{"id":4341,"date":"2014-09-29T11:37:49","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T10:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deolububble.com\/general\/ndb\/?p=4341"},"modified":"2014-09-29T11:37:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T10:37:49","slug":"10-craziest-dowry-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deolububble.com\/general\/ndb\/10-craziest-dowry-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Craziest Dowry Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1. The Hong Kong billionaire who offered $120M to anyone who can marry his lesbian daughter<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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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<\/span> now stands at $120 million.<\/p>\n

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 \u2014 who dated her wife for seven years before marrying \u2014 was unimpressed. However, she did say that she was a “lucky girl to have such a loving daddy” after the reward was announced.<\/p>\n

Chao upped the reward, hoping to find a<\/span> more suitable suitor.<\/p>\n

“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<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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2. The groom who demanded an iPhone-6 as dowry<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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One marriage may not go ahead if a shining new iPhone 6 is not given as a dowry.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Despite the growing trend of asking for reasonable dowries that are considered simple gifts, some families do ask for exorbitant amounts. (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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3. The woman seeking divorce over fake a Chopard watch she received as dowry<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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A newly married woman is demanding a divorce from her husband after discovering the stylish<\/span>
\nDh 700,000 (around $200,000 US) Chopard watch<\/span> she received as dowry was fake.<\/p>\n

The Arab woman discovered 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.<\/p>\n

The wife is demanding the real value of the Chopard watch be paid to her as compensation. (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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4. The man who offered 40 goats and 20 cows to marry Hillary Clinton’s daugther<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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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.<\/p>\n

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<\/span> 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.”<\/p>\n

In a weird turn of events, in August 2014, Chepkurgor was killed by an elephant<\/span>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.<\/p>\n