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Dowry
Carexport
#1 Posted : Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:20:00 PM
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SK's,

my future in-laws requesting dowry from me and i don't have a clue what i have to do?
Or should i say totally unaware of anything i came across so far in my life!
Could you please explain?

Maandazi
RskTaker
#2 Posted : Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:36:00 PM
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@Carexport

Ok. I don't know whether its my english or something is wrong with what you've written!

Please try and explain better i.e if you expect any meaningful help here!
eli
#3 Posted : Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:40:00 PM
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You don't know what to do? Ask them! They'll tell you what to do! What to bring,etc! How much cash,how many animals,etc!

But you shall remember the LORD your God,for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth,that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers,as it is this day. Deu 8:18
Carexport
#4 Posted : Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:20:00 PM
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@ rsktaker meant how much money or as eli said animals is/are expected from me?

Is it enuff to tell them that i luv her and that's most important thing in life or just dish out Ksh and that's it.


Maandazi
hello
#5 Posted : Thursday, May 28, 2009 4:03:00 AM
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Toa kito kidogo n jaribu ko maliza hi maneno...........b4 its too late.
I want to be a millionaire.
McReggae
#6 Posted : Thursday, May 28, 2009 5:47:00 AM
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it's important to say where you are marrying from!!!!.......dowry expectations differ depending on community and family economic status!!!

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
jmm
#7 Posted : Thursday, May 28, 2009 5:53:00 AM
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theres no harm in consulting with the elders on what to do,talk even to the wife to be if she has a big sis she tell you what the dad requires or may be a hint of what is expected

tripple m
the sage
#8 Posted : Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:10:00 AM
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Go with an experienced uncles,especially the evil-looking stingy one.

But seriously I find it time we sobbered up on this issue. Times are tough,why do folks expect so much dowry when the alternative is to use that cash for a mortgage downpayment,education fund for your kids.

And have you ever noticed it's the extended family that usually leeches on that cash. Even Mungiki have joined the gravy train.

Times are hard,I do not mind the idea of dowry as uniting tool but not as a cash cow.
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