ILLITERATES VRS LITERATES

So a conversation cropped up with my colleagues on making choices for marriage. The man said that men now are interested in girls who are Junior High School dropouts or at most Senior High School ‘failers’. So I ask why? And he tells me highly educated ladies are too opinionated. They tend to say more than indigenous societies in Africa allow them to. According to him, men must be in control so many are not interested in losing that control to their women. I laughed. Why did I? Imagine you getting married to a school dropout who does nothing but sits in the house to obey your orders, humans are mere mortals, if you fall today in death, where will this uneducated house wife get the means to take care of the children you left behind?

An opinionated woman may be noisy, may be difficult to be around, may be bossy, may never be a puppet but look on the bright side. An educated lady can take care of the house and inspire her children to achieve higher feats. Imagine you give birth to all girls and their mother has no achievement where education is concerned, they may even be led into believing that a woman’s place is indeed in the kitchen.

Every woman like every human being has an ego and an opinion. Some may be harsh in sending their messages across, others might just be very calm in sending their messages across, others may not care to send any message across but will do what pleases them. We are humans. Looking for a relationship makes you a fisherman or a fisher-woman. It is patience that will help you get to the right waters where you can get bountiful yields.

Whatever it is that you want, it is up to you. No one must decide for you. Love an illiterate, love a literate, but weigh the options.