trojan84:

... But u also mentioned few intelligent and wealthy degree owners, wat about the millions trekking with file but intelligent and dumb

YelloweWest:

My dear don't blame them. Our young men need serious orientation about marriage.
None of them have experienced what they talking about.
They think once a man has money he can get any woman he wants and she would be happy. Dead wrong!
There is more to marriage than money. I turned down men who were by far more successful than my hus because of COMPATIBLITY!!

In most cases an educated woman and an uneducated man are incompatible.
Money and success cannot create compatibility.

My sister and her husband reason on 2 different levels. Her views are more enlightened and civil. His are archaic and obsolete.
I believe if he married a woman who shares his views and if she married a man who share her views which is largely influenced by her education, they would both be more happy....

tosyne2much:
I beg to disagree with you bro.. There are so many illiterates who are more exposed and enlightened than you.

That fact that some of them don't have access to the internet does not mean their sense of reasoning is limited

Dasherz:

I disagree with you

there are so many non graduates out there with a better sense of judgement on handling life's issues and even some professional issues that a graduate will fail woefully at. getting an education is just to give you a sharper edge in you chosen field not to make you intelligent or wiser than the next person

real education is that which sharpens your mind and views not the one you sit in class and struggle through courses to be given one sheet of paper for ya effort that's just formality

MaritzaNL:
These folks you are calling up and down are in a civilized society, they are in developed country where they learn worthy skills without a degree and are very fluent in English, the non degree holders here mostly can't even make a correct sentence, most of them. So I wouldn't want to be in a situation where I will keep correcting someone's grammatical errors and blunders, thereby making me feel embarrassed and ruining my image which means a lot to me. Also why I said our thinking level won't be the same is because most of these non-degree holders perceive you as acting or feeling big because you have a degree and they don't, I don't know if you are getting my point, you can't give him your opinion or advice as a husband without him saying "Is it because I didn't go to school" or reminding you of him not being a graduate, there is this inferiority complex they carry around , I'm not cut out for that shiit.

Also I never made mention of one having a degree will make him automatically smart, going to school or being in school is a guide not really what makes you smart.

grossintel:
And you simply concluded it's over a degree or "no university exposure"
A happy marriage can never be profounded on education but individual deferences, that determines your compatibility scale with your partner. You completely forgot Nigeria is a very religious county. I'm an atheist and totally believe in no religion, what do you think will happen if I marry a religious woman who thinks she can change me? (they always believe they can). There are many factors to consider that could ignite a bad mix in marriage:
Sex drive
Tolerance
Temperament
Religion
Personality
Ideology
Length of Acquaintance
Age
Attitudes
Common Interests
Communication
Roles
Children
Reasons for Marriage

There are tons of factors to consider, some can totally break up a marriage example a childless or sex-starved marriage, consider that before concluding it's over a degree!

MaritzaNL:
No, make no mistake, I don't see them as inferior but I just know that his thinking level and mine won't be the same.

akinwumiedward:
Wow! This is a very nice topic. In fact, it is actually good and helpful to me.
I do not possess any university degree, I have dropped out from now fewer than three(3) reputable institutions in this country due to financial constraint.
I wanted to obtain a university degree and I tried all I could, but all my effort proved abortive. My mother is poor, my father had died long time ago, I had to fend for myself. So, it is not my fault that I do not have a BSC or its equivalent degree.
Why then am I unsuitable to marry a degree holder, why can't I marry a wife who possess a university degree?
Is BSC degree a prominent criteria in marriage?

MaritzaNL:
If e pain you too much, go and hang yourself, then you are one less problem in the world.

tosyne2much:
Abi oooo.. It annoys me when people think that non educated people have low faculty of reasoning.

With the kinds of graduates our institutions are churning out, it's hard to decipher graduates from illiterates these days

sharpwriter:

Away from the topic, the country is more in dire need of sensible and reasonable people than educated people. There are enough graduates though we need more too. Many of the leaders are educated even with foreign degrees but they behave like animals. An uneducated but reasonable person that has opportunity of being exposed will be eager to plant the comforts of life he's been exposed to in a foreign land into his own country, at least to earn a good name.

yeyerolling:
is what we have in nigeria education no lie o. so person like Cosmos maduka of cosharis wey be houseboy and wey no go school till after he had built his empire nko

pocohantas:


They are lying because they say they can't marry.
Are you implying the ones that said they can marry, are doing so because he has money? Because that'll be a slap on their face.
You guys can't deal with a woman's choice without mentioning money.

MaritzaNL:
Wee you keep kwayet.

talk2percy:
oya naw bros, check out this English from a graduate oh...There's are a lot of intelligence SSCE holder, but what I said is my preference. I can't (I wouldn't even do that )

bukas15:
my fried shut ur trap.which thinking faculty are u talking about?? Go to some uni nd see so many slay mamas olodo's galivanting around wit notin in their fish head.after they wil be formin graduates

bukas15:
is that how u talk to ur elders

HRHQueenPhil:


Thank you, dat is why i cant marry a person with such mentality, u av ur preference and i have mine. this country is in dire need of educated people. the people u are mentioning , many of dem accumulated wealth due to connection with rich people. so mentioning them makes me pity you.

YelloweWest:

My dear don't blame them. Our young men need serious orientation about marriage.
None of them have experienced what they talking about.
They think once a man has money he can get any woman he wants and she would be happy. Dead wrong!
There is more to marriage than money. I turned down men who were by far more successful than my hus because of COMPATIBLITY!!

In most cases an educated woman and an uneducated man are incompatible.
Money and success cannot create compatibility.

My sister and her husband reason on 2 different levels. Her views are more enlightened and civil. His are archaic and obsolete.
I believe if he married a woman who shares his views and if she married a man who share her views which is largely influenced by her education, they would both be more happy....

lefulefu:
its now very common.there are many graduates who can't even spell their names.i think the trend is persisting because many people who have never being in the four corners of a classroom now buy fake Bsc certificates under the mango tree.its now a thriving business in some institutions.u got the money and the syndicate hands u your fake certificate.naija we hail thee.

tosyne2much:
To be frank and sincere, no be education we dey run for this nation. People are getting educated everyday but they still keep wallowing in ignorance and foolishness.

No be person wey get MSc dey use oil and salt take baff during the outbreak of ebola

MaritzaNL:
what makes you my elder?

Imoksp:
Is it d same Alhaji dat i work 4?dat owns 3hotels in Lagos?

TimeMod3:
[s]Old hag, Ask your sister to sit down & be humble[/s]..

yeyerolling:
even is his name is Wilfred Ndidi or Kelechi Iheanacho . Dey decieve ya self

BluntBoy:


It's possible but this particular hotel is not in Lagos. I know he is a wealthy man and can have hotels in Lagos. He also has a sachet and bottled water company. His first son is a lawyer and a very good friend of mine.

Oluwadare:
Fantastic topic to debate upon. But no matter how hard one side try to buttress their point(s) against the other, they can never win this argument because it's a matter of choice, and so far we don't reason in the same way, our view towards objects, situations or issues will always be different.

So many factors to consider when going into a marriage. And these factors are quite distinct from one individual to another. So I'd always respect any side anyone takes when it's come to a discussion like this.