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Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by Nobody: 11:14pm On Jul 03, 2015
Sleekyshuga:

NL for you undecided undecided..

Some peeps are just out to cause problems.

As in eh. undecided

Some people will just be beefing you for no reason. Some will even stalk you sef.
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by Sleekyshuga(f): 11:24pm On Jul 03, 2015
misssclassy:


As in eh. undecided

Some people will just be beefing you for no reason. Some will even stalk you sef.
My dear, it's terrible cheesy cheesy..
I'm learning to adapt..

No be everything person go answer back on NL... Somethings are meant to slide..
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by Nobody: 11:44pm On Jul 03, 2015
most marriages don't fail in Nigeria. We are not yet America.
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by Truckpusher(m): 11:45pm On Jul 03, 2015
misssclassy:


As in eh. undecided

Some people will just be beefing you for no reason. Some will even stalk you sef.
Mumu girl who dey stalk you ? angry

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Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by Truckpusher(m): 11:50pm On Jul 03, 2015
Na who make this yeye thread? grin

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Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by RolePlay(m): 12:06am On Jul 04, 2015
this girl is making sense
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by Joshkid(m): 12:25am On Jul 04, 2015
Tomfrench:
Good...but Lengthy epistle

I suppose...putting it in chapters, when next the inspiration drops, would probably be more comforting grin
grin grin grin

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Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by AdeniyiA(m): 1:50am On Jul 04, 2015
JEGA01:
Funny enough most of dis pple writing ds things, even with their knowledge (of why marriages don't last), end up having failed marriage(s).

You'll see them write "500 ways to keep your guy" but in reality, their guyz dump them(the writers) like refuse.

#noOffence Misssclassy, its jst the truth
yeah,I concur with your submission.
Most of them are stereotypical in their rules failing to understand the flexibilities in human affairs.
They create and envisage this ideal relationship which they bolt out from if they can't find the type of life dogmas they hold

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Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by Donjowebs(m): 7:02am On Jul 04, 2015
I am pained and gutted when I read comments by young Nigerians about a post such as this being too lengthy, we are just advertising our laziness and showing to the world exactly why Nigeria is where it is today. The Bible says "study to show thyself approved", Nigerian youths and please stop complaining and start studying!
Thanks to Op for the points raised

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Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by chineloSA(f): 8:36am On Jul 04, 2015
You are not married?? Then honestly your point become invalid in married people's eyes. There is a lot of things that an unmarried person will never understand until they are married, no matter if you have been a marriage counsellor or marriage observer for as long as you live.

Madam personally, I commend you for the time you spent writing this piece of article eeeeh.

But let me tell you, there is a lot that we (married) people go through it cannot be summarised by this one page you wrote.

The points you wrote are the points that you look out for before marriage ( before tying the knot
) .
You cannot look for effective communication only after marriage, that has to be done before marriage.

Once you tie that knot,things become more complex than this one page you wrote. Things like extended family, religion, future goals and plans, values, how you were raised in etc.

Let me share one personal story. My hubby grew up with an irresponsible father. So MIL raised him and his siblings single handedly. I didn't see it coming before marriage. So after marriage, trouble started. It was now expected of me to disrespect my FIL and join my hubby and his siblings to make him pay for all he has done in all these past years.
I had to sit down and weigh things.

I thought to myself:
1. I was not there when all this happened, so I have nothing to do with everything.
2. After all this they are blood, they can forgive each other after everything but it may be hard to forgive me.
3. What happened to forgiveness. Who made me judge. Have his kids not done wrong?
4. My bible gives me 10 commandments one of them is "Honour your father and your mother....... How do I expect a good and blessed life if I disrespect a parent?
5. If he can do this to his father he can do this to my parents. Etc.


In all this I have to stand ground on a daily basis. Stand against my hubby and his siblings and MIL from influencing me into disrespecting a man that never disrespected me. Now they call him my father. He is not their father.
So tell me what does my story fit into your points

It's easy to say "effective communication" but it's not easy to do "effective communication in marriage"

There is a lot that even scholars and counsellors have not been able to put all in one book. They always title their books "10 things that lead to failed marriage" etc. while acknowledging the complexities.

Nevertheless, this can help the unmarried to choose and those about to marry to focus on some things to look out for, but cannot help sustain a marriage.

But good write up wink I pray that you get married and come and write something again.
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by iRepNaija1: 8:53am On Jul 04, 2015
I don't understand the point of this post. OP, the reasons you listed, though valid, are reasons others have discussed before, that authors have written hundreds of books on. I mean, there could be another post just like this (or something similar) somewhere on Nairaland. Do a Google search and you'll see plenty of write-ups just like this one. In other words, your contribution to this topic did not introduce any new idea or different opinion as to why marriages are unsuccessful. Some of the topics that make front page surprise and confuse me.
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by KwoiZabo(m): 8:55am On Jul 04, 2015
vjsmiles:
[size=14pt] Even though i am not a family man ^why i think most marriages fail is when a man marries his wife out of pity.......

