How I Face Pressure to Get Married – Singer, Yemi Alade

Nigerian singer Yemi Alade is one of the most talented, successful, and powerful musicians to come out of the continent today. With a slew of hits like “Johnny”, “Taking Over Me”, and more under her belt, Yemi Alade has made her mark on the music industry and in the African entertainment industry globally. Yet, despite all her career accomplishments, all a number of people can still see when they look at the now 34 year old singer, is a ring finger without a ring.

During her latest interview with Cool FM, Yemi Alade spoke about the pressures to get married and how she feels about pressure, especially from family members, to get married and have children. Here’s what Yemi Alade had to say about the whole thing.

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Speaking about the pressures to get married, especially on social media around this time of year, and also speaking about the pressures to get married in general, Yemi Alade said during her interview:

YEMI ALADE: People get married every year, especially towards the end of the year, it gets even crazier. I’m under no pressure honey. Nobody should be. When it’s time, it’s time.

Family pressure is a difficult pressure to shake off because it’s the people you respect and look up to that are insisting that you get married, but I believe if they have your best interest at heart, they will wait with you. Because it’s more important to have the right partner than to just get married. But asides that, I don’t think anyone should be in so much of a rush to make wrong decision and be with the wrong partner.

Have you guys checked how much Pampers is? Look, these babies they are gifts, but when they’re born, they need things. Let’s stop borning children to come and suffer.

Let’s normalize that. When mummy says go and marry, go and have child, say mummy do you have trust fund baby? Are you ready for trust fund baby? Let’s have questions to ask these people that have opinions, that are watching the womb on when we should.

I think no one should be under unnecessary pressure. Have you seen the economy? Calm down! For this economy, we no dey play like that oh.

What do you think about what Yemi Alade had to say about the pressures people put on others of a certain marry to marry and start having children. Let me know your thoughts by leaving a comment either below or on my Gistma Facebook post.

That’s All.