Dude I never thought I would be writing to any man to solve my issues but at this juncture I need your honest opinion before I make my decision.
Maurice asks,
What’s going on mate?
He replies,
Well, I have been dating my girlfriend for 4 years and I finally surprised her and proposed to her, on my knees if I may add.
Maurice asks,
When did you propose to her?
He replies,
I proposed to her in February during Valentines at our favorite restaurant. Dude she cried it was just the most perfect moment and the setting was priceless.
Maurice asks,
So where’s the issue?
He replies,
After knowing and living with someone for 4 years it is a bit shocking when she decides to side with her family especially after she had assured me that she would never allow her family to bully me. My side of the family have already gone through the traditional meetings and the main issue for me and for my family is that her family are literally selling her to us.
Maurice asks,
What do you mean, please expound?
He replies,
Apart from the customary livestock that I should provide. Her Dad and uncles have seen some capitalistic opportunity and are now demanding for a further 30 cattle and a cash payment of ksh1,500,000. Note that the wedding will cost roughly the same. Dude that’s over 3 million bob. I don’t even earn 10% of that amount.
Maurice replies,
If I may ask, how old are you and what do you do for a living? And are you by any chance from a wealthy family?
He replies,
Dude I am 28 and I am a middle management banker. My father is very established in real-estate, he has been for over 40 years so yes my father has money but I am still trying to grow myself like he did.
Maurice my biggest issue right now is that my fiancee has shown me a side of her that I had never witnessed before. She refuses to see logic, I told her that the total dowry being demanded for is out of my ability. She told me that my family could afford it. I then just walked away and I put a stop on the family meetings. I love my fiancee with all my heart but I do not want my father to pay for my bride. If I can’t afford her I would rather not have her in my life. What is your opinion on the matter?
Maurice replies,
Let’s look at the facts.
1) Your fiancee should be on your side no matter what. If you can’t side with each other now what kind of a marriage will you have!
2) Dowry is a customary offering to the parents of the bride that should never be ‘an avenue to gain wealth’. And dowry is paid over a period of time. That used to be the norm but nowadays it’s too commercial.
3) Your fiancee is priceless like the setting you had when you proposed to her. No amount of cash should be tagged on her. No amount of cash should be able to buy any woman.
4) Newly weds should never ever start the foundation of marriage with financial constraints, this inevitably asserts a lot of pressure on the marriage with other marital obligations and demands not being met.
In my experience I have seen too many men walk out of their marriage within one year, not because of love but because they could not keep up the lifestyle the wife demanded, why? Because they gave all their savings to their father-in-law in the name of gaining their bride.
Maurice asks,
Do you feel like walking away ‘be honest’?
He replies,
Yes I do. I have contemplated leaving. But we have come so far for me to give up.
I hear bro. You need to remind your fiancee where you have both come from, from your infant beginnings to where you are now. Tell her, it’s not that you don’t value her, the fact is you can’t meet her family’s demands. I can not predict if she will see the light but without her unconditional support at this early stage I can only imagine what precedent she has set in your mind and trust me, you do not want to begin to resent your wife to be in the future due to her actions today. That will gradually crumble your marriage.
Talk to her, make her understand that you want to be your own man. You want to gain her as your wife through your own effort not through your father’s wealth. She is your woman, the woman you love with all your heart. She is not a commodity with a price tag.
I wish you the best and I really hope she sides with you.
He replies,
Thanks Maurice. I do hope things work out.
A WOMAN WHO TRULY LOVES A MAN UNCONDITIONALLY WILL MOVE MOUNTAINS TO BE MARRIED TO HIM AND BE BY HIS SIDE ALWAYS, THEY WILL THEN GROW TOGETHER AND BUILD THEIR OWN EMPIRE
Ladies, do not let your family dictate to your man or bully your man. You may let go of or discourage your true love because he could not meet the dowry demands and end up marrying the man who can afford everything but all he can offer you in return is a lot of misery. The choice is yours, make the right one.














