't spend up to 200k. Yet, wedding was good but our marriage life has been great

I dont even think I spent up to 100K sef..Na the photography make am reach that amount sef..Did just court marriage and that's all..Am happily married with a lovely boy.I cannot be wasting money for people that all they want to do is to come and eat..Any girl pushing you and telling you to spend millions on your wedding when she herself no get money is not a good girl..
The most funny part of it is that,the girl pushing you wont spend a dime o..one naira she no get..If to say she also get money now sef he for better,but you dont have money yet you are telling me to do society wedding for you.I dont have time for all that rubbish and Iberisim.