Social media commentator Mpa Kelechi has sparked conversations about the dynamics of modern marriages while comparing it to the approach taken by his father which helped his mother.
In his Facebook post, Kelechi reflected on his childhood experience, revealing how his father’s refusal to provide food during conflicts shaped his mother into a resourceful businesswoman. Despite these challenges, his mother stayed in the marriage.
He contrasted this with modern relationships, criticizing the tendency of some to leave marriages over issues that do not involve physical abuse.
He advised modern women to acquire skills before marriage to prepare for potential financial challenges, which would in turn save their marriages.
How my father’s neglect turned my mother into a resourceful wife
“I remember while growing up if my mom and dad had a problem my father would not provide food for a week and even a month sometimes and my mother would be the one taking care of everything which is not good as a father but we her children would decode that there was a problem but my mom didn’t leave the marriage due to it but rather she turned it into knowing how to do business but this our generation any marital quarrel that results in no physical äbüse or continuing not providing food for the family boöm they will leave the marriage and tag it my mental health is more important than the marriage.
Madam Marriage is not rosy and will never be. For many of us here, our fathers made our mothers jäcks of all trades due to our fathers’ continuous inability to provide food at home. Madam go and learn work, start up something before entering marriage to avoid leaving your marriage unnecessarily because no marriage out there is perfect okwu nke oseburuwa.”
