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Baba Susan wants me to pay dowry via PayBill

Baba Susan is the most understanding man I have ever met. Once I informed him that we, the dowry negotiation team, won't make to visit him to "know their home", he simply sent me a pay bill number. As he put it; the world is a small village. He added that we can even meet via cloud computing. At first, I did not get his point but now I know. He wants me to pay the bride price in installments. As he ended the call, I overheard him saying;

“That young man will know that one does not get a wife for free”, he said. Well, he didn’t think I heard him. And he is right, isn’t he?

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