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“I Felt Like an Outsider for Years”: Actress Blessing Obasi Opens Up on Marrying at an Older Age
Feb 7, 2024
Nollywood actress Blessing Jessica Obasi has finally opened up on her journey of getting married as an older woman
Taking to her official Instagram page, the movie star highlighted how people in society made her feel for not getting married sooner
Blessing Obasi’s candidness drew a series of emotional reactions from netizens, with some of them being able to relate to her journey
Popular Nigerian actress Blessing Jessica Obasi recently got emotional on social media and shared what it was like for her to get married at an older age.
The mum of one took to her Instagram page to repost a trending video of an older married woman’s conversation with an over 30-year-old unmarried Nigerian woman.
Obasi used the video to explain how society treated her for not getting married at a younger age. According to the actress, she felt like an outsider for many years in a world that only rated married women, but she has finally stepped into a world that was crafted on her own terms.
She wrote:
“I had to jump on this conversation because after several years of feeling like an outsider in a world that often equates a woman's worth with her marital status, I've finally stepped into a chapter that I crafted on my own terms.”
Explaining further, Obasi added that getting married late was not only a choice, it was also her journey of self-discovery and breaking away from societal norms that tried to determine her happiness.
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