As I finally settled into adulthood, everyone around me seems to be getting into fancy proposals, buying a BTO, getting married, or having their first kid.

I have been attending quite a few weddings the past year, from simple and elegant set-ups to huge, extravagant banquet weddings. I have also heard of a number of unfortunate, and ridiculous stories: people forgoing their BTOs, a groom at a club cheating on his soon-to-be wife while she’s away, an angry fiancee who threw a fit if she doesn’t get a sparkling new Versace handbag for her birthday…etc.

Yet, what took the cake was a request for a $48,000 dowry from a girl’s family to the groom.

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