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Let’s be real for a moment this isn’t a troll post, it’s a reality check.

Sometimes I ask myself: is marriage as we knew it simply outdated? Not because love is dead, but because the environment that once supported marriage has fundamentally changed.

Before you get angry, read to understand.

1. The Economy Has Redefined Commitment
In West Africa especially, marriage is no longer just emotional, it’s a financial stress test. As a man, if you’re not reasonably stable, marriage doesn’t bring peace; it brings pressure, anxiety, and in many cases, depression. Love doesn’t pay rent or school fees.

2. The Timeline Has Shifted
Decades ago, a 25-year-old man likely had years of work experience, a steady income, and a clear path.
Today? Many are unemployed graduates, interns, or still “finding themselves.” The system changed, but expectations didn’t.

3. Gender Equality Changed the Market (Not a Bad Thing Just Reality)
Women are educated, empowered, and ambitious and that’s progress. But it also means many now want a fully established man, not someone still under construction. Growth partnerships are rare; finished products are in demand.

4. Marriage Is Now High-Cost, High-Risk
Dowries were once symbolic. Today, some families treat marriage negotiations like asset liquidation.
Cost of living is brutal. Feeding yourself is hard enough add a spouse and children, and the math becomes scary.

5. Roles Are No Longer Clear
Back then, roles were defined (right or wrong). Today, roles are negotiated and negotiation requires emotional intelligence most people were never taught. Some outsource domestic roles. Others resent them. Tension follows.

6. Options Have Exploded
Travel was limited. Communities were smaller. Choices were fewer.
Now? Infinite options, endless comparisons, and constant dissatisfaction. Marriage used to signal responsibility. Today, many see it as a trap.

7. Tolerance Levels Have Dropped
People were more patient then sometimes too patient.
Today, tolerance is low. Exit doors are wide open. One mistake and it’s “I deserve better.”

8. Sex Is No Longer a Scarce Resource
Let’s not pretend. Intimacy once came mostly through marriage. That alone pushed commitment. Today, access is easy, so the incentive structure has changed.

So no, marriage isn’t dead.
But the conditions that made it work effortlessly in the past are gone.

Marriage now requires:

A. Strategy
B. Emotional maturity
C. Financial realism
D. Clear alignment and
E. Brutal honesty

If you’re doing it blindly, you’re gambling.

And before anyone asks
No, this isn’t me talking.
It’s my 95-year-old grandma observing the world and shaking her head.

The end.

This is eye opening honestly.

One thing we often overlook is the "internet factor." With just a swipe, a lady can be talking to a man thousands of miles away. When you have that many options at your fingertips, many ask themselves why they should settle for one when they can keep five on rotation without any strings attached.

The hard truth is that a lot of young girls are actually dodging commitment. They’ve done the math and realized what they stand to lose—the constant attention, the gifts from different "simps," and the financial perks that come with being single and "available." They know that once they’re tied to one man, that tap mostly runs dry.

Then there’s the "packaging" on social media. These content creators post filtered, blissful versions of their relationships, and girls today go into dating expecting that 24/7 romance. They’re chasing a fantasy and forgetting that what happens off-camera is a different story entirely. By the time they realize they’ve been chasing shadows, time is no longer on their side. Honestly, the internet has done more to shake the foundation of marriage than help it.

My guy, na true talk you talk finish. Your grandma sabi well well. For this life we dey now, market for marriage don change complete. Love still dey, but if money no dey, love go hide face. Before, person fit marry with empty pocket but full heart now, even heart full, pocket must commot something. Man and woman dey find perfect partner wey don already build house, but who dey build am? Everybody dey suffer for this economy, and family demand dey rise like river for rainy season. Roles don confuse, patience don finish, and because enjoyment dey everywhere, some people no see why to enter one cage. So marriage no spoil, but you no fit just enter am anyhow. You go use your head plan am like business, with correct honesty, because[b] if you no look road, you go fall for gutter.[/b] Na by force to think well before you carry ring go meet person.

There is no excuse for the failure of most marriages in our society today but family have a bigger role!!!!!!


It starts from the failing of most families to instill character in terms of respect and discipline in kids at the right time.

We have lost the true cultural values of marriage!!!!!!!
Not until we start with our generation by imposing the ancient value of family, most marriages will fail.


This generation devalued marriage hopes by modernizing the sacred and cultural importance of it.


I'm a modern man with an ancient value, so my clarity can only accept a modern woman with ancient value of marriage.


We have to start building the family with ancient cultural values in a modern world of today.

A true man needs respect to love his wife!
A true woman needs love to respect her husband!

The problem is most of this generation do the opposite, they claim their wife love them without respect.
They forgot you can only respect what you love, so before a woman respect you there's true love.
When a woman disrespect you there's no love cos you can't respect who you don't love as your man.


It's all going to start from us bringing up a discipline and respectful families to the society.


I respect your opinion, more grace man.

ManknowThyself:
There is no excuse for the failure of most marriages in our society today but family have a bigger role!!!!!!


It starts from the failing of most families to instill character in terms of respect and discipline in kids at the right time.

