Toke Makinwa, a media celebrity, has said that if she and Maje Ayida had a kid together, she would have remained and made concessions in their rocky marriage.
Recall that Makinwa married Maje Ayida, a fitness specialist, in 2014. However, the marriage was annulled in 2017 after it was learned that he had been having an extramarital affair and had even pregnant her. The unlawful relationship gave birth to a son.
In the most recent episode of her podcast, TokeMoments, Makinwa said she would have been "one of the women" who stayed in marriage for their kids. Her guest was Nollywood actress and mother Iyabo Ojo.
Thespian claimed that if she had a kid, she would have had to make concessions. The OAP who is still successful
In the most recent episode of her podcast, TokeMoments, Makinwa said she would have been "one of the women" who stayed in marriage for their kids. Her guest was Nollywood actress and mother Iyabo Ojo.
Thespian claimed that if she had a kid, she would have had to make concessions. The popular OAP stated, who is still unmarried and looking:
“A lot of women stay in unhealthy marriages for the
children. For the longest you hear so many women say things like, ‘the
marriage is done but I only stay for my kids.’
And I’m going to be honest here, if I have had a kid while I was
married, I may have been one of those women. Because I also had the
trauma of losing both parents at the age of 8. I mean, I was adopted.
I have a great life which I’m thankful for but there were times that I
wondered what life could have possibly been like if that didn’t
happened.
So, for the sake of my children, I may have had to compromise just
because I wanted them to have mum and dad. I may have been one of these
women. So, I’m not even judging anyone right here.”
In her reaction, Iyabo Ojo said she left her marriage with her
children instead of staying back with them because she was young at the
time. According to the single mum, she has a better understanding of
life now and would have stayed in her marriage.
In her words:
“I was young at the time. If I was at this age, a lot of
decisions I took, I probably would not had taken. Because now I’m more
wiser and have a better understanding of life.
“But then I was coming from a place where I was already damaged as a
child. You know when you come from a very wealthy home but you’ve to
still raise yourself? Things like that.
“I didn’t grow up to know my mum and dad. I was living with dad, my
grandmother and his brothers. My granny was my mum to me. And my dad, I
used to call him his name. My dad was not like a dad. He was like a
brother and friend. He was like an uncle because he enjoyed life too
much and he really didn’t had time to pay attention to me.
“Me growing up in that kind of situation where I didn’t
even know what they called ‘mummy’. I didn’t know I had a mother. I knew
my mum when I was about seven. My parents were never married. They just
had my brother and I together.”
