The 3 Most Common Wedding Battles

While every wedding is unique in its own way, they all tend to have a few common themes. You can be pretty sure that there’s going to be vows said at some point. There will be rings. Someone will give a speech and it may or may not be embarrassing. There will be dancing, celebration, and the confirmation of a union. So in the midst of all the differing themes, the destination weddings compared to those that take place in the local village church, there’s always a uniting factor.

Do You Know The 20 Most Expensive Weddings, Ever?

The 20 Most Expensive Weddings list includes several big name celebrities, some of which you may be familiar with and others that a little more obscure. Couples included famous names such as Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie, Catherine Zeta-Jones & Michael Douglas, Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes, Wayne Rooney & Coleen McLoughlin and of course, one of the most widely publicized weddings of the last century, Prince William & Kate Middleton.

How Rich Nigerians Spend Over $2Million On Dream Weddings

From Stephanie Okereke's and Tiwa Savage's destination weddings in France and Dubai respectively, to Dr. Sid's wedding in Lagos, and Rukaiyah Indimi's wedding in Kano, rich Nigerians have upped the ante when it comes to having their dream weddings.

According to an article by Forbes, titled – “How Nigeria’s Rich Spend Over $2 Million On Their Dream Wedding", wedding planners to the rich and famous have opened up to the cost of these weddings, giving us a peek behind the curtain.

Blogger Sisi Yemmie Makes it to Final Round of My Big Nigerian Wedding

Blogger Sisi Yemmie is a favorite around these parts and RML is thrilled that she and fiance, Bobo Yommie are among the 10 couples now vying for a N15Million Wedding and honeymoon at the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai from the My Big Nigerian Wedding Competition! The ten couples are...

Beyond the Cost of Planning a Wedding

The cost of planning a wedding in Nigeria is another search #1 which lands on the post about my big fat Nigerian wedding. Nigerian weddings are not unique in being expensive, the 2012 average cost for a wedding in the United States is around $27k (around N4million). One can even say the Nigerian wedding is more cost-effective because there's usually two or three events involved - traditional, court and church wedding.

In my previous post linked above, fellow blogger Doll, who got married in Nigeria in February 2012 says she spent about 4.5M. and my guess is that's probably the cost of an average middle-class wedding in Nigeria these days.

Now not everyone may be able to afford that and it is usually best to remember to cut your coat according to the cloth you have, and not to your size or wants. In this case, it means taking into consideration your savings and your income and trying to keep the wedding expenses within your means.

The first step is to consult both families and then agree with your fiance on the size of the wedding. It is ideal if you are able to make a definitive list of exactly the number of people you want and you can list them by name, but this is difficult to pull off for most Nigerian weddings.