Berg had already been engaged a month, and only a week remained before the wedding, but the count had not yet decided in his own mind the question of the dowry, nor spoken to his wife about it.
But Berg, smiling pleasantly, explained that if he did not know for certain how much Vera would have and did not receive at least part of the dowry in advance, he would have to break matters off.
"Let your daughter paint half a dozen pictures for me, and she shall have her dowry."
"Half a dozen pictures--her dowry! Monsieur is not speaking inconsiderately?"
The general and his wife were aware of this agreement, and, therefore, when Totski suggested himself for one of the sisters, the parents made no doubt that one of the two elder girls would probably accept the offer, since Totski would certainly make no difficulty as to
dowry. The general valued the proposal very highly.
I had two hundred thousand francs placed in the hands of Morrel & Son; these two hundred thousand francs were the
dowry of my daughter, who was to be married in a fortnight, and these two hundred thousand francs were payable, half on the 15th of this month, and the other half on the 15th of next month.
Well, one result is to deprive the daughter of a
dowry, and so leave her among the unwedded.
Deputy President William Ruto on Friday attended his brother's
dowry negotiation, known as 'koito' in Kalenjin, in Ziwa, Uasin Gishu county.
The woman's business is focused on sewing and preparing
dowry for brides.
Some men even claim that they never wanted
dowry but were forced to accept it by their parents.
Summary: Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 24 (ANI): A woman on Wednesday claimed that her husband gave her triple talaq over her habit of cleaning her teeth with tobacco and not fulfilling his
dowry demands.
The complainant, who resides at Kerawa road, Tudunwada area of Kaduna, told the court that she was no longer interested in the marriage and was ready to pay back N10,000
dowry to the defendant.
class="font-size--16 MsoNormalCaptain (rtd) Kungu Muigai, a close family friend to Bob Collymore's wife Wambui-Kamiru Collymore, left the congregation in stitches when he gave a peak into what transpired during Wambui's
dowry negotiations.
Dowry is a handsome ransom paid traditionally to the groom's family at the time of marriage.
Most of these cases occur because the women refuse to give in to the constant demands of
dowry.
