I’d Rather Use My Money to Travel Than Feed 600 People at Wedding: Man’s Words Cause ‘Commotion’
- A gentleman has contributed to the discussion surrounding the needless expenses people incur for their weddings
- The young man said his money will be better invested in seeing new places together with his wife than serving free jollof rice
- While some people supported his view, others said that the culture that supports flamboyant weddings is strong
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A young Nigerian man with the Twitter handle @KingFoye_ stirred conversations around the expensive nature of most wedding ceremonies.
The man said he would rather use his money to visit new countries and get experiences for two weeks than use the same fund to feed 600 guests at his wedding.
Source: Twitter
His submission came amid trending talk on how people break an arm and a leg for wedding events.
In a subsequent tweet, the man said that a wedding should be a time when new couples share a beautiful moment together.
He added that going on 'baecation' is sensible than organising a party where guests would later review the taste of the rice they were served.
See his tweets below:
As of the time of writing this report, his first post has gathered over 166,000 likes with almost 38,000 retweets.
YEN.com.gh compiled some of the reactions below:
@babyycharrr said:
"I would rather have the money to do both tho fr."
@loveinamharic said:
"African Parents will disown you in 4 different ways."
@Adadike3 said:
"Dear future husband let's visit 6 countries in one month and have only 40 people or 50 tops at our wedding. I can agree to church blessings with only our family and close friends to make this happen. What do you think?"
@KingFoye_ said:
"Anything above 200 guests is a rally as far as my opinion about a wedding ceremony is concerned. 100 from each side at the very MAXIMUM."
@Ransom_Here said:
"In my place, friends and relatives contribute ¾ of the wedding expenses. So feeding people in excess of 1000 won't be my problem."
A wedding or investment?
Meanwhile, an interesting video is beginning to make waves on social media as it shows an intriguing game during the wedding ceremony of a newly wedded couple.
In the video, the groom was blindfolded and asked to pick which of the many ladies selected as contestants was his wife by simply holding their hands.
Although there were a lot of ladies and a few gentlemen who presented their hands to be checked by the groom, he was able to detect which one, in particular, was that of his bride.
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