Why you should date and marry your friend
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Loading... - Mariam Ojok
- 17 Feb 2023
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Domestic violence is on the rise with married couples fighting and killing each other.
I am not a marriage expert — but I have been around long enough to know. I have also observed what happens in marriage over the years. I am 50 years old by the way.
If I was living in the village, I am certain that elders would not hesitate to seek my contribution on serious matters like marriage.
They say marriage is not for everyone, but it brings people together. It unites families and creates relatives where none existed.
The Bible says that a man shall leave his parents, marry and start his own family. It’s an interesting rite, especially for us Africans.
Then there those who say that marriage is not a bed of roses, that it has a bush of thorns. This is why people are advised to always seek God’s guidance when travelling the journey of marriage.
I have written here before about the late Mr Kirori, the man who taught me how to slaughter a goat, skin it and then roast it. Kirori told me that the problem with our generation is that we don’t marry our friends.
He could not understand why we kept talking about our long distant girlfriends, girls we would meet during inter-school events like sports and debates.
He wondered why we could not seduce next-door girls we considered our close friends. If anything, they were well-known to us. Read More…
