Does he need to be rich?

[Hye4Lebanon]

I say lucky for the ones who marry a son/daughter that comes from an already wealthy family :)

[freedom4ever]

i dont know why you try to relate marriage to getting children directly.
Eno since in Lebanon you cant live with you GF/Fiancee before marriage, so you have to marry.
But who said you should start the birth machine in the first years of marriage.

Well personally i do prefer to wait for at least 4 years after marriage to get kids,
This interval is needed, first it stabilize the relation, then the couple will learn how to manage their financial situation well and plan for kids, and the most important enjoying some nice intimate life before getting kids

[Orange angel]

Originally Posted by orange infection

la7za shway , mrs non traditional
when you were getting to know each other he paid but when that was finished ballashto bel 50/50
okay now why was he paying ??? i cant find the relationship between getting to know each other and splitting dinner costs
so when the guy pays it helps you to get to know each other ????
and you said it , he's a gentleman because he used to pay , so gentlemen pay for ladies dinners
that's a very not traditional thought

hehehe i've already answered that in a previous post:
He paid the first few months becoz i wasn't allowed to , he categorically refused to make me spend a single dime and we've got memorable fights about him not letting me, that ended up sometimes in "Jorsa" in the middle of the restaurant , so do u still think i'm traditional??

[orange infection]

Originally Posted by Orange angel

hehehe i've already answered that in a previous post:
He paid the first few months becoz i wasn't allowed to , he categorically refused to make me spend a single dime and we've got memorable fights about him not letting me, that ended up sometimes in "Jorsa" in the middle of the restaurant , so do u still think i'm traditional??

u are not , but he is , since he wouldn't let you pay :P
so stop nagging about the traditionalism in this thread since you are going to marry a traditional man

Originally Posted by BOILER

Why should a couple marry if they can't afford a decent life to their children?
leish baddon yijno 3layon?
Shu zanbon?

Love is not everything especially if there is no hope for the future.

exactly , if i cant afford a decent life for m children , i will not marry , i want happy kids or else i will never have kids
i really blame my father for having 4 children .......... and when he first married aslan ken madyoun LOL
it drives me crazy when i think about it
i cant imagine myself a married man iza ma ma3eh 200,000 $ cash lol
u have to be prepared

[orange infection]

Originally Posted by Danny Z

So my question is to the guys here, the girl whom you will love does he dad need to be rich? Is this a critera you consider anyway?

Is there a difference in your criteria between when a girl is "just" a girlfriend or when you are planning to marry her and the dad can ditch the big bucks?

yes , the girlfriend needs to be hot and a sl#t
the wife needs to be hot , without being a sl#t* + she should know how to cook and clean , wealth is a bonus , ma ba3ref , even if i marry a wealthy girl i don't expect her father to be so generous and give me a house for example lol
always expect the worse

[joe tayyar]

Originally Posted by orange infection

exactly , if i cant afford a decent life for m children , i will not marry , i want happy kids or else i will never have kids
i really blame my father for having 4 children .......... and when he first married aslan ken madyoun LOL
it drives me crazy when i think about it
i cant imagine myself a married man iza ma ma3eh 200,000 $ cash lol
u have to be prepared

200,000$ cash cant even buy you a house in lebanon lol
but if you own a house, a car and you have no loans and a good job + the 200K i would say it will be ok otherwise you you need 1 million.lol

[Venom]

Originally Posted by joe tayyar

200,000$ cash cant even buy you a house in lebanon lol
but if you own a house, a car and you have no loans and a good job + the 200K i would say it will be ok otherwise you you need 1 million.lol

what if u lost ur job?

that's not enough at all...

YOUR house is an expense
YOUR car is an expense


so basically if u lose ur job u will be burning cash.....

[Orange angel]

Originally Posted by orange infection

u are not , but he is , since he wouldn't let you pay :P
so stop nagging about the traditionalism in this thread since you are going to marry a traditional man

Mbala i wana nag!! who told you all the aspects of his traditionalism are nice?? some of them really drive me crazy!

[Don_Corlerony]

For me it's not about having a fortune, it's just about having a good job with a very decent income for both the girl and the guy, and a good background/experience to handle any job in the future in case anyone looses his job, and this should solve it.

of course you need an amount to start with:
- down payment for a house: 20,000 USD
- home supplies: 15,000 USD
- wedding cost: 15,000 USD (anything around this, if it's possible in these days)

so around 50,000 to start with, and they should be shared between the couple (maybe 70%guy-30%girl)

it's the 21st century... both they guy and the girl should share such expenses and hold the family's responsibility equally together otherwise, the guy should go work in the gulf for 10 years and the girl has to wait for him

[Robin Hood]

In Lebanon, the vast majority of girls want wa7ad mhandiss aw doctor w ma3o masare, even if di 2ouloulkoun la2, deep inside, that's what they want.