Are Ghanaian guys more tight-fisted? Hmm, I’ve never given a thought to this issue before; until a very popular Ghanaian disc jockey mentioned that Ghanaians are too tight. He compared the spending habits/attitude of Ghanaians and a neighbouring country. The women obviously agreed with him and the men started grumbling.
Asking a guy, he said, the men are not stingy but careful with money. He explained that there is the traditional African notion that it is the responsibility of a man to handle all marriage and household expenses, even when it is clear that the woman’s job or income is much better than that of the man.
Also, many Ghanaian women only look for men who are ready to splash their money on them. Consequently, they ignore those who are genuinely in love with them but are not very financially sound. In the end, they are taken for a ride by the so-called wealthy dudes and thus return to “square one” (where they were before – singleness).
Most Ghanaian women, no matter how financially sound they are, prefer men with good jobs and good salary to those doing menial jobs or struggling to get jobs.
From a woman’s point of view, the men are stingy; but she prefers the stingy ones to the freeloaders i.e. the guys, who wholly depend on the woman to feed, clothe and house them. Even if he will spend a ‘little’ money to treat you, you’ll somehow pay in any way possible. It is bad to the extent that, the next time you’re offered that small gift, you’re very reluctant to accept it.
Secondly, if the guy wants to be ‘diplomatic’ in his freeloading, he takes the money in the form of a loan which you never get back because they quickly get dementia (confused) when you request for the money…..especially if the relationship has gone sour.
Personally, the Ghanaian guys I know/knew are very liberal with their money – the type I will call the kind type. Fortunately or unfortunately, I cannot say for the other country the comparison was made with. It’s all about individual experiences.
In this modern era, nobody needs to depend on the other anymore, be it in marriages or relationships. When the ‘I need this, I need that’ get out of hand, the person becomes ‘tight’…….I think!
So are Ghanaian men tight with money as the DJ said? What is has your experience been?
I dont believe Ghanaian men are stingy.Is just that most women these days do not give u a reason to spend lavishly on them.
@Mr febiri, too scared to mention NIGERIA?
ghanaian men are not stingy. it depends on who u date. stingy men are everywhere not just ghana. Dare, a nigerian friend of mine here in the US will not date women form his country because he thinks nigerian women are money lovers. my ghanaian boyfriend lavish money on me responsibly. if he has, he gives be everything i need. if he thinks i am spending too much money, he cautions me. now am I going to call him stingy because he complains sometimes about my spending habit? No. Bear in mind we are a young couple, hoping to get married. we need to plan our future together, and that include me helping him to save for our future. now Lotta ghanaian women thinks for instance Nigerian men are not stingy until they date them and realize that it not all gold. majority are fooled by nollwood movies portraying nigerian men as big spenders. fact is nigerian sugar daddies just like ghanaian sugar daddies like to spend on their women, however, just like ghanaian young men, most nigerian young men are not rich and therefore are very economical.
The topic should have been why does ladies from Ghana loves dating Nigerian men?
The answer ( for me) has nothing to do with the spending habits of men from either of these two African countries.
I believe Nigerian men knows how to ‘cajole’ women better than their Ghanaian brothers.