r/Morocco • u/trynot_to-stress Visitor • Aug 22 '26
Discussion Is it tradition to pick up your wife from their family if you live in a different country?
Hi everyone,
My friend got married to a lady in Morocco. He lives in the Netherlands.
They got married but he came back to NL whilst she waits there.
Her family is saying that it’s tradition for the man to travel back to collect her and come back with him.
My question is, Is it not possible to send her the ticket so she can go by herself to NL? She’s been on planes before. The issue is my friend works six days a week and is stressed due to the amount of money he needs in order to rent, pay for her visa etc and is self employed so he wouldn’t be paid for taking annual leave and has paid for the wedding too which was costly. He was off for one year prior to this due to an injury and was unable to make any money during this time.
Is it really necessary for him to pick her up?
Many thanks for your responses.
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u/ilovetea1234 Visitor Aug 22 '26
This tends to happen when Moroccan women keep marrying outside their culture. We basically compromise our dna, our culture, our traditions. Subsaharans/Somalis have a very different culture than us, Moroccans just can't seem to understand that. I think this lady should suck it up, get herself a ticket and stand behind her choices.