And btw i am not a family man don't ask me how i know.

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Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by Nobody: 9:38am On Jul 04, 2015
misssclassy:
No marriage is perfect. Every marriage always has its ups and downs. What's important is for couples to work towards building a successful relationship.
But with the number of failed marriage growing rampant these days, it's essential for couples to understand the reasons for these failed marriages and avoid them.

Below are some of the causes of many failed many marriages.

*Getting Married For The Wrong Reasons
If people marry for the wrong reasons, their marriage is bound to fail. There is no two ways about that.
These days, a lot of couples just decide to enter into marriage without a clear understanding of what marriage really is ,and this a major reason why many marriage collapse.

You see people marrying just to belong, to bear the title of "married". Some are pressurized into marriage by their parents, family and peers. Some people allow society to choose when and whether to marry or not.
Some people marry for money, some for beauty. Some marry just to be associated with a particular class or to attain a social pedigree.

What all these people fail to understand is that marriage is for people who are truly in love. Most of the successful marriages out there are between people who know the essence of marriage and who value marriage. People who marry for because they love each other. Because they feel they can't live on this earth without each other. People who want to start a family together and live and die for each other.

A lot of people fail to take cognizance of the. fact that money, beauty, social status... etc are all superficial, and that one day, they would fade and all that would remain to keep their union strong is the true love they both share.

*Lack Of Compatibility
A couple that is not compatible with each other will never coexist well, and in turn, their marriage will not move forward.
A lot of people tend to ignore the essence and usefulness of courtship.
The courtship period is a period where partners get to know each other better. During this period they would learn whether they are compatible or not.

Even at that, you still see some couples forcing themselves into marriages when they know fully well that they are not compatible with each other.

One key area of that bothers on compatibility is sex. Most times you see a situation where one partner cannot satisfy the other, or a case where a partner is sexually over active or under active and the other partner suffers.

Comparing Their Marriages With That Of Others
A lot of couples fail to understand that every marriage is different and that they shouldn't compare their marriages with anyone else's.
This is because the factors surrounding their marriage is not the same as that surrounding other peoples marriages.

When they start comparing their relationship with that of others, they begin to expect too much from their spouses, and they will start having overly high expectations of what they want from their marriages.
And when those expectations are not met, they begin to feel that the marriage isn't progressing.

*Money
I will divide the problems involving money into two categories.
1)The lack of it.
2)Issues involving it's management and use.

1)It is difficult for a marriage to progress if the couple lack the finance to take care of themselves and their needs.
This would lead to a lot of marriage issues, and it would create a lot of friction between couples.
Since the husband is the bread winner of the family, It's always advisable for a man to
to attain financial stability before venturing into marriage and after that, he and his wife should focus on maintaining a steady source of income.
But sadly, a lot of couples fail in this area and in turn their marriage bears the weight.

2)Most couple tend to have issues with managing funds. Disagreements over financial responsibilities or monetary investments can cause much stress in a relationship often
These couples are usually unable to handle these issues maturely and with mutual understanding and fairness.

*Not Developing Friendship And
Companionship

Friendship is an essential catalyst needed to strengthen relationships.
When that bond of friendship has been developed between a couple, it would be difficult from them to pull apart.
A lot of couples fail to build and foster friendship between each other.
Most times, they let work, and other external factors affect their closeness and friendship.
They fail to spend quality time with each other,and engage in activities that foster friendship between them.

*Lack Of Trust
Trust is another key factor that influences the growth of a relationship.
If one or both partners don't develop that bond of trust between each other, it's totally impossible for such a relationship to work.
Couples that don't trust each other lack confidence in the actions and judgments of each other.
They tend to always suspect that their partners might be cheating on them and this creates issues and they begin to develop the mindset that they can no longer stay in a relationship with each other.

*Lack Of Effective Communication
The importance of effective communication between partners in a relationship cannot be over-emphasized.
Most couples fail to learn to be open and be okay with sharing their thoughts and opinions with each other..
They fail to understand that maintaining a strong connection through open communication keeps the bond of love strong in a marriage. Lack of communication can cause two people to gradually drift apart .
Many relationships have failed because of poor communication. Many couples find it hard to express how they feel for each other. They don’t know how to present their needs and they don’t know how to listen carefully. Lack of proper communication creates gaps among couples and leads to misunderstandings of all sort.

