I WOULD BE THE LAST PERSON TO STAND BETWEEN MY SON/DAUGHTER AND WHOMSOEVER HE/SHE WANTS TO MARRY IRRESPECTIVE OF THE RACE/TRIBE!................THE ONE BIG DIFFERENCE THAT I HAVE NOTICED WITH INTER-RACIAL MARRIAGES THOUGH IS THIS:
WHEN AN "OYINBO" MAN/WOMAN SAYS "IT IS OVER" THEIR WORD IS FINAL, THERE WILL BE NO " FRIENDS, FAMILLY MEMBERS COMING TO BEG THE OFFENDED SPOUSE TO FORGIVE AND FORGET AND EVEN IF THERE WERE, HER/HIS ANSWER STILL WILL BE "NO!!!
IN OUR NIGERIAN SOCIET ON THE CONTRARY, WHENEVER "WAR" LOOMS OVER A MARRIED COUPLE, FRIENDS, RELATIVES AND EVEN VILLAGE ELDERS WILL COME TOGETHER TO SEE THAT THE MARRIAGE DOES NOT HIT THE ROCKS! THE "OFFENDED WILL BE BEGGED, CAJOLED OR EVEN "BRIBED WITH GIFTS ETC,ETC, INORDER TO LET THE PAST BE AND MAKE A NEW START!
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY WE NIGERIANS CARRY THIS "NA WETIN BE YOUR TRIBE" THING, IT WOULD SOMETIMES SEEM EASIER TO MARRY A EUROPEAN THAN GETTING OVER THE HUDDLES OF MARRYING OUTSIDE YOUR TRIBE, AND THIS IS A SAD


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