WHO SAYS DIVORCE IS BAD?

Oyinkansolami, as I fondly called her, was my first love. We had known each other since elementary school. But it wasn't until college that we finally started courting. Oh, it was such an epic moment. Whenever we were together, I literally felt like I was floating on cloud nine. I really loved her that much. Every moment spent with her was like a slice of heaven. All was really going well until I received a mail from the woman I loved. As I went through the contents of her message, I became very broken. I struggled hard to believe what I was seeing. Seated silently on the couch and in front of the TV with my mouth agape, tears built a castle in my red eyes. My baby had sent a mail containing her wedding card, but it wasn't my face that was on it. She had found a new love and was getting married to him. She never told me she was dating anyone until that fateful day.

A part of me could still not believe what was happening, so I swiftly picked up my car keys and headed straight to her house, and it was no fake news. There she was, beautifully dressed in a pink gown and a pair of heels, holding the soft palms of her new found love. I stared at her eyes with my heart bleeding, for I couldn't imagine my Oyinkansola was about wedding another.

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"High fever, stomach aches, cold, malaria." Enough excuses to skip her wedding that Easter weekend. Reality had finally dawned on me.

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Two decade later, I saw Oyinkansolami on the smelling sheets of a hospital bed while on community service with a group of volunteer doctor. She was looking like smoked fish from Abule Iroko heated under a burning fire. The poor woman was having a shrunken form and her fingers were weak. I learnt her husband was a vampire, but what I couldn't believe was why she insisted on staying married to him.

"My Oyinkansola, who did this to you? Please divorce the beast", I pleaded as I sat beside her on her dying bed.

In split seconds, I heard the nurse on duty say, "It's too late sir. Her husband has killed her already." Oh, I was broken. I wept my eyes sore. I lamented like David did when he learnt about the fall of Saul and Jonathan.

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Oyinkansolami, a smart and promising young woman was married to alcohol for more than two decades, and he ate up the livers of this 40 year old woman.

When I saw her wedding card on my mail that year, it was a picture of her drinking.
When I drove to her house that day, I saw the bottles of alcohol in her hands. When I made excuses to skip her wedding that Easter weekend, I was tired of advising her to get a divorce.

Now, she ruined her destiny because she stayed married.

Now you tell me, WHO SAYS DIVORCE IS BAD?

It may be bad if the marriage is between a man and a woman, but you can't tell me it is bad when it is between a man or a woman and an addiction.

What addiction are you married to? It's time to get a divorce.

Are you addicted to alcohol? Get a divorce!
Are you addicted to smoking? Get a divorce!
Are you married to laziness? Get a divorce!
Are you addicted to procrastination? Get a divorce!
Are you married to pornography? Get a divorce.
Are you addicted to masturbation? Get a divorce today!

By all means, DON'T STAY MARRIED TO SOMETHING THAT WILL RUIN YOUR DESTINY. Don't wait till that addiction destroys you before you call it quit.

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