*Abusive Relationships
Abuse can coming in different forms.
Such include sexual, physical and emotional abuse
Abuse by either of the spouse is also a major reason why many marriages are fail.
Most times, its women that suffer the load of this abuse.
Physical abuse on women is prevalent here in Nigeria and a lot of marriages have broken down just because of it.
Some men lack self control and respect for their wives and tend abuse her physically at any slight provocation.

A relationship where a partner abuses the other, can never work.

*Infidelity
This is another cause for the collapse of a lot of marriages.
When one or both partners fail to uphold their marriage vows to each other, love and trust begins to decline and a break up becomes eminent.

*Habits And Addiction
Some habits and forms of addiction have been proven to be detrimental to the success of most marriages as the other partner is repulsed by such habits
Such habits include drinking, smoking, spending too many nights out, keeping bad friends, nagging and complaining, always abusing and insulting the other partner when angry...etc.

*Spiritual Reasons
We live in a contemporary Nigerian society and as such, we can't leave out the roles spiritual forces and black magic(juju) play in a number of failed marriages.
There is also the issues of ancestral/family causes, spirit husbands and wife and other forms of spiritual manipulation.

*Influence Of A Third Party
This is also a major cause of a lot of failed marriages.
A third party can involve a family member, a friend or even a spiritual leader.
The influence of this third party on relationship can't be overlooked.
There have been cases of people giving wrong advise and manipulation couples into thinking they are not meant for each other, either out of ignorance, or for selfish reasons.

*Lack Of Commitment
The truth is this; if a couple isn't committed to making their marriage work, despite circumstances they face, that marriage won't work.
A lot of couples give up easily. They forget that perseverance and hard work is needed for a marriage to work.

*Written By Misssclassy

Please feel free to add yours. Let's educate ourselves.

Cc
Lalasticlala
Ishilove
Classy, I wish to commend you for the great job just that most of us suffer from Papyrohobia and Megalophobia.


Let's reexamine the whole tale OBJECTIVELY, you have every right to educate the society and display your God given talent. And WE (The readers) have every right to criticize you (Either for FUN or otherwise) that's eLife for you! tongue

Let's take a look @ the famous JEGA vs Orubebe's 'drama'.... Jega had every right to vomit fire and rainstorm on Orubebe for trying to discredit his job, character assassination and paint him black but Jega opted for dialogue. His maturity and display of crisis management earned him a deserved status.. A HERO!!! cool

Please, next time Missy, make your point(s) brief and avoid repetition on a paragraph. We your readers would appreciate. tongue

We have lots to ready and perhaps comment upon....lolz tongue

And secondly, as emphasized by Sleekyshuga, learn how to IGNORE some comment(s)/people when UPSET. Turn every potential or perceived FOES to friends via your response. The life is too short having eWar with people online.


We learn daily Missy, a 'lol, lolz, or grin' to MOST comments would put some people at bay. (That's how I handle some guys lately and it works) grin cool


Remember we are on a Social Platform dealing with different characters and backgrounds. So never expect everyone to reason your way.

Lastly, don't let Anthropophobia discourage you from future topic(s) write up. grin

Have a lovely weekend Missy and God bless! grin

Cc Lalasticlala
Ishilove
JEGA01

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Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by Nobody: 9:58am On Jul 04, 2015
cryFirst thing first.. Dey never had love in dem wen enterin a union.. It all lust' and jut to conform to societal norms.. Wich is so wrong' nigerians are bunch of hypocrites.. Conformin to culture and religon. angry until we address dis issues startin wit ourselves marriages will kip failin.. grin' as for myself marriage is crap!!! angry
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by haul: 12:02pm On Jul 04, 2015
Sleekyshuga:
Lots of deleted comments..
Only God knows what was written there..
Nice one, classy
Do you want to know what was written there? grin
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by whitec: 3:02pm On Jul 04, 2015
learn from this write up and the mistake of othrrs
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by virginboy1(m): 3:32pm On Jul 04, 2015
omojoshy:
Classy, I wish to commend you for the great job just that most of us suffer from Papyrohobia and Megalophobia.


Let's reexamine the whole tale OBJECTIVELY, you have every right to educate the society and display your God given talent. And WE (The readers) have every right to criticize you (Either for FUN or otherwise) that's eLife for you! tongue

Let's take a look @ the famous JEGA vs Orubebe's 'drama'.... Jega had every right to vomit fire and rainstorm on Orubebe for trying to discredit his job, character assassination and paint him black but Jega opted for dialogue. His maturity and display of crisis management earned him a deserved status.. A HERO!!! cool

Please, next time Missy, make your point(s) brief and avoid repetition on a paragraph. We your readers would appreciate. tongue

We have lots to ready and perhaps comment upon....lolz tongue

And secondly, as emphasized by Sleekyshuga, learn how to IGNORE some comment(s)/people when UPSET. Turn every potential or perceived FOES to friends via your response. The life is too short having eWar with people online.


