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Dpsychologist:
Let’s stop dancing around uncomfortable truths.

Marriage is a partnership, not a power game.
And when one partner deliberately withholds intimacy not for health, safety, trauma, or mutual agreement, but as leverage that’s not “setting boundaries.”

That’s control.

We rightly call it Financial Abuse when one partner withholds money to dominate or punish.
The same logic applies when emotional or physical connection is weaponized to manipulate behavior.

This isn’t about entitlement.
It’s about mutual responsibility.

Marriage operates on shared access, shared duty, and shared care. When one partner unilaterally shuts down a core pillar of the relationship without justification, the system breaks. Trust erodes. Resentment compounds. Stability collapses.

Let’s be clear about these:

Consent is non-negotiable.
Health and safety come first.
No one owes performance.

But patterned deprivation used as punishment is not consent culture, it’s coercion.

Healthy marriages don’t run on ultimatums. They run on communication, empathy, compromise, and alignment.

If intimacy disappears, the question isn’t “Who’s wrong?” It’s “What’s broken and are both parties willing to fix it?”

Because marriage isn’t sustained by silence, avoidance, or moral grandstanding. It’s sustained by adult conversations and shared accountability.

Power plays destroy partnerships.
Honesty repairs them.

Choose maturity. Choose repair. Choose partnership.

#Marriage #EmotionalIntelligence #HealthyPartnerships #ConflictResolution #Adulting

You're wise. And from the comments I'm reading here, I'm never giving my daughter's hand in marriage to just any man, I hope he's a whole human being whose fully formed mentally, physically, and so on. Very important because some of these comments are shocking

DrAkpa:
Silly thread

As expected. Pray tell, what's silly about it if it's not a guilty conscience?

I came across a chat on X (Twitter) from a married man humiliating a woman who turned down his advances. The desperation, arrogance, and moral decay in his words were almost clinical in their ugliness. It’s remarkable how SOME of us men, even with wives and children, reduce ourselves to parasites chasing validation from strangers. Let’s be clear, infidelity is not proof of masculinity. It’s evidence of weakness, emptiness, and an absence of discipline. Every lie told to your wife, every secret chat, every reckless encounter is not harmless fun; it is the slow erosion of your family’s peace and the seed of generational pain. Your wife suffers. Your innocent children inherit your rot in silence.

When you end up fighting demons in your home, remember you invited them. These acts open doors that money, prayers, or apology messages cannot close. You cannot lead your household while poisoning its foundation. And this goes for SOME women too. You are not exempt because society often focuses on men. Deceiving your husband, betraying trust, or entertaining secret affairs carries the same rot. Infidelity has no gender; the damage is universal. I know some will disagree, but I don’t give a damn. A word is enough for the wise.

I iron for my wife and kids! And I enjoy doing it. It's a partnership. Ironed all our outfits for church since last night so we don't go late.

Live without? But as a constant patient and multiple meds

LordIsaac:
In a derogatory, disrespectful, uncouth and revenge-inviting manner?

What’s “revenge-inviting” about that? I agree she could have stopped at simply saying no, but the reality is that some boys don’t take no for an answer. I have a teenage daughter that I encourage to be this assertive about consent especially given the decadence in society today. Even when young girls express themselves respectfully, it’s often still not enough for some. How old are they, anyway? I doubt that boy is even eighteen looking at his picture. It’s Snapchat, they’re both so young and have their whole lives ahead of them. Frankly, that boy should be focusing on his studies, not chasing girls. If I were to be his father, I'll talk sense into his head to forget about the opposite sex for now.

She has a right to say NO? And it should not be a thing. Individual tastes and standards

gigabyte13:
Sha dey prepare money down to bury your Papa....
Na your Papa go find trouble
E don carry wood wey get ant enter house
The woman no get fault ooooooo
Blame your papa
That thing wey your papa dey find up and down
E don finally jam am

Unfortunately that man might lose his life in the process or develops serious health complications.

