Veteran Nollywood actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has revealed what he thinks is the reason some women remain unmarried in their 30s.
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Speaking in a recent interview with News Central, Kanayo claimed that many women spend their early 20s dating wealthy, often married older men while rejecting younger suitors with genuine intentions.
“Some girl will be in the university at 18, 19, 20, she starts dating a very rich guy, sometimes, very old too. Then what you see along the line is that because the guy is very rich and probably married, she refuses the advances of other younger people because the guy has either gotten her a car and a house. So to her, she’s operating on a very high level,” he explained.
The actor elaborated on how this lifestyle often continues into a woman’s mid-20s, leading to a lack of long-term prospects by the time she reaches her late 20s and early 30s.
“From 22, she goes on to 24 and maybe even if she quarrels with this guy, she gets the next guy. And before you know it, she turns 25, 26 unmarried because she refuses the advances of younger prospective husbands. She gets into 29, 30, by that time she had left the university and men are no longer finding her that attractive.”
Kanayo painted a vivid picture of the growing urgency for marriage as women approach their mid-30s, often resorting to prayers for a life partner.
“At 23, she’s a flex. At 28, she becomes a prayer point. After 33, she’s declared a state of emergency. Because husbands will not come at that level of 33 years. Some of them get to 35 unmarried. And they still think that they are having fun. They are not having fun. They are now in a state of emergency praying that God brings anyone.”
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