Nollywood Media | 11 July 2011 04:18 CET

What I do to sustain my marriage —Omotola Jalade

By NEWS DESK

Rumours have been rife that delectable and beautiful actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde's matrimonial home might be experiencing some cracks. But thank God, the mother of four has finally laid the rumour to rest.
GE accosted her sometime ago to know the secret behind her unharmed marriage, and this is what she said:

“Being married to somebody outside showbiz is an advantage for me. So I'm imagining maybe that could help. He is not in my profession, so I don't see him often, and I'm not in his own profession, so he doesn't see me often, too. We don't see each other often. So, I guess that gives us space which is important in marriage. He has space and I have space. Don't forget that a marriage is a partnership of two individuals.

I had my life before I met him and the same goes for him, so we need to understand and respect each other's freedom and individuality. I think the reason why a lot of marriages run into trouble is because the couples don't understand that they are two different people and are into a partnership of and for life.

The purpose of us coming together is to try see how to make each other's life bearable and not unbearable. I mean, you shouldn't be in my business all the time and I shouldn't be in yours. When it is time for us to collaborate and think about how to make our lives more enjoyable and sweeter, we will do that and when it's time for me to figure out myself I need my partner to get out of my situation; that is totally important. But like I always say, I think the highest part of it is the fear of God.

If you fear God and you know that you do not necessarily have to answer to him or her it makes things easier because you know that you have a higher being to answer to. So even when you make mistakes, you report yourself to God first and foremost, so that he can help you out, and then you can go ahead to sort it out with the human being(s). But the good thing is that you wouldn't even do all those naughty stuffs that break marriages because you know somebody up there is watching you.”

Hmmm….this is quite sweet to hear; or what do you think? We hope some actresses whose names we wouldn't want to mention are reading this. Oops!

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