Nollywood actress Teniola Aladese has shared her opinion on why women should experience living alone before getting married instead of moving straight from their parents’ home into their husband’s house.
Speaking on a recent episode of the That’s What She Said vodcast, Aladese explained that independence helps women understand themselves better and prepares them for the realities of marriage.
According to her, many women enter marriage without fully knowing their own preferences, boundaries, or even the personality traits of the person they are about to spend their lives with. She said this lack of self-discovery can lead to shock and regret later on.
“A lot of women just go from their family’s houses to their husband’s house. But they don’t particularly know what they like, they don’t know what kind of trait their husband-to-be has. So they are shocked when they enter into the home and they see some mannerisms that they haven’t experienced before,” she said.
Aladese emphasized that living alone allows women to learn more about themselves and develop personal standards.
“But I feel like when you live alone before getting married, you get to know yourself, you get to know what you like, you get to know the nonsense you would take and the nonsense you would not take,” she added.
She concluded that skipping that stage of independence can make the transition into married life more difficult than expected.
“But when you just enter into marriage without any experience of living on your own, that is when everything start shocking you and regrets creep in,” she said.
