The5DME:
It seems lots of folks in Nigeria are getting married for the wrong reasons, hence the plethora of negative complaints about marriage on frontpage. So I ask again, what are the reasons a man/woman of age should get married?

InfernoNig:
Companionship and reproduction.

XXXXTENTACION:
If not for sex and giving birth to children alot people would be single...

Divoc19:
Get married to start your own family

Lovebliss2:
Love, Companionship, reproduction, raising your own family.

PoliteActivist:


You can start a family without marriage

Divoc19:
How? I wish I knew how, I wouldn't have even dared

Nazgul:
Marriage is a wonderful thing. The reason why people see it as nonsense is because sexual immorality is as easy as drinking water.

So to your question... reasons why I feel or want to get married are.

1. Companionship. There are times when you would want to talk to someone, just sit, talk and pour out what's bothering you to a listening ear. With the right spouse, you'll always enjoy geninue companionship, enjoy gossips together. Baby Mamas or olosho cannot give you this cos what you have with them is purely transactional.

2. It lowers your risks of contacting STDs. An older cousin of mind told me that for the past 12 years he's been married he has never been treated for any STD. If you're married to a faithful partner, and you're faithful to your partner as well, you would never suffer from STDs.

With Baby Mamas or oloshos your heart would always race wherever you develop any strange feeling or symptom after having sex with them. I've read countless topics here on Nairaland where the guy in question would tell us how the condom bursted and he wasn't aware and how he started seeing some rashes on his manhood. Such a person would never have peace of mind until after a medical test. A marriage to a good spouse eliminates all that.

3. You can plan together . I'll use my parents as an example. When my dad was building his house in the village, my mom contributed a great deal to it. Even the first car he bought which was a Jetta volkswagen, as I grew older I learnt that it was actually my mom who bought the car for him, because he had so much on his hands and didn't want to miss the car, and the funny thing was that my mom never mentioned it not even once, it was my dad who told me.

With the right spouse, you can achieve a lot together, you can build, set up businesses, invest together and support each other. Olosho or baby Mamas cannot give you this cos whatever business you setup for them is theirs and theirs alone. And wouldn't support you with a penny when things go south for you.

4. Raising your kids together . Raising kids alone is very tasking. I have a 4 year old nephew (he'll be 5 this year) who I try to use to see what parenting looks like. There was a time his mom (my cousin) came with him to spend the weekend in my place (Friday to Sunday), that was when I understood that it takes more than depositing your semen into a hole to raise kids.

From waking him up, to bathing the child, to actually spending ample time together with him talking and bonding...this isn't something a baby mama can do. It takes being married to the right person for you to achieve this.

5. Eating good food . This night I just came back from buying beans (elewa) and bread. Most times I feel very lazy to go into the kitchen, there are times I can stay up to 6 months without visiting my kitchen.

As a married man, your wife would spoil you with good food, not the junks you've been struggling with during your bachelor days. The first time I ate Nkwobi in my life, was in my uncle's house, and it was prepared by his wife. Imagine having a wife who can prepare all that, believe me, by 6pm you're home cos you'd be perceiving her food right from your office.

PoliteActivist:


Wrong! You can have both without being married

InfernoNig:
Companionship and reproduction.

Nazgul:
Marriage is a wonderful thing. The reason why people see it as

Divoc19:
Get married to start your own family

Guderian:


Is that all?

PoliteActivist:


Not too late. We can start one right now. See how easy?

Divoc19:
Start with what?

PoliteActivist:


Start with you and me. If you are willing, I am willing.
What has marriage to do with it?

2ndchildhood:
He's single and still has it all

Divoc19:
Na wa!
So, we create our own thread here on Nairaland na. As the husband you go ahead and create our thread. Quote me, I will come and comment, you know most of we ladies like to take our time before we show up

PoliteActivist:


Not a bad idea at all . But I don't like creating threads. Let's just use my existing thread
https://www.nairaland.com/7421487/abroad-guys-relocate-back-nigeria

Divoc19:
We are starting our new life in a clean slate. We can't use this
Be the man and create our own home for us to settle in.
At the bolded it's now you and me. Do this for us

PoliteActivist:


Let's use this your thread. It has no posts at all.
I like your video. You are craaaazy

https://youtube.com/shorts/sJtXVVhMIoY?feature=share

Divoc19:
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Divoc19:
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