We learn daily Missy, a 'lol, lolz, or grin' to MOST comments would put some people at bay. (That's how I handle some guys lately and it works) grin cool


Remember we are on a Social Platform dealing with different characters and backgrounds. So never expect everyone to reason your way.

Lastly, don't let Anthropophobia discourage you from future topic(s) write up. grin

Have a lovely weekend Missy and God bless! grin

Cc Lalasticlala
Ishilove
JEGA01

Bros, this your PHOBIA terminology really make sense, moreover, I love and respect women, but am having GAMOPHOBIA wahala.
It is really an issue.
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by MyMentor: 4:50pm On Jul 04, 2015
D major causes of divos is tempremental incompactibility:


Do u knw dat temprmnt is an inheritd trait dat cn't b naturaly/humanly chang but can b modify by divine intavntion (Holy Spirit as in a born-again).
Tempramnt detamins ones liks nd dsliks, dos nd dnts, tolerant nd intolrant, wekneses nd strenght etc. It wil help u 2 knw wot ur patna is capable of, b4 he does d actual tin.
It is tempramnt Eg. SANGUIN, CHLORIC, MLANCHLY AND PHLGMATIC is responsible 4 80% of sucesful or faild mariag(most of d oda tins dat causes divo r tmprementaly induced).
Did u doubt?
Ok, y is it dat many ppls (includn men of God) who claimd 2 hv seen revlation or heard frm God abt dia patnas 2 b, leta end up in marital prblms nd divos?
Bt, hv u considad y som of our 4fadas who nida pray 2 God or did kotshp, bt made a gud mariag?

But Note: not all our 4fadas made gud marag. D problm then & now is dat Peopl just mary whom dey think dey love witout knwin how 2 run compactblty test. Such marag is band 2 fail wen difrnces sets in, xcept dey co-incdentaly bcomes compactible. Lov alone wil nt grantee a marag witout pain. Eg. A chleric who is rocky and hot tempad suposd 2 mary phlgmatic who is meek and easy going. Dat ha qalty wil absob hs tempa or else she wil b recivin beatn all d time.
Nw, if dia is lov, d man wil later apologiz and if dey r incompactbl, he wil stil beat ha again.
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by Nobody: 6:19pm On Jul 04, 2015
virginboy1:


Bros, this your PHOBIA terminology really make sense, moreover, I love and respect women, but am having GAMOPHOBIA waha la.
It is really an issue.
I would recommend you dis virgin your self first as per your Moniker (Virginboy1) ...lolz grin

Then get rid of Gynophobia and Venustraphobia grin


Since you are good at Philophobia cool



Nature would eliminate GAMOPHOBIA for you.....lolz grin

Happy weekend grin

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Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by Nobody: 7:28pm On Jul 04, 2015
marrying to please "society".i understand in nigeria women marry to be "respected" and "honoured". my anus!
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by Nobody: 7:30pm On Jul 04, 2015
argob44:
Nice one Missclassy ...u re a great writer. how can I get your num? Or facebook name...

Thanks.

Please send me a pm. You can always reach me through my email.
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by Nobody: 7:34pm On Jul 04, 2015
verbal abuse very very important,if you try that with me,I will break your head
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by noblegrex: 8:07pm On Jul 04, 2015
JEGA01:
Funny enough most of dis pple writing ds things, even with their knowledge (of why marriages don't last), end up having failed marriage(s).

You'll see them write "500 ways to keep your guy" but in reality, their guyz dump them(the writers) like refuse.

#noOffence Misssclassy, its jst the truth
na so,true talk. Bt which ever way, one or two of what she wrote is responsible. Marriage is meant for two nt one so even if one of them is ok,d oda might not b. N theirs a limit one strenght could reach n even atimes you'll just find out that it doesn't just working out.
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by argob44(f): 8:50pm On Jul 04, 2015
ok dear
misssclassy:


Thanks.

Please send me a pm. You can always reach me through my email.
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by Nobody: 6:44pm On Jul 06, 2015
@OP, lack of love and honesty. Usually the parties involved are convinced they love each other and are ready to make sacrifices through love. Unfortunately, when problems arise they tend to give up and blame each other. This kind of love is what i call "cupboard love".

Another drawback is acceptance of each other's families. A marriage is bound to collapse in the future if the families don't like each other. Families of course play an important in marriage.
Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by jonesanna: 12:42pm On Jul 07, 2015
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Re: Reasons Why Most Marriages Fail In Nigeria by babytejiri(m): 1:50pm On Apr 29, 2017
Here you can find the factors responsible for family instability. Enjoy

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