Why I Discourage Women from Marrying Before the Age of 28 – Venita

Why I Discourage Women from Marrying Before the Age of 28 – Venita. Venita Akpofure, renowned reality star and actress, delves into the intricacies of her belief system regarding marriage, asserting that she does not advise women to enter into matrimony before the age of 28. Drawing from her personal experience of being married and subsequently divorced, Venita expounds on her rationale in a recent interview conducted with Tacha on Cool FM. In the discourse, she articulates her perspective on why she holds this viewpoint.

Speaking about marriage, Venita started by saying:

 

VENITA: Don’t marry young o! Don’t go and do “I’m doing high school sweetheart, we die here”, just be young! Be young, enjoy your life. When you’re tired, get married.

 

Then she was asked “When you say don’t marry young, what’s your age for young? Because people of 42 still call themselves young?” to which she replied:

 

VENITA: Do not marry young, I’m saying ideally — okay if my daughter came and approached me that she was ready to get married, if my daughter approaches me, as long as she’s not I swear to God, not up to 28, we can rock with it. Anything below 28, please no. Because you’re going to change your mind and you don’t know all of who you are at 20 something. Don’t get me wrong, there are people that are mature oh. But you need to try different things in life, different experiences, to be sure of okay, I want to be stuck here. Because it’s handcuff, you’re there.

 

“Why are you using the word stuck?”

VENITA: Because you’re stuck – that’s the social idea. Unless you’re westernized like me, then you’re unstuck, you can unstuck yourself. I’m divorced. The ones that are enjoying now, they’ll probably still reach a time where they’ll probably hate each other and still have to be in the same space. I’m telling you! Why you think say them get madam room and oga room? When the ground is shaking and I need space, I need space. Be in your room, I’ll be in my room. In fact to me an ideal marriage, my husband would have a wonderful house here, and mine will be over here, and there will be magnificent corridors connecting the two houses.