Guess we’re always learning, recommend every married men and women to read and singles hoping to get married, important! Notable and prominent Nollywood
director, producer Chico Ejiro has opened up on why Nollywood marriages don't
work. Speaking to Yes International Magazine, he said
One
day I will go and give them a small lecture.
I’m
sorry to say this – the girls feel they are too big, above the men, while the
guys, those ones that cannot manage their marriages, believe in what we call
king kong. King kong believes I’m too much, who is this woman? So, until they
can come together, you the lady, you are submissive…you cannot have a husband
and 24 hours you are on locations, everyday you travel round the world, next
tomorrow you are in one party in London and you say you are a married woman.
How will it work? Or because you are richer than the boy, you cannot cook for
him, you employ a house girl or your younger sister to be talking care of your
husband. E be like Fela song – she go say I be lady! Your husband smokes, you
smoke, your husband clubs, you club, you wan talk say I am a star. Why? Because
one big billionaire is investing money on you. When you go out, all the people
are shouting super star, super star, super star. So, they should separate their
lives and marriages from acting and become humble. But there are some good
examples in Nollywood o! All of them are not just bad. We have people like
Chioma Chukwuka – Apotha, she has been keeping her marriage; Omotola Jalade has
been keeping her marriage, Sister Joke Silva. A lot of them have been keeping
their marriages. So, those who cannot keep theirs should go and learn from
those who keep their marriages.
On
why his marriage works, he said
Why
my own has been strong is because there are some principles about life. If you
see any marriage, you will think there is no problem, but it is not so. I will
tell you just one small story – when I got married, 3 years after I got
married, I got so pissed off about marriage that I said I wanted to walk away.
And I went to meet the Registrar and the woman sat me and my wife down and gave
us education. So, since that day, we now understood that in marriage you must
be patient, you must solve your own problem yourself, a third party must not
come in. There’s a key word in marriage, it’s called communication. You must
learn how to talk to your wife. Once you come back, don’t just sleep, don’t
think you are king kong, don’t think you are too much, you have so much money,
who is she? No, no, no…Don’t do that. I go to market 90 percent of the time in
my house, I cook, because I like to cook. Don’t allow your friends to deceive
you. So, there’s a factor you should understand – in our marriage, nobody
should come between us; we settle our problems. There are times we don’t talk,
but the following day we just say do you know you are a very useless man,
stupid woman, ehen! Don’t allow your friends to say I saw your husband, I saw
your wife, no, no, no…So, we understand that and it’s been keeping us.
Well said Chica
ReplyDeleteWell said Chica
ReplyDeleteGbam! u spoke well Mr Ejiro
ReplyDeleteAgreed, i like d going to market not just a woman thing
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