if you are a young guy below 30, pay solid attention to this tweet and if you are unmarried, then congratulations.
there is something i need you to do. go check your family history, from your great grandfather down to your father. find out how they grew up and how they got married.
now, let me tell you this; there is a high chance that your great grandfather married in poverty and gave birth to your grandfather in poverty, your grandfather married in poverty and gave birth to your father in poverty and your father also married in poverty, despite his efforts, he couldn't break out of that cycle before marrying your mother. then you were born into that same poverty.
do you know what i need you to do?
try as much as possible to break out of poverty, that yoke before you get married. i know it is not easy and it'll not be easy but please try. in fact, if it means delaying marriage for a few more years so you can break that cycle, then do it. if it means postponing marriage, do it.
do you know why?
the moment you step into marriage, that same burden will follow you. it becomes much harder to escape poverty once you have the extra responsibilities of a family esp if you come from a struggling background. it takes hard work, even more hard work and the grace of god to break out of poverty after marriage as a man who was born into a poor family.
now, the second mistake is marrying a woman from a similarly struggling background. what do i mean? you marry a woman whose parents are struggling, whose siblings are struggling and who is also struggling financially.
ah! don't make that mistake.
otherwise, you may spend the rest of your life carrying burdens that become much heavier than you imagined. you will regret it and you will cry. repost and share this aggressively to other young men, buena suerte 👍
As a man, it’s important to have your own things.. big or small, have your own things. Ska adima, ska kopa. It’s important. O avoida lenyatso le tello 🤞🏾