marriage in Saudi Arabia

Marriage in Saudi Arabia

Would you like to marry a Saudi girl? Well, you should do many steps before you get married in Saudi Arabia. You need to be an employee at government or privet company to be able to afford life expenses. Then you have to tell your mother that you decided to get married. You have to make a big wedding, which will cost you a lot before you get married.

First, you must be work at a public company or a respected company which gives you a good salary. In fact, marriage in Saudi Arabia is completely different from the US. For example, when you get married in Saudi Arabia, you must pay for everything, such as your wife’s clothes, food, medical care, and everything else in your life. In my opinion, it is not easy to get married in Saudi Arabia because you have to be sure that you can afford all marriage expenses.

Second, you have to tell your mother that you have decided to get married because in my country the mother chooses suitable girl for her son. For example, when my brother wanted to get married, he told my mother. Then she started looking for suitable girl for him. After that, my mother told him that she found suitable girl for him. Then my brother went with my father to the girl’s house to talk with her father. After the girl and her father accepted my brother, he was able to see the girl and talk with her for a while to know whether or not he will like her.

Marriage in Saudi Arabia costs a lot of money because you must pay from ten to twenty thousand dollars dowry for the bride. In addition, you have to make a big wedding, which costs you at least ten thousand dollars. Also you must rent a new furnished apartment, which will cost you at least another ten thousand. After the wedding, you should have enough money to travel abroad to enjoy your honeymoon.

For me, I would rather stay single than pay all that money for marriage. What makes marriage different in Saudi Arabia is that you have to go through a long process and be qualified for married life. Finally, according to Cultural Homogeneity and Values, “In Saudi society in general, the role of women was basic to maintaining the structure of the family and therefore of society” (Cultural par. 2).

Work Citied
"Cultural Homogeneity and Values." Countries Studies. 2003. 10 Apr. 2007 <http://countrystudies.us/saudi-arabia/21.htm>.