{"id":764988,"date":"2019-12-14T13:57:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T13:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/14\/how-i-was-pressured-into-marriage-that-lasted-only-3-years\/"},"modified":"2019-12-14T13:57:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T13:57:41","slug":"how-i-was-pressured-into-marriage-that-lasted-only-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/14\/how-i-was-pressured-into-marriage-that-lasted-only-3-years\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Was Pressured Into Marriage That Lasted Only 3 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_730526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-730526\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-730526\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191213_133850_638-7.jpg\" alt=\"Stephanie Busari \" width=\"1080\" height=\"1056\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-730526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephanie Busari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CNN correspondent, Stephanie Busari has shared her life story while advising young ladies against rushing into marriage.<\/p>\n<p>According to Busari, she was pressured into marriage and the marriage lasted only 3 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0CNN Reporter Ridicules Kemi Olunloyo On Twitter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Ten years ago today I got married. It lasted 3 years and I came away with a beautiful daughter and a heart full of (some) regrets. Does one mark such an auspicious occasion? Or just quietly acknowledge as one of the hopes and dreams that didn\u2019t quite pan out?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDespite all my achievements, I was flying high in my career. I had bought a flat, all before 30, I felt like a failure because I wasn\u2019t married. Parents have their own timeline for your life. You must create and embrace yours and BE HAPPY with your choices.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI got married largely due to pressure. It enveloped me like a cloud. Every time an embossed handwritten envelope thudded through the letter box \u2018inviting the pleasure of my parents company.\u2019 I heard my mother\u2019s heavy sigh, my father\u2019s questioning glances.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c10 years later, and I am still so sad at how miserable I was. My ex-husband was not a bad person, but we were just desperately incompatible. Even I was surprised we ended up together! Make sure and be doubly sure and be sure again before you say I do.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThese women feel like Mr Right Now is better than Mr Right, as long as they become a Mrs. Please DON\u2019T do it! The sadness of an unhappy marriage and home seeps into your soul. It is crushing and turns you into a shell of who you are.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephanie Busari CNN correspondent, Stephanie Busari has shared her life story while advising young ladies against rushing into marriage. According to Busari, she was pressured into marriage and the marriage lasted only 3 years. Read Also:\u00a0CNN Reporter Ridicules Kemi Olunloyo On Twitter \u201cTen years ago today I got married. It lasted 3 years and I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":764989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-764988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nollywood"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How I Was Pressured Into Marriage That Lasted Only 3 Years - 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\/2019\/12\/14\/how-i-was-pressured-into-marriage-that-lasted-only-3-years\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"How I Was Pressured Into Marriage That Lasted Only 3 Years - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Stephanie Busari CNN correspondent, Stephanie Busari has shared her life story while advising young ladies against rushing into marriage. 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