the exchange of bridewealth and dowries between the two families involved in a ghost marriage is quite "variable," and families may exchange both, one or the other, or even just red money packets. there is no standard amount exchanged, but several of janice stockard's informants reported that the groom's family provided the bride with a house. in another reported ghost marriage, the groom's family sent wedding cakes and nt $120 to the bride's family, who returned it with a dowry of a gold ring, gold necklace, several pairs of shoes, and six dresses "all fitted for the use of the groom's living wife."