Nollywood actress Teniola Aladese has emphasized the importance of women living independently before getting married.
Speaking on the vodcast, Aladese explained that this experience allows women to discover themselves, their preferences, and boundaries.
A lot of women just go from their family’s houses to their husband’s house. But they don’t particularly know what they like, they don’t know what kind of trait their husband-to-be has.
So they are shocked when they enter into the home and they see some mannerisms that they haven’t experienced before, she said.
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Aladese believes that living alone helps women prepare for marriage by understanding what they can and cannot tolerate.
When you live alone before getting married, you get to know yourself, you get to know what you like, you get to know the nonsense you would take and the nonsense you would not take, she added.
By doing so, women can avoid regrets in marriage stemming from unexpected realities. But when you just enter into marriage without any experience of living on your own, that is when everything start shocking you and regrets creep in, Aladese concluded.