Modern Day Engagement Requirement
A little something to make your day... I remember when I was planning my traditional wedding ceremony, my parents gave me a list of items that my husband's family were to bring along as gifts for my family. This tradition has made its way down so many generations in time past especially among people from the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria. When I got the list, I was a little disappointed by some of the items because they were trivial and had little or no economic value. Now, you have to understand why I was disappointed, because all my life I was told to act good and be good so when this day came my in-laws would be delighted to pay their dues and my dowry. So to see what was on the list after all my attempts at being the good girl was really disappointing. I thought, "surely you have to give more to take away a valuable resource like me?" So my sisters and I decided to have a little fun with my husband and we rewrote our own list...