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Okija_juju:
A friend just got married to his girlfriend of over 8 years. YES!! *I said 8 whole years.

They just finished their traditional marriage about 4 months ago and things have not been the same since after the trado.

This guy emptied out two local account and 1 foreign account, sold his EOD (end-of-discussion) and moved from a 4 Bedroom flat into a two room and palour.

My guy if you are planning a wedding, aleast you should be prepared to declare bankruptcy for aleast four years after your marriage.

2 local accounts and 1 foreign based account and his EOD?
The trado musta been worth 500 Million Naira.

mama-gee:
Why do they have sugar daddies that are Old enough to be their fathers?

Do they like it or is it poverty?

SEX.

bluespice:
shut up i'm 10!

I am happy for you.

bluespice:
lol,
first of, im not thinking marriage until 7 years min

U must be 13.

presido1:
Till tomorrow OT faithfuls will welcome Tevez with open arms while they indifference when ever Mr Snail's name is mentioned.

That was why he was booed severely in the Manchester Derby.
OT faithfuls can't stand Tevez.

chika98:
Akuko! When they are ready then the find someone new to marry

If ma girlfriend shows the kinda negative vibes you are showing now because of a lavish wedding, i would drop her for someone new when i am READY.

TOPE2000!:
I give up on sauron . . . . . . Pls stay away from girls that are in their 20s
Go for college girls . . .they will able to live up your dreams with u

I don't do college girls.

!amebo no1:
not true

It's the gospel truth.

TOPE2000!:
Really? That is your source of payin back debts? wow

What debts?
Men who spend lavishly on their wedding have planned it for 5 years.
As soon as they save up to that amount, they take their women to the altar.

Children wont 4give me?? what has it got to do with them, it was my wedding.
Besides . . .rice and meat isnt that expensive

Chineke Mei. . . . . . I don't wanna come to your wedding.
A table spoon of rice will be accompanied with pebbles.

debosky:
Good luck. You might get a model one.

For where?
Every human being deserves a decent wedding.

Yes, but only if you can save up that kind of money for the wedding or afford to finance it.

Well. . . . . . . .I can afford it.

debosky:
If all the people you know are hungry people, they will chop your food and leave you with 1,000 plastic buckets and cheap cutlery sets as gifts.

Fortunately for me, i don't roll with hungry peops.
I won't be surprised if i get a Range Sport as a wedding present.

Depends on your income - anyone who personally spends over 6 months salary on a wedding is being wasteful. If your parents can afford more and choose to spend, that is their own decision.

U have a point here but then. . . . . .A man that makes £2,500 a month should spend £15K, right?
The babe will also cough around that figure. . . .Which is about £30K excluding what friends/relatives decide to drop either via rendering services or straight cash.
Debosky. . . . .The whole budget will still linger in the neighbourhood of £40K.

Honeymoon in Belize. . . . .Travelling costs from London to Osogbo(Tope's hometown).

TOPE2000!:
They musta been married to igbos . . . . no offence

Igbos don't demand more than £1000.
The whole idea that they charge people is a myth.

Excatly what i dont want to do . . . .so after marriage we shud be livin in debt? i pity your future wife
Cut your coat accoding to your size is what they say

Don't even marry at all. . . .Just get a Pastor to join you and your husband in Holy Matrimony in your hubby's kitchen.
Pack your ghana-must-go to his house and stay there instead of hosting 100 guests on your wedding.
Stingy Congolese.

Lolz . . . . i aint that cheap
U can have a elegant wedding with just 10k sef

£10K pounds?
Wedding Planners in London charge £12k to £15k averagely to arrange weddings/receptions.

justwise:
Do u work or u depend on mum & dady?

How does this affect the price of FISH?

debosky:
Why not? People waste money on weddings - spending millions and they are driving tokunbo cars and renting flats. Isn't that silly?  

The amount of money they spend on their wedding isn't going to build em a new house in Lagos anyways.
Tokunbo cars? Puhleeeeeeeeeeeeeease.
What you give is what you get. The couples who spend money on their wedding recoup em back via mouth-watering gifts.

