Back in the days, women (our mothers) would do anything to keep their marriages and strive to make it work. They endured a lot of hardship just to remain married. Some did it because of their children, others might have endured because they needed to remain Mrs.Somebody. Whatever their reasons might have been, these strong super women stayed married no matter the cost. Their husbands (our fathers) were either cheats or physical and verbal abusers, or all of the above, you name it. Women back in those days might be independent and successful but they never owned up to it as many gave up all they had to get a man out of fear that they might not be able to get a man otherwise. They did not want him to get intimidated by their car(s), job, house and any other form of accomplishment. Some women, who were not strong enough to endure, got divorced as expected. The others continue to persevere even till this very moment. You know them, our mothers, and older aunties. Personally, I did
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