By Oyinkansayo Wole-Bodunde.
Kanayo O. Kanayo, a Nollywood actor, has shared his opinion on why many women in their 30s remain unmarried.
He attributes their singleness to the choices they made during their younger years. According to him, many women who are unmarried in their 30s spent their 20s in relationships with older, often married men. This, he believes, led them to reject potential younger partners who could have been suitable husbands.
In a recent interview with News Central, Kanayo elaborated on this idea saying, “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.”
Kanayo further said, “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’s assessment is blunt, highlighting the challenges women may face in finding a partner as they get older. “So she gets into 31, husband is not coming and what do you have? 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.”
