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For every family in Nigeria, we always have to undergo three marriage rights before you can be called a married person, The first is the Introduction, the second is the traditional marriage, and then the white wedding.
This is the first rite of marriage, here the main occasion is to introduce the two families, and this introduction doesn't determine if the marriage will really work out.
I had mine in 2017, this was the time I found out I was pregnant though we had planned on having the introduction that year after I found out I was pregnant I had to quickly rush the ceremony, we invited our families over, but before this, i and my hubby had gone to my parents to put us through on how it was done, my dad was at first against it because hubby wasn’t from our tribe, but my mum later talked to him, I can't remember what she had said to him then, but we were given some list of things to buy for the ceremony, and then the D-day came, every member of our families were invited, there was enough refreshment for everyone, there was also some formalities that were done and then that day ended with hubby people getting list of thing they were to bring for the traditional marriage that we had planned was going to be the next year.
But that didn't happen as we weren't financially buoyant, the baby came we had a lot of expenses to cover, hubby’s job wasn’t paying so well, we had forfeited ever having the traditional marriage and this was like a burden to me, it was as if I was indebted to someone in my mind, and then the year 2020 came, i and hubby sat and talked about trying again to have the marriage done, and it was successful.
”Babe let's have the marriage done so it wouldn't be as if we are just living together without any commitment, said hubby.
I replied, “Yes that's true we should do just that so that we can really become a family, and I will be proud to have your name in my name.”
“ oh yes my dear, I also would like that I would like you to have my name too” he replied smiling.
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We told our parents our plans and started planning on it, it was like a dream come true for me because it is a celebration people always look forward to, we had lots of support in making that celebration become a reality for us, it was the best day of my life that I always wish to happen every time.
It was a celebration that gave me a lot of respect from everyone, I was so happy, we also had our registry too, though we didn't invite a lot of people for that one, because we wanted to keep it simple and less crowded.
This is one celebration that made my family happy because it was long overdue, even though circumstances almost made us lose hope but at the end of the day we had our marriage celebrated by almost everyone in the neighborhood.
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