Your father brought her in and has given her legitimate access. When she's done with him, she'd discard him like a used rag and go on to the next one. That's when your dad will realise what he has done to himself and it will unfortunately be too late. Please take your siblings along if you have the means

There's always two sides to every story. It might be domestic violence or something more sinister....

dustmalik:
You don't have a single point. If you're a man, you better have sense now, before it's too late. Not that your takes surprise me. There are always exceptions like yourself, who never listen. Women love your kind. You will learn the hard way.

Contrary to you, he has a point.

Stolen:
SHE MUST THINK AKON MARRYING HER QUALIFIES HER TO CLAIM THE RIGHTS OF HIS MOTHER WHO RAISED HIM AND TOOK CARE OF HIM EVEN WHEN HE HAD NOTHING.


Y DO DEY SUDDENLY ALL CLAIM TO BE EUROPEAN WOMEN AS SOON AS THEY ARRIVE AMERICAN ON THE BOAT?


THIS IS NOT AFRICAN CULTURE, AND I WILL KEEP REMINDING THEM OF WHO THEY ARE; AKON EVEN DID A BETTER JOB IN THAT RESPECT.


NOW GO AND SEE HIS MOTHER AND EXPLAIN TO HER YOUR CONTRIBUTION.

But you would expect your wife to leave her own family behind for yours abi?

Everything na agenda for this platform. As if una dey inside the marriage with them. Even the ones wey no get reach ₦10m for account don open mouth waaa say na wetin dem go do be this. Hypocrisy everywhere. Una dey talk like say Akon na saint. Do you even know what that woman endured for 29 years before walking away? Some of you can’t manage relationships for six months talkless of marriage. Many men be babies, cheaters, unkempt, careless, irresponsible, abusive, even murderous yet want flawless, submissive women. Not every woman will waste her life trying to ‘fix’ a man. Some of you need reflection, not microphones. Same crowd shouting ‘Hakimi levels’ are back again. Good people deserve good people, simple. Have some men been unfortunate? Yes. But when you enter marriage already planning games, hiding assets, and scripting the end from day one, what do you expect? The same hypocrites quoting ‘a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife’ forget that many of these men never truly cleaved. They were never one. Some of you men marry and your mothers are still the ones calling the shots in your lives. Your wives no get peace for house. If all your wealth is in your mother’s name, you never saw that woman as a partner, you saw her as a threat. We men need to do better, no be everything be agenda. Wicked women dey o but no go use your hand scatter the one wey God bless you with because of social media agenda.

The people justifying DND, may you not miss an opportunity that will change your life forever, or to save yourself or someone else or to say your final goodbyes. The doctor that was recently killed by bandits in front of his gate had his phone on DND and missed several calls from his neighbors warning him not to come home. He drove right into them and was gunned down then butchered.

pocohantas:
It is unnecessarily stressful. I even wondered, would I have to change my work email address too? Where does someone start from. Thanks on behalf of your wife. The way some men act like yam and palwine equals the right and entire being of a woman ehn. May God help our daughters.

Every place, every certificate, every document, every publication, every website, every government portal, etc. she has been known with her maiden name would need to change. And that does not include all the legalities involved. There's nothing to a name. 9th anniversary in December. It has never been an issue or a debate.

pocohantas:
I didn't even know this part. I was told by my friend that in Islam women are not compelled to change their name and I remember my paternal grandma had her maiden name. So I knew her surname, but I never knew my mother's surname until I was about 20yrs. We had to call and ask which she found embarrassing, but can you blame us? 😂 In my time as a banker I saw too many adults that couldn't fill "mother's maiden name". Why exactly should a woman's ancestry be erased like that?

I am a husband myself and when we sat down to evaluate the stress involved? It was not worth it. My mother and grandmother have compound names too (their own surname and their husband's surnames put together). Also my wife comes from a family of only female children, I'll hate to see her father's name erased like that.

