I found out last week that I'm worth 100,000 som and several cows. That's maybe $3,000 plus cows, which doesn't sound like a lot to my American currency-based-mind, but -- I'm pretty sure -- is a pretty tidy sum in Kyrgyzstan. The average teacher, for example, makes 2,000 som a month; a doctor makes maybe 3,500 som. So I'm guessing that, should I decide to take this particular offer for marriage, I would be purchased on credit. I could then sell my story to MasterCard with something like:
Bride price: 100,000 som
Herd of cows: 50,000 som
Wedding dress: 1,000 som
Fluorescent-colored ribbon to wrap around various rented Mercedes: 100 som
200 bottles of vodka: 800 som
Vaguely talented singing DJ: 500 som
Wedding of the year in a Kyrgyz village: Priceless.
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