Lady Upset,Blow Hot after Family Set Her Bride Price At N4 Million For Being Pretty and Educated

A woman in Johannesburg is upset that her family set her bride price at a whopping R150k (N3,948,507), forcing her boyfriend to save more money.

The lady identified as Dineo (@DineoNYC) took to Twitter to express her frustration with her family on January 9.

She wrote: “My boyfriend surprisingly sent his uncles last month for lobola negotiations and my family asked them for R150K cause “I’m priceless, pretty, educated, blah blah blah.” I’m still angry at my family though cause uBae has to save more now. So I guess I’m the most expensive thing.” 

My boyfriend surprisingly sent his uncles last month for lobola negotiations and my family asked them for R150K cause "I'm priceless, pretty, educated, blah blah blah". I'm still angry at my family though cause uBae has to save more now. So I guess I'm the most expensive thing 😔 https://t.co/PQkRhslEzd

— Dineo NYC🗽 (@DineoNYC) January 9, 2019

Lmao twirrra pipos are Finna angry shem lol now y'all are really making fun of my shoes 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 pic.twitter.com/I0h2UlGQfA

— Dineo NYC🗽 (@DineoNYC) December 28, 2018

In a subsequent tweet, Dineo said the amount would not really matter if her boyfriend was doing well financially, but her family was just being unreasonable.

What worries me ke gore R150K it's nothing if you are doing well in life financially and if you love someone truly, you'd do everything to keep them but ke sharp ka rona 👏

— Dineo NYC🗽 (@DineoNYC) January 9, 2019

Dineo’s Twitter followers agreed with her that the lobola amount was a bit high. One joked that it all sounded like a business transaction.

Sounds more like business transaction💸💰💳 ☺

— Abram Mmina'kwena (@abrammminakwena) January 9, 2019

Bruh, so having a daughter is an investment🤔

— Smile. (@Katt_youngking) January 9, 2019

Another one asked why Dineo’s family put a price on her but said she was “priceless.”

They say you pricesless but then the same people put a price on you 🤔 I'm confused

— DEBUT EP Out Now‼️LINK IN PINNED TWEET (@crioden_sa) January 9, 2019

Some felt that setting the bride price too high would leave the couple with almost zero savings.

My future husband can’t go broke trying to pay lobola 🙅🏽‍♀️. Now we newly weds with zero savings 🙅🏽‍♀️ . I’d rather he save that money for a home deposit

— Jess (@JessieMags) January 9, 2019

Others said Dineo’s family was probably unimpressed with her bae and decided to send him a signal.

Ubae didn’t get the signal, the uncles don’t approve the shandis and didn’t wanna break his heart. pic.twitter.com/HQB3FL4RuN

— Landless Native (@rakadimo24) January 9, 2019

A tweep joked that at this rate, Dineo might find herself unmarried at 40.

Don't be surprised to reach 40. Without being married whose not educated

— GoldenMandebvu (@Golden04184287) January 10, 2019

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