We have lost the true cultural values of marriage!!!!!!!
Not until we start with our generation by imposing the ancient value of family, most marriages will fail.


This generation devalued marriage hopes by modernizing the sacred and cultural importance of it.


I'm a modern man with an ancient value, so my clarity can only accept a modern woman with ancient value of marriage.


We have to start building the family with ancient cultural values in a modern world of today.

A true man needs respect to love his wife!
A true woman needs love to respect her husband!

The problem is most of this generation do the opposite, they claim their wife love them without respect.
They forgot you can only respect what you love, so before a woman respect you there's true love.
When a woman disrespect you there's no love cos you can't respect who you don't love as your man.


It's all going to start from us bringing up a discipline and respectful families to the society.


I respect your opinion, more grace man.

You made a very interesting point. Something needs to be done on thw current realities of our marriages.

It became outdated long ago.

Let’s be real for a moment this isn’t a troll post, it’s a reality check.

Sometimes I ask myself: is marriage as we knew it simply outdated?

no
still alot of women dreams

Dpsychologist:
Let’s be real for a moment this isn’t a troll post, it’s a reality check.

Sometimes I ask myself: is marriage as we knew it simply outdated? Not because love is dead, but because the environment that once supported marriage has fundamentally changed.

Before you get angry, read to understand.

1. The Economy Has Redefined Commitment
In West Africa especially, marriage is no longer just emotional, it’s a financial stress test. As a man, if you’re not reasonably stable, marriage doesn’t bring peace; it brings pressure, anxiety, and in many cases, depression. Love doesn’t pay rent or school fees.

2. The Timeline Has Shifted
Decades ago, a 25-year-old man likely had years of work experience, a steady income, and a clear path.
Today? Many are unemployed graduates, interns, or still “finding themselves.” The system changed, but expectations didn’t.

3. Gender Equality Changed the Market (Not a Bad Thing Just Reality)
Women are educated, empowered, and ambitious and that’s progress. But it also means many now want a fully established man, not someone still under construction. Growth partnerships are rare; finished products are in demand.

4. Marriage Is Now High-Cost, High-Risk
Dowries were once symbolic. Today, some families treat marriage negotiations like asset liquidation.
Cost of living is brutal. Feeding yourself is hard enough add a spouse and children, and the math becomes scary.

5. Roles Are No Longer Clear
Back then, roles were defined (right or wrong). Today, roles are negotiated and negotiation requires emotional intelligence most people were never taught. Some outsource domestic roles. Others resent them. Tension follows.

6. Options Have Exploded
Travel was limited. Communities were smaller. Choices were fewer.
Now? Infinite options, endless comparisons, and constant dissatisfaction. Marriage used to signal responsibility. Today, many see it as a trap.

7. Tolerance Levels Have Dropped
People were more patient then sometimes too patient.
Today, tolerance is low. Exit doors are wide open. One mistake and it’s “I deserve better.”

8. Sex Is No Longer a Scarce Resource
Let’s not pretend. Intimacy once came mostly through marriage. That alone pushed commitment. Today, access is easy, so the incentive structure has changed.

So no, marriage isn’t dead.
But the conditions that made it work effortlessly in the past are gone.

Marriage now requires:

A. Strategy
B. Emotional maturity
C. Financial realism
D. Clear alignment and
E. Brutal honesty

If you’re doing it blindly, you’re gambling.

And before anyone asks
No, this isn’t me talking.
It’s my 95-year-old grandma observing the world and shaking her head.

The end.

Its not old fashioned but redefined

The roles ain't the same as it used to be

Marriage in line with God's word is never an old fashion God's word is always current.Forever Oh LORD thy word is settled in heaven.Heaven and earth shall pass away not one of your word shall go unfulfilled.

as to marry don cost, different conspiracy theory kon dey against the institution

Thank God is not only me that is reasoning this situation

You can't think again.

Using AI to write isn't for everybody.

Who marriage help. Baby mama's is the way to go.

I think one major reason is that commitment from many ladies has slowed down, as more women now value independence and do not want to feel controlled or pressured to submit to a man. Many prefer personal freedom, career growth, and self-fulfillment before long-term commitments.

Other reasons include fear of failed marriages due to rising divorce rates, financial pressures, lack of trust, unrealistic expectations shaped by social media, and poor communication between partners. Some people also see marriage as stressful or limiting, while others believe love and companionship can exist without formal marriage.

All these factors together are making marriage seem less attractive to many people today, even though it still holds value for those who truly understand and are ready for its responsibilities.

so werin come they VOGUE oo? TELL ME

femi4:
Its not old fashioned but redefined

The roles ain't the same as it used to be

This is exactly my point.

Go to the Streets ,Good % of Youths are not interested in Marriage anymore.

Children : They don't Need Marriage to Have them..

Sex : They don't need Marriage to have it .

House Chores ,They don't need Marriage to get it done .

Good Food : The don't need Marriage to get it .

Chat and Play Mates : Thy don't need Marriage to have it .

Marriages becoming Outdated and Loosing It's Values..

