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Elder
#11 Posted : Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:04:12 PM
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mukiha wrote:
Payment made by a man to his bride's family is called BRIDE PRICE.

Payment made by a woman to her groom's family is called DOWRY.

Dowry is an Asian practice while Bride Price is African. Don't confuse the two.

Regardless of origin (Asian, Middle English, Anglo-Norman French etc) dowry does not exclusively refer to payment made by the woman to the husband's family:

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary
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1 - money and/or property that, in some societies, a wife or her family must pay to her husband when they get married

2 - money and/or property that, in some societies, a husband must pay to his wife's family when they get married
He who can express in words the ardour of his love, has but little love to express. - Petrach, Son. (That men by various ways arrive at the same end. - Montaigne, The Essays of.)
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McReggae
#12 Posted : Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:08:19 AM
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Elder wrote:
mukiha wrote:
Payment made by a man to his bride's family is called BRIDE PRICE.

Payment made by a woman to her groom's family is called DOWRY.

Dowry is an Asian practice while Bride Price is African. Don't confuse the two.

Regardless of origin (Asian, Middle English, Anglo-Norman French etc) dowry does not exclusively refer to payment made by the woman to the husband's family:

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary
Quote:
1 - money and/or property that, in some societies, a wife or her family must pay to her husband when they get married

2 - money and/or property that, in some societies, a husband must pay to his wife's family when they get married


Elder, I agree with your version!!!....hio mambo ya price aint even african!!!
..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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Intelligentsia
#13 Posted : Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:15:53 AM
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So what did women love before money was invented?
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MW
#14 Posted : Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:57:08 AM
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B4 money was invented women loved cows, goats and the size of land a man has.
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KenyanLyrics
#15 Posted : Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:23:05 AM
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Any fly airport who is dating a broke man is ruining his life! What motivation can the man have now to hustle?
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Stealth
#16 Posted : Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:14:26 AM
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And since fortunes are known to change at the drop of a hat (riches to rags- in this case) what happens? Does the woman u married while u were loaded divorce u? What if u were more loaded than her before u got married then she gets a high flying job, what happens then?
Love is (and shud be) deeper than finances.
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mwenza
#17 Posted : Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:26:32 AM
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Stealth wrote:
And since fortunes are known to change at the drop of a hat (riches to rags- in this case) what happens? Does the woman u married while u were loaded divorce u? What if u were more loaded than her before u got married then she gets a high flying job, what happens then?
Love is (and shud be) deeper than finances.



Love can not exist in a vacuum.
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Intelligentsia
#18 Posted : Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:38:05 AM
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MW wrote:
B4 money was invented women loved cows, goats and the size of land a man has.


hii bado ni noti/money in another form
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Mtublack
#19 Posted : Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:59:53 PM
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Stealth wrote:
And since fortunes are known to change at the drop of a hat (riches to rags- in this case) what happens? Does the woman u married while u were loaded divorce u? What if u were more loaded than her before u got married then she gets a high flying job, what happens then?
Love is (and shud be) deeper than finances.


she might not divorce you but certainly she would like to. so

Its not money they love is the security which include Money and what money can buy plus the strong genes for the offspring ( its assumed if you can make money you are smart hence strong) hence you will pass the genes to your off springs its survival for the fittest and when females in any spices loss that instinct we end up with weaker next generation and on and on until the whole spices disappear like the Dinosaurs. So don't blame women they are only trying to preserve mankind d'oh!Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
Some you win some you lose
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StatMeister
#20 Posted : Thursday, September 29, 2011 1:36:05 PM
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MW wrote:
B4 money was invented women loved cows, goats and the size of land a man has.


B787 & A380 are obviously more impressive than a Cessna, am sure it has always counted for something
A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work
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