Veteran actress, Grace Omaboe, has advised couples not to listen to family members because that is tantamount to the collapse of their marriages, citing how families caused her second marriage to fall.
Speaking at ‘A Convergence of Mothers,’ an event organised by media personality, MzGee, Maame Dokono recalled how a marriage she enjoyed so well hit the rocks following her decision to pay heed to comments by family members, although she did not mention whether the comments were from the man’s side or her side.
“I have six children, and I went through hell to bring them up. Six children with three men; two with each man. The first two children were twins.
“With the first two children, I almost died. The day I was to come home, I got locked up in the elevator at Korle-Bu, and I thought I was about to die,” she said.
She added that; “I said I won’t get pregnant again, but when you meet a loved one, your words will not hold any longer. I met another man, and we gave birth to a boy and a girl. That marriage was so nice.
“My advice to you is, do not listen to the family. If you listen to your family, your marriage will collapse. Mine collapsed because I listened to family. The marriage was nice; we went abroad and we enjoyed the marriage, but it collapsed,” she added.
Despite that hiccup, Maame Dokono said she never stayed unmarried afterwards.
She said, “When it collapsed, I was 40 years old. I said I won’t get pregnant again, but I met another man and gave birth to two more children and that made it six.”
The veteran, while making her submission, urged mothers to take good care of their children, saying, “Me, when I have my babies, I don’t leave them with anyone. No matter what, I will take care of my children. It’s better than leaving them with people because you’d never know how they will treat your children.”
Organised under the theme “Yesterday’s Daughters, Today’s Mothers,” the forum sought to create a safe space for mothers across generations to reflect, share, and learn from each other’s journeys of raising children in Ghana’s ever-evolving social landscape.
It featured a series of panel discussions and expert-led sessions on various aspects of motherhood.
Topics included legal rights and responsibilities in raising children in Ghana, mental health challenges among mothers, raising adolescents, children’s nutrition, managing special needs, and navigating the modern education system.
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