‘Don’t marry an illiterate’ — Sandra Iheuwa advises lovers

Sandra Iheuwa, the Nigerian businesswoman, has advised lovers never to marry an illiterate.

Iheuwa, who is married to Steve Thompson and a baby mama to Ubi Franklin, was speaking about what makes marriages tick in a post via her Instagram.

She also highlighted the importance of being able to have intellectual discourse in marriages.

“Imagine you have a master’s degree. And your partner is a high school dropout. The level of thinking won’t be the same. You can’t have a meaningful intellectual conversation with this person. It will never work,” she wrote.

“In whatever you do, make sure you marry a kind partner, not a useless and wicked one. This goes for both genders. I forgot to add this one. Don’t marry an illiterate.”

Public figures have had differing opinions about what partners should consider red flags in relationships.

In 2016, Enoch Adeboye, general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), advised the youth against marrying ladies who are weak in prayers.

“Marry a prayer warrior! Any girl who cannot pray for one hour non-stop, don’t marry her,” the clergyman said.

“Don’t marry a girl who is lazy! You pay her family a surprise visit, and you see how she is doing… If she is lazy when she is single, what would happen if she is married?

“Don’t marry a girl who cannot cook, she needs to know how to do chores and cook because you cannot afford to be eating out all the time.

“Don’t marry a girl, who is worldly, if you do, you have carried what you will worship for the rest of your life.”

Andrea Ekeng Inyang, the special assistant to Ben Ayade, Rivers state governor, on strategic communication, recently advised men not to marry ladies who drink beer in public.

Harrysong, the singer, similarly urged his colleagues never to marry women who are addicted to social media.

“If you want to live long and have peace in your home as a married man, do not marry a woman that is heavy on social media; that can’t have the discretion of what to post and what not to,” he argued.

“Because everything becomes content to attract brands to her.”