Spend money on your future. . . no, waste money yes.
After all that they will now be pricing meat aggressively in the market, as if it's the aboki's fault that they wasted money. Mugus.  

So by your own estimation, how much do you think one should spend on a GRAND wedding(including traditional)?

stillwater:
Live for today and live in debt tomorrow. Naaa thank you!!! Proposal vetoed!!!

Mortgage itself is debt.
All your credit cards are debt so what difference does it make?
Your PAY MONTHLY mobile phone is DEBT.

TOPE2000!:
lol. . . . . management is not in sauron's dictionary

Manage-wetin?
Your children won't forgive you when they see Agoiiiiin beans/sachet water in your Wedding DVD in the next 15 years.

TOPE2000!:
2weddings and the combined cost is 40K . . .Meaning 20k each right?
so why must urs be 40k?
u be obasanjo's son?

They spent £40k each and that includes the traditional wedding.

Plan?? How does one save up to 40k in this country?
U be must be company director to have that amout saved up
If a naija man want to save up 40k . . . . .i guess he wud proolu get married wen he is in his 40s
Then some men wonder why . . . . . . their gfs run off and marry another guy

£40K pounds?
I am sure your credit score can rip out £40K from Lloyds TSB.

Why wud i be the one to buy my own ring in the first place, isnt that the groom's responsibilty?
The only thing that WILL be expensive at my wedding has to be the rings sef

And you will serve Bread and Agoiiin beans for your guests.
Chei, let me marry you then.
My monthly salary should cover up for your wedding conveniently with few coins left to spray your coconut head.

debosky:
How much do you need?

Not much - 50k in naira can get you married comfortably in the registry.

£200 wedding?


Nigerians go kill me oooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
Na goats wan do the wedding?

stillwater:
Don't mind Sauron. You know he is like all those owambe kind of people that can party till dawn sweating till daybreak.

Even the Bible says you should not worry about tomorrow.
Today's troubles are enough on it's own to lump tomorrow's worries on it.

Live for today.
£40K wedding is nothing, trust me.

debosky:
I pity the fans of this club.

When Liverpool cannot beat Reading AT HOME after not playing for nearly two weeks then you CANNOT blame the owners.

If you need more signings to beat Reading, then your coach must be a complete waste.

Sack Benitez NOW - take the financial hit before the entire squad gets sold off next season.

It's not CATASTROPHIC.

Torres wasn't fit. Gerrard copped the flu.
They missed Alonso. Benitez is suffering from acute pink eye.
Aquilani is yet to adapt to the hustle and bustle of the EPL and Liverpool are still rebuilding.

Watch them win the QUADRUPLE next season.

TOPE2000!:
Simplicity and elegant CAN co-exist
I am sure i have to been to more weddings that u

You prolly underestimate what you see in those weddings.
2 of ma mates had their weddings in 2009 and the combined cost of the whole shiznit was around £40K.
Of course, the bride's family contributed some of it too but £40K is £40K.

Why spend all your life savings on a wedding? i dont get it
4-5mil naira is enuff for a good wedding . . . .why go borrow a loan cuz of a wedding

Who ever said £40K amounts to a man's life savings.
It's something people plan for. It doesn't just happen like a date to the London Zoo or Vue.

Wateva jare . . . . i still stand by my words
atleast if i didnt spend much on my wedding and it collapses . .God 4bid, i wont be that bitter

Cheapskates!!!
You will prolly buy your wedding ring @ Argos.

duduspace:
Why bring captaincy into it? is Rio even a captain in his own bedroom talk less of being a captain anywhere?

Rio captained Man Utd in Moscow and led by example by bringing the UCL to England.

TOPE2000!:
Its not abt cheap . . . . . so if u dont have 40k, u wont get married
There are alot of simple but elegants weddings that doesnt cost that much . . . . . i dont need a over the top wedding planner b4 i have a perfect wedding.