Our Fathers , Grandfather's Does all that ...

The Gen Z have no time for the Patient,Endurance ,Love Love .Thing ..They just wants to Make Money and Live Independently than any Lady or Guy Somewhere Disturbing them

Dpsychologist:
This is exactly my point.

The constant thing in life is change, and every sector is affected.

Yes .. people are no longer excited about it

Absolutely yes. People are now married to their phones which is the no.1 culprit of marriage breakups.

I think so. Baby mama springing up everywhere

If u like no marry when u dey price pampas at 50 years na u go catch the shame

Observe your girlfriend mother very well. Study how she control her husband and what she turned d man to.

If u don't like her, you will regret d marriage cos d girl will grow up to be like her mother.

When you go back to history and the evolution of society, you will understand why marriage was treated as an important institution. It is the only institution you attend where a certificate is given at the start. In other things in life, they want you to be patient and learn before getting what you cherish the most. In marriage, you can decide to be stoopeed and tear the certificate. You will not understand its value but with time you will.

Marriage is an institution that helps us with society. It helps us with family. It helps us with human relationships. The society then knew that for society to progress, the children have to be mined. Therefore, both men and women had to be responsible and role models for the future of humanity.

Marriage then wasn't about love, it was about putting structures in place. That's why families met. Unfortunately, the oyinbo came and deceived us and said two people should join together in their blindness, then they find out that love is blind, marriage is the eye opener. Those who married for love know that love alone cannot sustain marriage. You grow in love, you learn tolerance, you learn how to live with someone else, you learn how to live with another family. Love grows. They had people then who will investigate your family then if you liked someone, you don't just pick and choose or bend down to pick a girl yourself then start fighting your mom or she's fighting her dad. They arranged all these things from the start. Compatibility started from there. If they had the knowledge of genotype, I'm sure they would have added it to their list. They screened the families. It's okay to choose who you marry but you must be guided. Today, everyone wants to do it alone but they are too young and phuleash in their haste.

Girls were asking why the girl child was primed for her husband's house. Hello. Career girl, tell us what's up? Women thought they were in bondage and cannot live their dreams because children will interfere with their career. Ask women who give birth and are working, their perspective shifts immediately they bring a child to this world vs when they are me me me. Humanity is talking about low fertility rates today but it is not just that. There is no structure again. Women are free to have babies for who they want to but there is no institution to preserve lineage.


There is so much to write but marriage may be old fashioned but it remains the most common sense approach humanity accepted to regulate society.

We are seeing the result of no marriage today. Does it look like what we want?

Marriage isn’t old-fashioned, the system that supported it is gone, love now meets harsh reality; bills are louder than romance, roles are unclear, pressure is high, and going in unprepared breaks people; marriage still works, but only with readiness and wisdom, anything else is gambling.

Op, nah nao you know?

E don become old fashion teeh teeh..

Except a man is extremely lucky, a large numbers of todays girls are nothing to write home about. How can you started knacking at the age of 16 and then you wanna get married at 29?

As how nah?

SixSeven:
We are seeing the result of no marriage today. Does it look like what we want?

Exactly. Look at what happened to the Black American community when the family unit broke down, same is happening today in Nigeria and the effects are disastrous if we are to be honest.

Feminism, Modernism & many other undesirable elements that come with westernisation are weapons fashioned against marriage.

The modern economy inflation etc is deliberately designed not to support marriage, and birth rate and marriage rate is checked to ensure the economy gets worse if population should increase like a feedback loop system, that is why within last decade, best economies in the world are smaller and smaller countries like Singapore, Dubai , Taiwan, whilst the major population centres are literally being destroyed economically
And if you are in large population African country they not just destroying economy but also depopulating with bandits and kidnappers.
They are telling you that world where you come to earth to settle down and marry is gone especially if you in large population African country and your skin is black . Large population African country is still good place if you Chinese, Indian , Lebanese, cause the depop measures in place are deigned not to affect such people.

Apart from the you have Culture, the entire entertainment industry around the world has been recruited like an army to create a culture that makes people toxic, and thus homes with family will be toxic place to be, as ever more evil stuff is being pushed that can cause major massive disagreements between people sharing same four walls. The schools and culture is designed to create children that will be a danger to have in the home.

But if you join the club , and make the deal , you will have greater chance finically to marry comfortable at least , but you and your children will not escape the cultural debasement into outright Satanism inside your house.

If you dont join the gay mafia that is running the world , money problems alone will destroy your marriage as the destroy the economy everything population threatens to increase.

As such for most people the institution of marriage is gone, unless you're kidding yourself. And if you are in country with government sponsored kidnappers and bandits you have to be a fool for the thought of marriage or having kids to even cross your mind, unless you JOIN THE CLUB.

Since this is now a biblical apocalypse i advice young people to instead of thinking marriage, instead think of forming small communities of both men and woman where you intend to support each other through this apocalypse, the idea of one man and woman cell is dead. You need to form big groups buy farmland raise live stock and have and oath to support each other, but marriage as we knew it is gone till order is restored planet earth.