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المملكة: A poll for "today": Social media and blind tradition are the most prominent reasons for raising the costs of marriage
In a poll for "today" A number of youth and citizens see that Social Media , false appearances, and the ill -considered tradition, were the most prominent factors in amplification The costs of marriage , until the simple dream has overwhelmed the bridegroom with loans and debts that may last for years, at a time when some evoked a period Corona’s pandemic as the “ideal” time for comfortable and simple marriage. Thousands, the family may enter Financial pressure at the beginning of her career. Logical to complete the marriage ranges between 60 and 100 thousand riyals."Text-Align: Jusify"> High divorce rates
As for Fatima Al -Masoudi (49 years old), she recovers the simplicity of marriages in the past, when she was built by families without cost, and she says: “Today the costs have become an obstacle for young people, and even a reason for the high rates of divorce due to financial pressures”, and confirms that the root cause of the high dowries and parties is the imitation of others without awareness. The current is that it has become exhausted and costly, indicating that the differences between the regions, the bidding between families, and the fevering race behind the appearances, exacerbated the crisis. Dowry and wedding ceremony."Text-Align: Jusify"> The exaggeration of the halls prices
Back to top button For his part, Majid Al -Harthy called for an organized mechanism that limits the exaggeration of the prices of halls, calling on parents to stop preparing for their daughters. Suhaib Khoj about his experience when he married the age of 23 years in 2014, saying that the costs of marriage have become exorbitant, and that it is necessary for the bride’s family to facilitate, and the social media is considered an influential factor in raising the costs, suggesting that the appropriate age for marriage ranges between 26 and 29 years. But it is still possible to determine a logical ceiling that does not exceed 100 thousand riyals, stressing that the social media is the most prominent reason for the high cost, denying that this is at the heart of customs and traditions."Text-Align: Jusify"> High services prices
On the other hand, Mohsen Al -Zahrani and Salman Al -Dhabeban saw that the current costs are not much exaggerated, considering that each time has its requirements, and that the variables of living and the high prices of services make the cost of the wedding between 200 and 250 thousand riyals justified in the eyes of some. Reducing the celebrations to include only 50 or 60 people."Text-Align: Jusify"> Marriage during the Corona period
Khaled Al -Ghamdi believes that the best age for marriage is 25 years old, but he confirms that the Internet and exaggeration in photography and show are the main reason for raising prices, calling for a return to simplicity and realism. The tradition of luxurious and unrealistic manifestations in the social media and celebrities. For this crisis.
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