Livelystone01:
It won't affect anything. Just tender your marriage certificate, as long as it is valid, they won't stop you.

Also, it is not compulsory to change name. I was the one who told my wife that she shouldn't change it because I don't see any reason for that.

Same here. She had made a name for herself before we got married and even though we agreed she could keep her last name due to the stress of changing names, she insisted that she wanted to add my surname to her surname. But when we started the process, it was daunting for some who holds 3 different passports and having to change name everywhere and on every publication? Too daunting. Our kids took my surname and zero issues. I would hate to go through that same process as a man with all my accomplishments.

femi4:
It will affect your visa applications n other immigration issues. It's a common sense to do it

No it does not, a marriage certificate and birth certificates for the children are more than sufficient

pocohantas:
History should be brought back to schools because in precolonial era, women never took the names of their husbands. Names are patrilineal and only passed down by blood. It was education and religion (christianity) that brought about changing name to ones husband's name.

Funny thing is the Bible does not record the marriage process of wife taking or changing name except for Sarah from Sarai. The names had to do with the children born from their union.

And then some Nigerian men will tell her she's not family even with a name change. Her name is her identity, worse case scenario add husband's name to your last name like Nwoke-Ujah, Thompson-Akinola, etc. It is a complicated process to do a name change anywhere in the world especially for women who already made a name for themselves.

5 years? Too lenient. Anyone found guilty of rape should be 25 to life at least. And good Lord, the number of rape apologists in this thread

On today's episode of something that NEVER happened.

Adanambra1:
This thread is Dedicated to all the Ladies of age 30s above trusting for Marital Settlement in 2025/2026

We have lot of Unlearning and Relearning to do here

How to Position your Self in the right Spaces to be seen by Good fearing, Kind and Eligible Bachelors.
How to work on your Self Esteem , Self worth after a previous Draining Relations. and MORE

This Thread is going to be very inspiring. i will share my Noble , Genuine Experience
and guide you ladies on how to build the character, feel seen, position your self for marital Settlement in 2026.
and i trust the Holyspirit to help me on this Assignment


Notabene... Dearest all men. Kindly do not Spam this Thread.
this will enable to me articulate my points insightfully


As we grow, i will set up a Master Class.
Happy Deliberations
God bless you

It’s quite telling that conversations about unmarried women over 30 in Nigeria still centre around “positioning” for marriage as if women are commodities on a shelf. Marriage is not the ultimate achievement for all women, some are choosing to prioritise peace, purpose, and partnership on their own terms. Many of them are unlearning the harmful ideologies that reduce a woman’s worth to a man’s validation and relearning the value of self-determination, emotional safety, and mutual respect in relationships. Let’s stop perpetuating the myth that a woman’s 30s are a deadline. Globally, more women are choosing to have children later, pursue postgraduate degrees, lead organisations, and live fully. Globally, women are marrying and having children later—average first marriage now stands at 31.5 in the UK, 28.4 in the US, and in urban Nigeria, many marry in their late 20s to early 30s (ONS, 2023; US Census Bureau, 2023; NPC & ICF, 2019). In Europe for example, women aged 30–34 now account for the highest birth rates (ONS, 2022). Feminism and women's rights aren't anti-men or anti-Christian, they're about dignity and equity. The real work is not in begging for visibility but in dismantling the systems that tell women they’re invisible without a ring.

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Cashmadam:
They don't need any bill from you as proof as address. Add your birth certificate, data page of your passport, document to show your status in the UK, statement of account. You can add a letter of sponsorship if you wish. If your parents have money in their accounts, you can add them. If not, don't bother since they didn't use it earlier. Stick to what has worked for you in the past.

Thank you so much, will do that.

Good morning
Retired parent didn’t submit a bank statement as part of their last visit visa application that was granted. Should they submit one now for renewal?

No council tax bill, does an electricity bill suffice as proof of address?

Thank you

@justwise @cashmadam