Tuface and Annie............ worth all the hype?
First, I would like to congratulate Anne Idibia and Tuface. God bless your nuptials. May you see many years together in peace and love renewed daily.
Second, I am just the messenger. Someone brought this up and I thought it would be interesting to ask the public.
So, lets get to it. Tuface and his long time sweet heart will be married in a few short hours. Annie was given a brand new jeep and expenses paid for her family members to attend the exclusive event in Dubai. And Akpabio said this was because she was a good daughter of Akwa Ibom and a good example for women. Is this true? She is getting married to a man with 6 kids outside of wedlock with 4 different women. If tuface were some Sule on the street, would this marriage even make sense to most people? I am sure even her parents would be cursing him, rather than letting their daughter marry him.
The next question , would the public be in love with this whole wedding if the woman was the one with 4 children, even if she was the celebrity? lemme put it this way, assuming this was Genevieve post 4 kids and stinking rich getting married to her college sweetheart, would the public be in support the same way? Would we clap him on the back and tell him he has been a good man to wait for the woman? Please do not think I am agreeing with this. I am simply highlighting the sexist society we live in. Its okay if the man is the philandering one but the story is different if its the woman. I mean, this is a country where men are given license to philander. If a woman is even caught staring at another man, she is called all sorts of names.We shouldn't have 2 standards. But maybe I am just being unrealistic.
What do you think?
Is Annie a good role model? would you want your daughter to emulate her? And do you think we would get the same response if this were a woman with 4 kids pre marriage? Please leave your comments..... Thank you
Second, I am just the messenger. Someone brought this up and I thought it would be interesting to ask the public.
So, lets get to it. Tuface and his long time sweet heart will be married in a few short hours. Annie was given a brand new jeep and expenses paid for her family members to attend the exclusive event in Dubai. And Akpabio said this was because she was a good daughter of Akwa Ibom and a good example for women. Is this true? She is getting married to a man with 6 kids outside of wedlock with 4 different women. If tuface were some Sule on the street, would this marriage even make sense to most people? I am sure even her parents would be cursing him, rather than letting their daughter marry him.
The next question , would the public be in love with this whole wedding if the woman was the one with 4 children, even if she was the celebrity? lemme put it this way, assuming this was Genevieve post 4 kids and stinking rich getting married to her college sweetheart, would the public be in support the same way? Would we clap him on the back and tell him he has been a good man to wait for the woman? Please do not think I am agreeing with this. I am simply highlighting the sexist society we live in. Its okay if the man is the philandering one but the story is different if its the woman. I mean, this is a country where men are given license to philander. If a woman is even caught staring at another man, she is called all sorts of names.We shouldn't have 2 standards. But maybe I am just being unrealistic.
What do you think?
Is Annie a good role model? would you want your daughter to emulate her? And do you think we would get the same response if this were a woman with 4 kids pre marriage? Please leave your comments..... Thank you
Lape, love. Great piece. It just goes to show what we celebrate in our society. I don't think any parent would allow her relatively young daughter or son to marry someone with such responsilbilties i.e 5 other kids, esp if he/she is single. Annie just has 1 for him. The other 2 women are the losers in this case.
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading Kehinde. Are the girls really losers? At least they aren't married to him and don't have to deal with all these other women n kids
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