Simplicity and elegance CANNOT co-exist.
If you want to serve Chivita and Paraga on your wedding day, na you sabi.
My wedding should be the most special day of me life so i am spending £££ on it. Tomorrow's troubles will take care of itself.

To me the real life begins after the wedding. . . . .i have always wanted a big wedding too but will big wedding give me happy married life?

I am 100% certain a crappy wedding won't give you a happy married life as well.
Na people like you dey do WEDDING MK II because the first one sucked semen.

TOPE2000!:
Too much . . .its madness
There is a life after wedding now . . . . . .na loan repayment go seperate the couples

Tope, are you this cheap?
U think 10 milla naira is too much?

Do you know how much a decent wedding planner charges for weddings these days?

TOPE2000!:
Um mm  m m  . . . How?

It is too self-binding.
You can't get a mortgage now and relocate at your own free will.
It ties people down.

debosky:
No it isn't - instead of dashing off rent to a Landlord that you have NO CHANCE of getting back, get a mortgage and if you get tired, you can sell and regain the money you've paid in (all things being equal).

Very easy to say. People have copped negative equity while paying ridiculous amount on their mortgage.
It is like a lottery and based on some spastic interest rate that increases/decreases.
Whats the point? I will rather build a house in Lagos that i can call my own not a leasehold on a silly mortgage your great grandchildren won't even stay in.

As long as you have an income to support it, you can even sell off later on and use that money to build your house in Nigeria. If you can't afford it, then a mortgage will be terrible. Then again, for anything good, you must sacrifice something.

It's the same thing. . . . .Mortgage is like throwing money away.
What mortgage applicants do not consider when they are buying is they have taxes, repairs, insurance depending on region can be multiple policies, and also now falling so-callled equity.

debosky:
I don't get why people are talking as if a mortgage is a bad thing - as long as you meet your payments, you're saving up your money in your home.

Mortgage is a horrible thing Debosky.

duduspace:
na which kain age be dat one? is he older than Gallas?

Gallas? Johnny Evans will get a nod ahead of Gallas if Gallas is a United player. Gallas the field NIGGA?
Why was he stripped of his captaincy if he Is any good?

I am talking about a well rounded central defender in Rio who has led his team to win 3 TITLES in a row by displaying a virtuoso performance in his defence and nailing a PFA spot for the past 3 seasons.

chaircover:
Getting on to the property ladder at the right time is one of the best ways to secure a bright financial future if played well.

Regarding wages; none of the Naija IT boys & girls contactors in my establishment earn less than £350 a day and that is just for the testing jobs.

May God bless you!!!

Busybody was busy spewing hokum when i was telling her this.
I know enough Naija testers with that wage bracket and they didn't need any B.Sc in Rocket Science to nail those jobs.
It's all about the orientation and moving with the right crew.

debosky:
Campbell was still teaching Rooney what it means to have desire to WIN by completely nullifying him in the FA Cup semis in 2008. So I'm not worried about the so called pacy strikers. Besides - who needs pace to stop Berbaslug? 

The same Campbell Rooney sodomised consistently before Rooney joined Everton?
Blimey. . . . .The only reason Rooney scored as many goals against Arsenal is because of Sol Campbell.
He is Rooney's B[i]I[/i]TCH.

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When Rio manages to win something with a club as unfancied as Portsmouth then he can think about washing the boots of Sol. 

Rio is bigger than Sol.
He will retire in Man Utd. He is too brilliant to be cast out like Wenger did Campbell.
When Sol Campbell wins something in Europe, you should get back to me.

justwise:
She is not your personal property, she is allowed to do her own thing, even walk out of the marriage when things get worst. U don't own her just cos u spent £40,000 for the wedding

I am 100% my bride would slap your face for uttering the above statement.
Cheese. . . . .I don't own her because of the amount i am spending. . . . .I own her cos she's the one i am taking to the altar.

arus2015:
99% of these illegal immigrants are NIGERIANS.

When was to last time you went to China ?

2004.

justwise:
Cos u want it to be crappy, after spending that much on wedding the woman becomes your personal property.

