Dowry boggles my mind. In our system you need to gift the woman, and that makes sense to me .. at least she knows she is appreciated and worth everything you can give, and will continue to give
if i was on the receiving end ... I am sure she will look at me with a lots of disdain.. that her parents or whatever had to go through such things so that I could have material stuff. It is a horrible way to start a relationship . I can't believe men these days do that, and that mothers expect that from other females.
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