{"id":447559,"date":"2017-12-16T01:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T01:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/lifestyle-50-reasons-not-to-get-married-for-my-african-brothers-only\/"},"modified":"2017-12-16T01:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T01:00:29","slug":"lifestyle-50-reasons-not-to-get-married-for-my-african-brothers-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/lifestyle-50-reasons-not-to-get-married-for-my-african-brothers-only\/","title":{"rendered":"LIFESTYLE: 50 reasons not to get married &#8211; For my African brothers only"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Saturday, 16 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>musingsofanafricanbachelor.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-16<\/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\/57121567.295.jpg\" alt=\"Cry Wedding\" title=\"Cry Wedding\" width=\"295\" height=\"205\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>You never have to ask, \u201choney, are you okay?\u201d No unexplainable mood swings to deal with<\/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=151125813995117\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813995117\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513386029_985_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> I\u2019m an unapologetic bachelor and I\u2019m sorry that I\u2019m not sorry about my single lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s anything my experiences have taught me, most married men regret getting married and most never stop chasing women.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe this idiot who calls himself the African bachelor is too much to be contained in a marriage. Maybe I will get married one day.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, I want to introduce you to a list of all the reasons why I love being a bachelor.<\/p>\n<p><b>Enjoy this list and please do pass it on to your single friends or to your married ones who miss the single life.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You can eat all the jollof rice you want for breakfast, lunch, and dinner<\/p>\n<p>You are allowed to carry more than 3 boxes of party food home, no questions asked<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of party food, you will receive pity from the older women and they will pack more food for you. All you have to do is look sad and stare at the jollof rice and kebabs<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to scare anyone with your morning face and you don\u2019t have to worry about being scared<\/p>\n<p>If anyone criticizes your driving, you can tell them to get out of the car<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to panic when your phone rings after 9 pm<\/p>\n<p>You can comment in peace on the social media posts of your hot female friends You never have to own or drive a minivan. Yayyyyy!<\/p>\n<p>Your bathroom drain will never get clogged  with Brazilian hair<\/p>\n<p>You can watch *ahem* rated movies uninterrupted<\/p>\n<p>You can flirt with anyone without feeling guilty<\/p>\n<p>No in-laws. No need to elaborate on that one<\/p>\n<p>Depending on who you marry, you may start paying school fees before you have your own kids<\/p>\n<p>You never have to delete your internet history. Sweet!<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to lie to anyone. What a relief!<\/p>\n<p>You never have to worry about someone throwing a frying pan at your head when you open your door<\/p>\n<p>You can take comfort in watching hot women wobble at weddings for as long as you like<\/p>\n<p>You get to do house chores naked<\/p>\n<p>You can watch football all day. No one fights with you over the remote. Pure bliss!<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to panic about forgetting birthdays and anniversaries<\/p>\n<p>You won\u2019t have only married friends. That sh*t must be annoying<\/p>\n<p>You can lie in bed in the morning for as long as you like without anyone bugging you<\/p>\n<p>You can eat cereal in the morning without brushing your teeth<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to make up your bed every morning or change the sheets. What\u2019s the point?<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to worry about anyone complaining about keeping your clean laundry in the basket for weeks. I hate folding clothes!<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to worry about any surprises when you open up the toilet seat<\/p>\n<p>You can buy any grown-up toys you want without checking with anyone<\/p>\n<p>Your cash is all yours and you don\u2019t have to share<\/p>\n<p>You can stay in the shower for as long as you want<\/p>\n<p>You can sing in the shower as loud as you want<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to buy the same boring valentine\u2019s gifts year after year<\/p>\n<p>You can spread all over your bed<\/p>\n<p>No one will eat the Golden Tree chocolate you\u2019ve saved in the refrigerator<\/p>\n<p>No one complains about the dirty floors at your place. You clean when you want<\/p>\n<p>You can stay at work for as long as you want. No annoying calls from honey about when you\u2019re getting home for dinner<\/p>\n<p>You can stay out with your friends as long as you want<\/p>\n<p>No one will use your toothbrush by accident or drop it in the toilet<\/p>\n<p>You can eat late at night without feeling guilty<\/p>\n<p>You can scream at the TV while watching football without scaring anyone<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to your own music tunes and no one messes with the radio stations in your car<\/p>\n<p>You know exactly how much money you have in your bank account<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to share wardrobe space<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to sit through those dreadful chick flicks and shows. No, thank you!<\/p>\n<p>A fight won\u2019t end up with you sleeping on the couch<\/p>\n<p>Having married men admit that they\u2019re jealous of your single life feels nice!<\/p>\n<p>The silence and the peace of mind feels like heaven<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to delete your texts and call logs<\/p>\n<p>You never have to buy air fresheners. You can stink up the place all you want<\/p>\n<p>Lust won\u2019t last forever. You don\u2019t have to imagine sleeping with the same person for eternity<\/p>\n<p>You never have to ask, \u201choney, are you okay?\u201d No unexplainable mood swings to deal with<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong; I\u2019m not trying to shame husbands and fathers. I\u2019m simply defending the men who can\u2019t see themselves handcuffed to a wedding band.<\/p>\n<p>If you put a ring on it, keep it on.  For everyone else, I have this verse to share:<\/p>\n<p>1 Corinthians 7<\/p>\n<p>8 Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do. 9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 24 updated by: -1 --><\/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 Saturday, 16 December 2017 Source: musingsofanafricanbachelor.com 2017-12-16 You never have to ask, \u201choney, are you okay?\u201d No unexplainable mood swings to deal with I\u2019m an unapologetic bachelor and I\u2019m sorry that I\u2019m not sorry about my single lifestyle. If there\u2019s anything my experiences have taught me, most married men regret getting married and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":447560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LIFESTYLE: 50 reasons not to get married - For my African brothers only - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/lifestyle-50-reasons-not-to-get-married-for-my-african-brothers-only\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"LIFESTYLE: 50 reasons not to get married - For my African brothers only - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Entertainment of Saturday, 16 December 2017 Source: musingsofanafricanbachelor.com 2017-12-16 You never have to ask, \u201choney, are you okay?\u201d No unexplainable mood swings to deal with I\u2019m an unapologetic bachelor and I\u2019m sorry that I\u2019m not sorry about my single lifestyle. 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