52-Year-Old Ghanaian Woman Fumes As Family Demands GH¢30,000 As Bride Price From Fiancé, Peeps React

52-Year-Old Ghanaian Woman Fumes As Family Demands GH¢30,000 As Bride Price From Fiancé, Peeps React

  • A video of a Ghanaian woman lamenting over the demands her family is making from her fiancé has got people talking
  • The 52-year-old was stunned that the family could demand an amount of GH¢30,000 as bride price from her fiancé
  • Netizens who saw the video have expressed astonishment over the posture of the woman's family regarding the issue

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A Ghanaian woman is pained over how her family is treating her in her bid to settle down with her lover and has taken to social media to voice her displeasure.

In a TikTok video that has since gone viral, the 52-year-old woman, who was seated in a car looking sad, revealed that her family is demanding $3,000, equivalent to GH¢30,000, as bride price from her fiancé.

Photo of Ghanaian woman abroad
Lady unhappy with her family over her bride price Photo credit:@afyapee/TikTok
Source: TikTok

The woman explained that both she and her fiancé have kids of their own but want to settle down for the purpose of companionship, so she is baffled that her family is acting this way.

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She revealed that the man, who lives abroad, is not ready to pay such an amount and has told her to convince her family to lower the bride price.

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At the time of writing this report, the video had gathered over 2,000 likes and 100 comments.

Watch the video:

Ghanaians advise the disgruntled woman

Netizens who thronged the comment section of the video were stunned by how the woman's family handled the issue.

WATCHMAN commented:

Continue stay single and be happy. Marriage is not an asset

Abdul Jawula revealed:

Sadly some women are unmarried because of this same issue.

daniel796936 opined:

Start asking for things the family can not provide. They will dash you out.

gen_0311 added:

why are you talking about yourself like that. you are very beautiful and worth more than that. your family placed a high value on you so why are you

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Married woman reveals husband is useless

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that a Ghanaian woman has got tongues wagging after she disclosed some shocking details surrounding her marriage of 37 years.

The woman, who sells at the market, revealed she married her husband at age 18, and since then, she has not looked back, cheated or considered having a different partner.

The woman, however, asserted that her man was not responsible, describing him as "borla goods."

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Philip Boateng Kessie (Human-Interest editor) Philip Boateng Kessie started writing for YEN.com.gh in 2022 and is the Head of the Human Interest desk. He has over six years of experience in journalism and graduated from the University of Cape Coast in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies. Philip previously served as a reporter for Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) and as a content writer for Scooper News. He has a certificate in Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced Digital Reporting and Fighting Misinformation. Email: philip.kessie@yen.com.gh.