The Pain Of A #ChildBride

Date: 23-07-2013 11:07 am (10 years ago) | Author: umeh oma
- at 23-07-2013 11:07 AM (10 years ago)
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Early marriage is no new thing from where I come from. It’s not new to mum, neither is it new to my elder sister who got married at the age of 15. I grew up knowing I was going to be the wife of Alhaji Tamuna as my Father used me to settle the debt he owed him. But what I didn’t know was that I was going to get married at the age of 13.
My Father and Alhaji Tamuna came home that evening and told me to prepare myself for marriage in less than a months’ time. In as much as I knew I was betrothed to Alhaji Tamuna, I did not expect that they would want me to actually get married at such a tender age. My chest was flat, my thoughts like an un tapped vegetation and that was the year I saw my first blood flow.

Finally, my worst nightmares were actually happening. The wedding was fixed in 2weeks time.  “don’t worry my dear, I will take good care of you. Anything you need I will buy for you, and as for your flat chest, when we get married I will pump them out.”   Alhaji Tamuna said to me that morning the wedding was fixed then he burst into a hilarious laughter.
I remember when my elder sis got married two years ago when I was 11. She looked like the perfect bride but in her inside she was boiling with hatred for both our father and her husband, but she pretended everything was fine, just to make our father happy, just to protect the family name.........

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Posted: at 23-07-2013 11:07 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie
- micc at 23-07-2013 12:22 PM (10 years ago)
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Hmmm ok o
Posted: at 23-07-2013 12:22 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
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