In a recent chat with Genevieve magazine, celebrity blogger Linda Ikeji shared her thoughts on the pressure women face to get married before the age of 30.
Linda Ikeji: Marriage
is not an achievement. There is so much more to life than being
someone’s wife. Get married please, but don’t be pressured into it. I
don’t know how many of you single girls are under pressure to get
married but I am. Pressure from family, friends and people who just
can’t mind their business. The pressure is so intense right now I feel
like going to husband market – if there is any such thing- to buy myself
some breathing space. Give me a break you people.
is not an achievement. There is so much more to life than being
someone’s wife. Get married please, but don’t be pressured into it. I
don’t know how many of you single girls are under pressure to get
married but I am. Pressure from family, friends and people who just
can’t mind their business. The pressure is so intense right now I feel
like going to husband market – if there is any such thing- to buy myself
some breathing space. Give me a break you people.
Comedian Chigurl and the Genevieve Magazine editor, Betty Irabor also had this to say!
Chigul: In my opinion,
the pressure is not a fabrication. It is very real! After you have worn
asoebi about a million times, you begin to wonder when it is going to be
your turn to sell asoebi too! And when you factor in mums and aunties
constantly reminding you of the shelf life of women. It gets to you,
even if it is just a bit. People may even suggest some very strange
things to you to do to ‘earn’ marriage. Well, I have come to realise
that we allow ourselves to be pressured. The decision to get married
should not be taken because you are being pressured, that could lead to a
disaster. Don’t let anyone make you go into anything you are not ready
for or your joy may be shortlived. And to those mounting pressure on
others to go and get married, there is simply no justification for your
behaviour
the pressure is not a fabrication. It is very real! After you have worn
asoebi about a million times, you begin to wonder when it is going to be
your turn to sell asoebi too! And when you factor in mums and aunties
constantly reminding you of the shelf life of women. It gets to you,
even if it is just a bit. People may even suggest some very strange
things to you to do to ‘earn’ marriage. Well, I have come to realise
that we allow ourselves to be pressured. The decision to get married
should not be taken because you are being pressured, that could lead to a
disaster. Don’t let anyone make you go into anything you are not ready
for or your joy may be shortlived. And to those mounting pressure on
others to go and get married, there is simply no justification for your
behaviour
Betty Irabor: I don’t
think women should be worried about being married before 30 because many
women before that age have not yet gone through the school of life
which prepares them for marriage
think women should be worried about being married before 30 because many
women before that age have not yet gone through the school of life
which prepares them for marriage
