{"id":445986,"date":"2017-12-11T19:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T19:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/my-dad-kicked-me-out-of-his-house-because-i-divorced-the-husband-he-chose-for-me-lawrencia-owusu\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T19:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T19:00:29","slug":"my-dad-kicked-me-out-of-his-house-because-i-divorced-the-husband-he-chose-for-me-lawrencia-owusu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/my-dad-kicked-me-out-of-his-house-because-i-divorced-the-husband-he-chose-for-me-lawrencia-owusu\/","title":{"rendered":"My Dad kicked me out of his house because I divorced the husband he chose for me \u2014 Lawrencia Owusu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Monday, 11 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>kasapafmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20577285.295.jpg\" alt=\"Lawrencia Divorce\" title=\"Lawrencia Divorce\" width=\"295\" height=\"151\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Lawrencia Owusu (L)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513018829_883_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Arranged marriages might seem like a relic of the \u2018old days\u2019 yet it happened in the life of Lawrencia Owusu, and came with some drastic consequences.<\/p>\n<p>The celebrity make-up stylist has revealed a painful story from her past which scarred her for life and made her into who she is today.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrencia Owusu opened up about this bitter chapter of her life in a revealing conversation with Joselyn Dumas on the actresses\u2019 reality girl talk program \u2018Keeping It Real\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Joselyn Dumas and Owusu were joined by Nana Esi Duker in an honest conversation about battling through pain to remain strong.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrencia, who got married at an early age, revealed that the marriage was arranged by her parents when she was still in university and aged only 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got married at a very early age, right after school\u2026, when I was writing my papers there was a husband waiting for me. Someone I didn\u2019t know, someone I had no connection, no chemistry, no nothing with. He was ten years older than me.\u201d she told Dumas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy parents were those kind of old school parents\u2026they told me this guy, he\u2019s good, he has a job, he\u2019s stable, you\u2019ll be sorted. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawrencia said she thought of protesting the decision to marry her off but she had never questioned her parents and at that point she hadn\u2019t grown bold enough to challenge their decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt it was so unfair but at that time in my life I didn\u2019t have a voice.\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>After being thrust into an \u2018arranged marriage\u2019, things didn\u2019t work out and in the end, she decided to divorce her husband. That was the point her father got so infuriated with her decision that he threw her out in the cold from the apartment they were both occupying in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got the divorce and my dad kicked me out, winter time, New York City, in the streets.\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad kicked me out!\u201d she emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen this man kicked me out, I think my whole life that\u2019s the worst thing that\u2019s happened to me. I don\u2019t even know my way around New York and you kick me out winter time because I decided to go against your wish\u2026I think that was what made me hard. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>The mother of two added that she stopped talking with her father for years after that incident and they only reconnected last year.<\/p>\n<p>For her part, Joselyn Dumas opined that it pays to have a shoulder to cry on when such troubles fall on you in life. According to her, complaining about her problems to a close friend, crying out and even yelling helps her forget them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Keeping it Real with Joselyn Dumas\u2019 is a talk show created by the actress which involves women talking about issues that affect their lives and how they deal with them without breaking down.<\/p>\n<p>It airs every Saturday at 8:30pm on GhOne Tv.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0JJqlyZbWNY\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T9ib3BG1nOw\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 updated by: 31 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Monday, 11 December 2017 Source: kasapafmonline.com 2017-12-11 play videoLawrencia Owusu (L) Arranged marriages might seem like a relic of the \u2018old days\u2019 yet it happened in the life of Lawrencia Owusu, and came with some drastic consequences. 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