"Take my wives. PLEASE!"
Posted on 08/26/2010 12:51:48 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
I am sure that most of you guys would have heard about the honorable gentleman MP Duwaisan and his suggestion that the government should give a Kuwaiti man KD8,000 (US$27,729.67) grant if he marries a Kuwaiti woman. Currently, the government pays KD 4,000 (US$13,864.89) per marriage. Duwaisan wants to double that amount since he claims that living expenses have doubled and lifestyles have also changed. So far, so good. The gentleman went to the extent of proposing that if the man acquires a second wife, he should be given another KD8,000.
The condition is that the bride should be Kuwaiti. Duwaisan believes the proposal will help Kuwaiti women because according to statistics, there are many spinsters in Kuwait. In my opinion, if he is encouraging Kuwaiti men to take a second wife and cash in another KD8,000, Islam allows for four wives. Then the mathematics will show that a man can make as much as KD32,000 (US$110,918.54) just from marrying. And more spinsters will also get married. Isn't this an amazing recipe by the honorable gentleman?
I will tell Mr Duwaisan why we have so many unmarried girls. It is not a matter of KD8,000 or KD10,000; this is not going to solve the problem. The concept of marriage in Kuwait needs to change. The demands should be humble and less and follow the Shariah laws. Getting married to a Kuwaiti has become a burden on Kuwaiti men. I am not generalizing but men are required to pay expensive dowry. They have to furnish a flat or a house because most women nowadays do not want to share their space with anybody.
They have to throw banquets and expensive parties. The minimum price of a party hosted in a five-star hotel or hall costs not less than KD5,000 ($17,331.02). Add to this jewelry, dowry and other expenses, and don't forget the expensive haute couture flown in from Paris, Lebanon or London. This makes men shun the thought and consider marrying a foreigner and in turn, have fewer wedding expenses and pay no dowry. To cut it short, a wife from outside could cost a man one-tenth compared to the local price.
The lifestyle of our girls is very demanding. They have to come down to earth if they want to get married and not be called spinsters. They should stop all the traditions which are not Islamic but have been inherited from past generations and passed on from tribe to tribe throughout the Arabian Peninsula. I am talking about the traditions of showing-off and throwing expensive and lavish dowries and parties. I do not have to go into the details. Just visit a Kuwaiti wedding and you will get my drift. Somet imes even the chocolate for weddings is personally chosen and flown into Kuwait all the way from Belgium. And you do not want us to have spinsters? Excuse me!
that’s good ‘cause I can’t afford one wife
Why buy the Camel when you can have the milk for free?
Some of those Kuwaiti woman are very beautiful,but by their law each wife must be treated exactly the same everything including the physical side.
Dear me, that policy seems to be working just fine in Britain. Already polygamous families there can claim welfare payments and public housing.
I wonder if the problem is really lavish dowries and wedding banquets. Do women really demand them or do they just not want to be married to one of their own menfolk? I gather they have far more professional opportunities in Kuwait than in Saudi Arabia.
I’ll go out on a limb and compare this to Japan and it’s “parasite singles”. Japanese women don’t want to be in a Japanese marriage and nowadays don’t have to be.
IMHO, the cost of a wife who demands this sort of treatment at the wedding is only a fraction of the cost and misery for the life that will come.
I see this barrage of spoiled, extragant behavior on TV almost constantly. Rings that are the cost of a downpayent on a house (and a NICE house at that), Wedding dresses costing more than most cars, a cake that costs more than most people take home in a month. A Honeymoon so elaborate that would set a bar so high that no man could possibly hope to maintain this without declaring bankrupcy within a month.
So, some Groom takes on a huge debt to give his bride what she wants - and the part he has no clue about is that her attitude of what she thinks she ‘deserves’ does not end at the reception or the end of the Honeymoon - but continues for the life of the marriage. Then these same women wonder why they divorce in 2 years, and men are unwilling to marry again. They wonder why they are always so miserable, and that men come into their lives, and leave even more quickly.
My wife and I got married in a private ceremony, then went to Exxon for a Burrito and Chimmichonga. We went home and celebrated our new life together, then flew to DisneyWorld for a week together.
When we got home, we had money for new appliances, a downpayment on a home and some basic furniture. And she is still as frugal as the day we married, I chose wisely.
Does you wife want a second husband?
>>In my opinion, if he is encouraging Kuwaiti men to take a second wife and cash in another KD8,000, Islam allows for four wives<<
That’s FOUR MILs, fellas.
WTG, Islam.
No wonder they’re always blowing themselves up.
They have to furnish a flat or a house because most women nowadays do not want to share their space with anybody.
At least they won't be in cycle that way.
>>At least they won’t be in cycle that way.<<
With 4 different residences, he could really luck out and have to deal with a different PMSer every week. And her mother.
"Take my wives. PLEASE!"
HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!
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