Marriage is a divinely ordained, inviolable, and sanctified institution. Unfortunately it is rocked by many turbulences as it glides past some sectors of this life. Commitment, allegiance, submission, tender loving care and intimacy are quickly being eroded. Such virtues are replaced by alienation, disaffection, unfaithfulness, and infidelity. Love has become.
One study revealed “that more than one-quarter women who were unable to conceive in a previous relationship were either divorced or living alone in the years following … A study of 47,500 Danish women found that those who don’t have a child after treatment are three times more likely to divorce or end cohabitation with their partner than those who do.”
In an African setting, marriage is honourable. It is treated as a hallowed institution. However, the absence of children becomes the cause for divorce. As an advocate of happy marriages, I want to dispel the African cultural myth that having no child is the grounds divorcing the wife of your youth. Rethink it as an opportunity to bond more tighter with your darling. Marriage is not validated by procreation, love is the glue that cements it.
Shunem Care 