Most Kenyan ladies love watching the soap operas. In fact, some would forego a friend’s party just to catch up with the next episode.
The characters used for this soaps are very beautiful ladies and handsome men who go out of lengths to do anything for their partners.
Others involve risking their lives to fight through a group of kidnappers to rescue their loved ones in what most soaps portray as successful missions.
Everyone would love such a perfect relationship. They fail to show us the negative side of these characters but portrays them as perfect matches in perfect relationships full of love, goodies.
Some of the gifts they give to their partners for giving birth to a baby would even involve buying one a dream car or house.
The problem comes in when we come to the real world. The truth of the matter is that every relationship has ups and downs.
The ladies now want these ‘absolutely’ handsome men just as those in the soaps. You don’t have to agree with me but a number of them have confessed.
You meet a lady at the age of 30 who says I haven’t met my match and expectations, are in meeting a ‘handsome’ man.
Our Kenyan men with the hard economic times are hitting the road trying to make ends meet and thus not able to provide that ‘dream’ marriage just like the soaps.
Beatrice Ongeri says she also fancied marriage after she watches from the soaps seeing the husband cuddling the wife every time he came home carrying a long gifts flowers and a lot of
She says she expected the same only to release that as much as they really were; it is hard to achieve such a perfect relationship.
“I always fought with my husband for not taking me out. He would come home late night and this meant chaos. I always wanted much attention that I released it really just did not work. Everything goes on budget and there are many ups and downs in a relationship.” she said.
Ladies, don’t wait for things to work out. Welcome to the real world or you would ruin your marriage.