Gift Exchanges and Dowry

[Zafra]

Re: Gift Exchanges and Dowry

@ekumunng

Excuse me ladies… but how should a guy (or his family) say that they don’t dowry and make girls’ parents understand it. The problem I have observed is that even when it is said with good intentions and by all means… the girls’ parents still don’t believe you and come up with excuses to give dowry, like my brother gave this and this to his daughter, how can I not give to mine or this is tradition what will our relatives say.

The point is some people will just give dowry no matter how much groom opposes it. In such situations what can be the alternative? Is it okay for a groom to ask that don’t dowry instead put the money in your daughters’ name in the bank or buy her some jewelry with that money?

In Pakistani culture you can’t. Everybody thinks everybody is fake.