1 The Hong
Kong billionaire who offered $120M to anyone who can marry his lesbian daughter
A billionaire real estate developer in Hong Kong has doubled his "marriage bounty" for the man who
successfully seduces and marries his lesbian daughter. The offer now stands at
$120 million.
In 2012, Cecil Chao announced a $65 million
reward after his daugther, Gigi Chao, married her longtime girlfriend. Chao
said more than 20,000 suitors responded, but Gigi — who dated her wife for
seven years before marrying — was unimpressed. However, she did say that she
was a "lucky girl to have such a loving daddy" after the reward was
announced.
Chao upped the reward, hoping to find a more suitable suitor.
"I only hope for her to have a good
marriage and children as well as inherit my business," Cecil said, adding,
without any apparent awareness of the irony, that he has no plans to interfere
with her personal life. (
Source)
2 The groom who demanded an iPhone-6 as dowry
One marriage may not go ahead if a shining new iPhone
6 is not given as a dowry.
A
Saudi man has reportedly asked for an iPhone 6 smartphone as dowry from the man
who proposed to his sister. According to local reports, the suitor has to present the
new iPhone 6 to the brother of the girl getting married as soon as it becomes
available in order for the marriage to go ahead.
Despite
the growing trend of asking for reasonable dowries that are considered simple
gifts, some families do ask for exorbitant amounts. (Source)
3 The woman seeking divorce over fake a Chopard watch she received as dowry
A newly married woman is demanding a divorce from her
husband after discovering the stylish
Dh
700,000 (around $200,000 US) Chopard watch she received as
dowry was fake.
The Arab womandiscovered the
truth when she took her watch for repair and was told it was not genuine. The
couple, who have been married for less than six months, had a heated argument
that ended with the woman seeking a divorce before the Dubai Sharia Court.
The
wife is demanding the real value of the Chopard watch be paid to her as
compensation.(Source)
4 The man who offered 40 goats and 20 cows to marry Hillary Clinton's daugther
In 2000, a Kenyan man offered of 40 goats and 20 cows for Chelsea
Clinton's hand in marriage - and Hillary Rodham Clinton promised to convey the
"very kind offer" to her daughter.
To laughter at a town hall meeting in Kenya in
2009, CNN's Fareed Zakaria asked the U.S. Secretary of State if the Clintons
had made a decision on the dowry offer. In 2000, Kenyan journalist Godwin
Chepkurgor wrote to then-president Bill Clinton offering the animals in
accordance with African tradition. After a pause, Clinton said, "My
daughter is her own person, very independent, so I will convey this very kind
offer."
In a
weird turn of events, in August 2014, Chepkurgor was killed by an elephant
without every receiving a response from Chelsea. He was attacked by a herd
while on assignment for the magazine. when a bull elephant that scooped him up
with its trunk and threw him in the air, impaling him on sticks that pierced
his stomach
5 The farmer who demanded a dowry from man caught raping his goat
In 2006, a man was forced to
take a goat as his "wife," after he was caught having sex with the
animal.
The
goat's owner, Mr. Alifi, said he surprised the man with his goat and took him
to a council of elders. They ordered the man, Mr. Tombe, to pay a dowry of
15,000 Sudanese dinars ($50) to Mr. Alifi.
"We
have given him the goat, and as far as we know they are still together,"
Mr. Alifi said.
6 The Yemeni dad who demanded 1 million Facebook likes as dowry for his daughter
Money can't
buy love, but “likes” can. At least, that is true for one Yemeni father who, in
2013, demanded a million thumbs up to his Facebook page as a dowry for his
daughter's hand.
Salem Ayash, a poet from the city of
Taiz, did not outline any deadline for his daughter's suitor to fulfill this
strange (for the Yemeni traditional society) request of million Facebook
"likes" for his profile page. However, that is a lot for a country
with a population of about 24 million, and a far lower number of web
users.
The unusual story went viral on Yemeni social media, with bloggers calling on
people to help the couple get married. Ayash's page got about 35,000
"likes" before blocking its profile.
Ayash's weird payment demand for the dowry reportedly divided the web
community, and sparked some bitter criticism from people accusing him of using
the occasion to simply gain popularity. His supporters welcomed his effort to
put the dowry issue in the spotlight.
Ayash claimed he wanted to see his daughter's future life partner, identified
in the media as Osama, make an effort to get his sweetheart.
7 The Kenyan man who demanded dowry refund after bitter divorce
A furious man who separated from his wife close
to a decade ago, caused a stir when he confronted his ex-wife‘s parents,
demanding that they refund his dowry considering the marriage ended in divorce.
Wanyororo‚ a village resident in Bahati
District, Nakuru County, married his stunning bride at a lavish church ceremony
in 2004. However, their marriage only lasted three months and efforts to
reconcile were futile. His frantic effort and pleas to get his dowry back fell
on deaf ears.
He remarried but his new marriage fell apart in
less than a year. With no children from either marriage, area residents
nicknamed him "Baba Zero." No woman would agree to commit herself to
him after such humiliation.
He eventually married for the third time. He
proved his critics wrong by fathering two children in quick succession.
However, he wasn‘t spared the rife speculation that he was raising someone
else's kids.
8 The man who was accused of selling his 14-year-old daughter for beer, meat and Gatorade and said it was dowry
In 2009, a California man was arrested for arranging
for his 14-year-old daughter to marry a neighbor in exchange for $16,000, 100 cases of
beer, and several cases of meat, police said.
Authorities
in Greenfield, a farming community on California's central coast, learned of
the deal after Marcelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, asked them for help getting his
daughter back after payment wasn't made. He was arrested and so was the
intended groom, 18-year-old Margarito de Jesus Galindo, on suspicion of
statutory rape.
Martinez
is a member of the indigenous Mexican Trique community. Greenfield police Chief
Joe Grebmeier said that arranged marriages with
girls as young as 12 are not uncommon among the Trique. He hesitated to say the
girl was being sold into marriage, as the money was intended as a dowry and the
beer and meat were for the wedding, but, he added, the arrangement violates California law, where the age of consent for marriage is 18, and with
parental approval, 16
9 The four Pakistani sisters who committed suicide over dowry
In 2013, four sisters
committed suicide after a row with their father who is a poor farmer and could
not afford dowries for them to get married. The women threw themselves into a
canal after arguing with their father in Mailsi, a town in the rural southern
part of the Punjab province. Five sisters threw themselves into canal, but the
fifth was pulled alive from the water.
The
women were aged 31, 35, 38 and 43
10 The woman who was locked in toilet for three years in dowry dispute
A 25-year-old woman in India
was locked in a toilet for 3 years by her husband and in-laws to force her
household to spend more dowry.
Gunja
Devi was finally rescued by police who discovered her
in squalid circumstances and unable to open her eyes from been kept in the dark
for so long.
Police
said she sobbed when she was reunited with her parents, but
"heartbroken" when her 3-year-old daughter did not recognize her.
She
was said to be in terrible condition and hungry, unable to see, dressed in torn
clothing with extremely long nails.
The
woman's husband and in-laws were arrested. (Source)
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