@Sterling_Bankng I may not have everything figured out, and I don’t need to. I’m learning to trust my journey, embrace my seasons, and give myself grace along the way.
So today, I raise a glass to me. 🥂
To surviving. To healing. To growth. To new beginnings.
#SterlingBirthdayGratitude
There were days I questioned myself, days I felt lost and days when life didn’t look anything like the picture I had in my head. But through it all, I’m still here. Still standing. Still growing. Still learning. Still becoming.
And honestly, that alone is worth celebrating.
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@_Ola_sun_kanmi The woman didn't respond or even react to him. Just as the bus was about to move, I couldn't believe my ears when I heard the man say, "Ìkà ni yín" (you're wicked). That was the day I realized that not everyone begging for help truly needs it.
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I’m Nkechi, 30. Single. Living in Benin.
One thing adulthood taught me is: Everyone has a timeline for your life except you.
At 24, it was “When are you graduating?”
At 25, it was “When are you getting a job?”
At 27, it switched to “When are you getting married?”
Now at 30, it’s worse. Family WhatsApp group: “Aunty, age is not on your side.” Church: “Sister Nkechi, don’t be too choosy.” My mum called last Sunday and said, “Even that boy from the village who sells spare parts is asking about you. Just manage him.”
Like marriage is a business deal to avoid shame.
Nobody tells you how lonely it gets when you wait for the right person. Friends drop off after they marry. You get invited to weddings as the “single friend” who will catch the bouquet. You smile in photos while calculating rent and thinking, “If I marry for the wrong reason, I’ll be miserable for 40 years.”
I dated a guy for eight months last year. He was nice but wanted me to quit my job and focus on the home immediately after marriage. I said no. He called me “too modern.” We broke up.
For two weeks after, my aunt didn’t greet me properly, like I’d committed a crime.
The pressure makes you question yourself: Am I too picky? Am I too old? Am I the problem?
But I’ve learned this: Rushing into marriage to please people is the fastest way to ruin your life. I saw it with my cousin; married at 26 to please her dad, divorced at 29, now back in our mum’s house with a two-year-old.
So now I answer them the same way: “When God says it’s time.” Then I change the subject.
I’m not against marriage. I want it—but with a man who sees me as a partner, not a project to manage.
Until then, I’ll keep paying my own bills, traveling when I can, and ignoring the 30-year-old deadline they set for me.
My life isn’t a group project.