What if your bride’s aristo sponsored your wedding?

By Tayo Ligali

Pic: True LoveEric and Lilian had been dating for a year when the latter got pregnant. When Lilian broke the news to her lover, he suggested that they got rid of the pregnancy.

Eric explained, “honey, you know I love you and would love nothing more than to settle down with you eventually but right now, I ’m not financially buoyant.

“I would not want us to have a child out of wedlock but I don’t have the money to spend on a wedding now. So, my dear, let’s get rid of the pregnancy. I promise you, we will have an elaborate wedding ceremony later on.”

Lilian replied, “darling, as christians, you know it is a sin for us to commit abortion. Remember that God says in Exodus 20:13: “Thou shall not kill”.

“Since we love each other, rather than committing murder, why don’t we just have a small ceremony at the registry or in the alternative, I’ve an uncle who loves me a lot and I know if we go to him, he ’ll assist us financially.”

Eric agreed to follow Lilian to her uncle to solicit for assistance. On getting there, they told him their problem.

To Eric’s surprise, the uncle not only gave them a warm welcome, he promised to bankroll the wedding.

Uncle K as Lilian fondly called him asked them to go and do an estimate and let him know what it would cost. Uncle K said, “Eric your fiancee is my favourite niece, as a result, I ’ll make sure I spare no cost in making her wedding a huge success.

“So don’t think of a small wedding, plan for an elaborate one and let me have the budget”.

The lovebirds left Uncle K happier than they came. They did as they were told and the next day, presented Uncle K with a budget of N1.8 million.

Uncle K was true to his words. He gave the couple a cheque of N1.8 million. After collecting the money, the couple began preparation for their wedding. A day was picked and the couple went to court to legalise their union.

The court registrar pronounced them husband and wife after a short ceremony and the couple proceeded to the venue of the wedding reception held in their honour.

The wedding reception which was held under the chairmanship of Uncle K was a huge success. There was plenty to eat and drink, and the guests enjoyed themselves.

Shortly after their wedding, an old school mate of Eric who could not attend the couple’s wedding came calling.

On getting to the couple’s residence, he met only Eric at home. Eric told his friend, Kevin, that his wife had gone to the salon. He then brought out the wedding album for his guest.

When Kevin opened the album and saw the snapshot of the couple, he shouted,” Eric, don’t tell me Lilian is the lady you married?

Eric who was astonished by Kevin’s reaction replied, “OI’ boy, you know my wife? Yes, Lilian is the love of my life”.

To which Kevin replied, “oh my God. How can you be so unlucky? You mean you didn’t know she was into runs. I know her very well. My uncle happened to be one of her aristos”.

Eric cut in, “Uncle K, did you say Uncle K? Please hold on. He quickly browsed through the wedding album and opened to the place where the chairman, Uncle K was coordinating the cutting of the cake. He then asked, are you referring to this man? Is he your uncle?

His friend answered “Yes, that is my uncle. So he even attended your wedding? This is unbelievable. How did your wife introduce him?”

Eric responded, “she told me he was her uncle. Infact, he sponsored our wedding.” On discovering the truth about his wife’s relationship with Uncle K, Eric sent her packing. If you were in his shoes how would you react? Every woman asks.

Gafar Sulaiman:
I love my wife too much to imagine that kind of thing but if I discovered that her aristo sponsored our wedding, definitely the first thing that would come to my mind is divorce but after calming down, one would realise that divorce is not supposed to be an option. I married my wife for a reason. Where am I supposed to start from? Instead of planning to start again, why not just try to mend this one? What is the assurance that the other woman would not do something worse than this? It will be very difficult to just let go but letting go will be the solution. I think I will just try to make my marriage work.

Seyi Morafa:
Well, since I had no inkling of what was happening. I guess there is nothing I can do about it. Things would have been different if I had found out before the wedding. Definitely, I would have stopped it but since I found out after the wedding, nothing can be done. I will thank God for the money that was pumped into the wedding. Maybe things would have been a little bit difficult if not for him. It was providence. But wait, how come I was not aware? I was supposed to know everything about the wedding.

Chide Emeke:
If I found out that my bride’s aristo sponsored our wedding, that marriage is definitely over. I will go to her parents house and give them a piece of my mind. So that, in case they were not aware of it initially, they would be aware and also know the reason why I divorced their daughter. That marriage is definitely over. Forget about love.

Dele:
The marriage is automatically over. Immediately I found out, she should just pack her things and leave because the marriage has come to an end.

Frank Udoh:
As for my wife, I don’t need to punish her, the mere thought that I found out and the guilty conscience is enough punishment for her. I won’t divorce her but everybody knows that such a thing is unforgiveable.

Paul Liam:
This is very funny. My wife’s aristo sponsored our wedding? Anyway I can’t kill her, so I will try to forgive her and I will be on the look out. And I will be grateful to her on the other hand for the success of the wedding. At least, it has happened and we can’t change it.

Segun Adeniyi:
Ah, umh! How could that have happened? that is a disaster. I won't divorce her but she will definitely be punished. I will make sure that she regrets what she did. But I will forgive her later on because I married her because of the love I’ve for her. And she cannot stop being my wife.

Sola Dada:
It is true that love conquers everything but I don’t think this kind of issue is conquerable. My bride’s aristo? First and foremost, what was she doing with an aristo not to talk of him sponsoring our wedding. I won’t take it lightly.

Emeka Imediegwu:
I will never forgive her. That means she took me for a fool. A very foolish one at that. That means the aristo attended my wedding. I don’t know what I will do. I can’t even Imagine it. But if I found out and she is still sleeping with the man, there will be trouble.

Innocent Inegbe:
Ah. It is a very difficult thing. But what I have to say is that, if I cannot sponsor our wedding, then I deserve that punishment. I deserve a wedding that was sponsored by my wife’s aristo if I was not man enough to sponsor our wedding.