Good night

celeiyke:
Plenty lies de this list

I will lie to impress you abi? because naa you dey feed me.

You will make it with 700k at max. Pick a date between Mon- Fri . All the best man.

famouscargo4u:

No wonder. I'm definitely doing everything same day. My budget is 500-700k max.

LesbianBoy:
Just look at how much is spent just to marry a lady yet she would open her smelling mouth and say she wants to keep her father's name! Rubbish! Guys open your eyes and stop allowing that nonsense! Unless their is a reasonable reason like she is a star even at that she should beg you before she keeps her yeye name!

This rubbish irks me a lot... I mean what if her daughter follows her path and then decides to also keep her fathers name after marriage, you have clustered hyphenated names looking like a fill-in-the-blank sentence...Nansense

You are lucky u did not marry from akwa ibom....u did not tell us how much you realised

LesbianBoy:
Just look at how much is spent just to marry a lady yet she would open her smelling mouth and say she wants to keep her father's name! Rubbish! Guys open your eyes and stop allowing that nonsense! Unless their is a reasonable reason like she is a star even at that she should beg you before she keeps her yeye name!

preach

Guruindahouse:
You will make it with 700k at max. Pick a date between Mon- Fri . All the best man.

It'd definitely be a Saturday but miles away from where I'm based. Few family and friends. 2-3 colleagues at work.

[quote author=obamartins post=77792639]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


My venue alone was 1m paid by my dad.My wife's parents spent 2m for food and drinks alone.I spend 4m on photography, decor,our outfits ,videography etc,MC was 200k.It well bro.E no easy to marry for Naija.My wife spent 1m.The entire wedding was 9m.

OLisaMacaulay:
My brother I spend more then that on my own oh, I targeted 3m end up spending 4.2m my beautiful wife is from ogoni in Rivers state

see your head like teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles..

Me, if am ready, i will even bargain pride price with my father in law.

Him- Bride price is 5000

Me- (Rolling my small beards) Sir, Jalee Jalee, tell me the last price, make we no price too much, we be men. Men no dey talk too much.

Him- 5000 last price

Me- You nor gree 4150 last?

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.

Wow. That's so thoughtful and considerate.

Any Esan girl in nairaland should hit me up. We can fall in love together.

Op thanks for sharing. I may have some questions later. Thanks once more.

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

he married the queen of England ?

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

You were wise. Don't mind those people that love borrowing to perform marriage rite yet they will suffer on the long run

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

Lie with consideration

benkk015:
You are lucky u did not marry from akwa ibom....u did not tell us how much you realised

From spraying naa small thing o.eighty something thousand naira.

My Goodness!!!

See the mammoth crowd of ladies viewing this thread.

We in the northern parts of the country, spend less....



I married my lovely Angel with just 130k



I rep kebbi state


#TEAMZUKULUM#

Lmao..I find the bolded really funny .

BrokenCock:
Married from KD
Bride price 80k
Canopy for village ppl 15k
One bush goat 5k
Food for hungry villagers 50k
Transport fair from PH 20k fueling
Hotel for family n friends 80k
In fact, I don forget but I no spend pass 300k

drakeskull:


Just wondering how you guys talk like you were raised by beasts

keep wondering until you wonder no more nonsense

[quote author=Fanbee post=77799950][/quote] Quite huge. i thought i could do mine with 1.2million. When the expenses started coming up, i had no choice but to keep pushing the bar.

Jayneek:
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.

Interesting, didn't u do the white wedding?

You will surely make it then. But I will warn you of all those unexpected expenses. They will certainly comes up but don't give in to any pressure from your wife or any relative. Talk to your wife why you are doing this, and i am sure she Will understand. Stick with your budgets since you don't invite a lot of people.


From experience, spending even 20m naira doesn't guarantee that no one will complain during a wedding ceremony.

All the best!

famouscargo4u:

It'd definitely be a Saturday but miles away from where I'm based. Few family and friends. 2-3 colleagues at work.

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

eeeerrrrr, for the traditional wedding, you did no 'and co'? As in, uniform for you and wifey....?

[quote author=obamartins post=77792639]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.


Wonderful. But eh
Are u a Yoruba man or , they are the only people that can sold out their last land and car's just to decorate their parties with food and meat, later end up drinking gari day and nyt after party.

But congrats bros . am having 5m in my mind to scattered for my wedding,
D
Them say , drinking of gari doesn't means you poor but when you allow it to sweat up show signed of poverty.

Nice one jare , how can someone use 350k for wedding abi na only your family members go turned up. Lol

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

Bros 500k is almost impossible. U no go use hall? Na under tree u go do am. People no go chop? No drinks? No decoration? Wedding dress? Video? Photographer? No suit and shoe.? Except u mean 500kfrom your pocket then relatives will augment.

You want good gifts and make people spray u money but u no wan spend. Lol. Alaroro. Just pray day ur wife no be wahala person because the fight go enter wedding night.

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

3 Gbosa for you !!!

Anything more than 500k, stay your papa house....

Laurene:
see your head like teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles..

TMNT

murphyrichy:
Interesting, didn't u do the white wedding?

No I didn't and I don't intend to. We only plan to do a court wedding when our little princess is probably like a year old.

yeman2012:
keep wondering until you wonder no more nonsense

Yeyeman2012, you talk about someone’s wife as though you lack manners and decorum! Think, it won’t harm you!!!

babyfaceafrica:
2 million is on the high side.....you must be rich

. 1. Drinks and food - N300,000
2. Reception hall - N105,000 (a Catholic church event hall)


Traditional marriage
1. Drinks - N140,000

why is the drinks different for. trad and white?..no be d same day



you are Lucky.. esan ladies are nice

What about the marriage list

Mtchew! 2 million and you're shouting no hole in your pocket? Bro na borehole Dem drill for your pocket.