Whose property would she be before? Yours?
Are you high on Shepe?

justwise:
I'm not saying £2000 or £4000 is enough but spending £40,000 for a wedding is madness.

Anything less than that and the wedding will be crappy.

r231:
£2000 what even the halls in london cost more dan dat these days

Justwise prolly thinks it's beans to wed.

vote4andy:
All interested Anambarians with valid voter's card should contact me, via email or this forum. Lots of rewards if you join my campagne train.
Long live Anambra state.

U have my vote!!!
Andy Uba is the man to take Anambra to the promised land.

Busy_body:
Do you know how many Robert Gordon "Oil and gas" graduates are now languishing behind the tills of Mcdonalds upon all the tens of thousands that they paid in tuition fees

Many graduates read useless courses in the first place. . . . .I won't dispute the fact that many graduates are jobless as we speak.
The KEY is to go for disciplines that pay £££

Forget the reluctance to learn side, be honest we all know Nigerians and their pasion for collecting certificate, no Country in the world reads/studies as much as we do, fact

Nigerians are the laziest when it comes to UPgrading.
The only time you see this passion is when they are hungry and looking for a job. As soon as they are in a bit of a comfort zone, they remain stagnant.
This is the reason you see some Nigerians saying they have been in the same post for 18 years. WTF is that?

And as for my Sister, you don't needto slave and bring all your hard-earned savings because you wan pay bride-price, between you and I, i just wanna let you know we accept credit cards in any name too

I don't pay with credit cards.

platinumnk:
what if u build a house at home and still get a mortgage?  Its better to have a house in both places.

If you can afford it, why not?
But the mentality of Nigerians here in the UK with getting a mortgage even when they are struggling with repayments is disgusting.
In the name of showing off, they tangle themselves with massive debts.

Busy_body:
Even if you earn £30k per annum before tax, can you afford a mortgage on a decent 2 bedroom house without going to live in the outskirt? My people, lets be real once in a while

I don't advise any migrant to get any mortgage unless he/she has decided to spend the rest of his life in the UK.
I will rather sleep in a one bedroom while building MY OWN HOUSE in Naija than get a mortgage here.

justwise:
U must be joking right? U will be spending about £40,000 for a wedding in Nigeria, honestly our value system is so wrong.

When was the last time you went to Naija?

The venue alone will gulp 1/10th of that budget.
Food and Drinks. . . . .Nigerians don't drink once and ignore. . . . They wanna GO all night so that one nor be beans.
Then you have to accommodate your guests flying in from near and far. U don't want your colleagues at work kidnapped in Naija so adequate security must be ensured.

What about costumes, cake, wedding ring, stretch limos and other miscellaneous?
U better buckle your belt and start working your arse off.
If you think £2000 pounds will host a decent wedding, you will be shocked.

Busy_body:
Dunno why "them" is getting changed to "them" Who owns "them" as if the "thems" are useful for anything

The only way to be sure of they are useful is TRYING them.

Which field in IT is that, alagbari

Several software companies.
Oil/Gas
Networking
Reh reh reh.

And talking of upgrading, you want them to be like those in Canada who ugrade themselves for ten years only to be told "they don't have the Canadian experience" Oh well at least those in the UK knows employees dare not take that blatant racist approach to them, but what good is it to them wasting further money they could put to better use only to be told "we will keep your record in our files i.e. don't call us, we'll call you

Even courses like Project Management and Test Management pay loads of £££
The thing is Naija peops are too reluctant/lazy to further their knowledge. "I am a PHD holder from UI and i don't have to read" is their psyche.
When you have the required qualification, there's no way any engineer can starve but do they have what it takes apart from the certificates they bagged centuries ago in Yabatech?

Abeg get your head outta cloud cuckoo land and go siddon boo By the time you finish upgrading to the standard that can satisfy them, all your hair and teeth go don commot

Siddon dere. . . . . .
In the next few months, i will come and pay  triple the amount your kid sister's bride price to show off.