"I Almost Went Mad": Nigerian Woman Quits Her Marriage, Leaves with Her 2 Kids, Video Goes Viral
- A Nigerian woman has shared her heartbreaking experience after leaving her marriage to protect her mental health
- According to the young woman, she suffered so much pain in her marriage that made her choose to leave with her two children
- Legit.ng reached out to a relationship expert, Peace Onwubu, who encouraged couples in mentally draining marriages to leave
A Nigerian mother of two took the bold decision to leave her troubled marriage to protect her mental wellbeing.
The woman's choice came after years of silently enduring immense pain and suffering within the union.
Source: TikTok
Mum of 2 starts life afresh
In a touching video shared via her TikTok account @hd_cosmeticng, she opened up about the overwhelming pressure she faced to stay in the marriage due to societal expectations.
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However, she eventually realised that her mental health was deteriorating, forcing her to make a difficult decision.
According to her, she preferred to endure the frustration of starting life afresh with her two lovely children.
In her words:
"You decided to stay in that marriage for many years because of your kids and what people will say. I don dey lose my mental health. I won Kolo. I left in good health with my two kids.
"I will start my life afresh while I am still alive. If I start to talk wetin my eyes see while am always laughing outside and pple think am okay. Am not strong enough to share this yet but I think I will be better buy from me abeg I get 2 pikin to feed."
Legit.ng reached out to a relationship expert, Peace Onwubu, who encouraged couples in mentally draining marriages to leave.
"She made the right choice. Some people lost their lives because they refused to leave. If you're in an abusive or mentally draining marriage, please leave."
Reactions as woman quits marriage
The woman's emotional TikTok video sparked lots of comments from netizens.
@Mrs Gold said:
"I don dey plan to live my own of 5years. I don tire ooo. My enemy won mad because of one stupid marriage. I just dey bear am because of my kids."
@YINKINZY wrote:
"Ummm nobody can force me to do this marriage thing. Even if I am offered millions."
@wemmymoh reacted:
"Why is this not going viral? Because a lot of young ladies need to learn and adapt to the fact that being a single mother is not a crime."
@MANDYOZI said:
"You even have phone then, me I no get, if my papa buy me phone the werey go seize am omo."
@MARYAM said:
"I wish I can just disappear from with my kids. May God see me truth and the problem is because I can talk they all make bad person."
@Karma j said:
"Omo I pray my husband doesn't change I just got married last week and I'm seeing this video now."
@Tj James895 said:
"Abeg wetin dey happen for this marriage of a thing self. Make una tell us o bfor we enter."
@amiramirabel4 said:
"I have been scared of marriage since I know what marriage z. Trust me I just wanna be happy nd travel around d world wit my cat."
@Chiamaka Okorie Jideofor added:
"I no know whether make I dey vex, cry or laugh. Sending hugs dear but y u con dey cut ur hair? The hair follow dey show u shegge?"
Watch the video below:
Nigerian woman quits her marriage
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a woman who quit her marriage after six months, moved into a new home with brand new household items.
In a clip the woman shared, she had a truck moved into the compound of the apartment she got herself.
Proofread by Kola Muhammed, journalist and copyeditor at Legit.ng
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