MARRIAGE is a legal union of a man and woman, as husband and wife. In Arochukwu Kingdom marriage between man and woman is a very serious affair. An Arochukwu man treasures his daughter so dearly and before him, she is gold. Because of that he is never in a hurry to give out his daughter to any one he sees. He is quite selective in giving out his daughter to the intending suitor, but he is after the quality and good track record of the suitor. He normally says “Nwa-Aroiche Mkpola Iche”. By this old adage, he means, that respect and honour are more important than material wealth. In the course of this write up, one will be surprised to see what an Arochukwu man gives out his beloved daughter as a marriage dowry, infact, not minding, the social status or the academic attainment of his daughter. He believes in the marriage vows of the daughter, so that when he gives out his daughter, he believes that it is for life. He does not believe in broken marriages. And to the credit of Arochukwu, broken marriages are rare. As earlier on said, he is never in a hurry in giving out his daughter for marriage. He makes serious investigation before, he gives consent to the intending suitor. However, in this case, it is a two sided issue both the parents of the suitor and the girl, when the ideal of marriage between the two is hinted, they normally go into fact findings about the two intending couples. In fact, an Arochokwu man does not want to gamble with the marriage of his children. It might interest the reader to note that in they yeter years, the Arochukwu man did not give out his daughter to none Arochukwu man to marry. However, thanks to the social, economic at religious influences in the society which had affected his belief system.