Ghanaian Man Shares His Experience With Court Marriages, Advises Youth: "Don't Do It"
- A Ghanaian man has advised young men to avoid court marriages, saying it takes away their rights and obligations
- He suggested that ordinance marriage makes the divorce process too long and stressful for the parties involved unlike traditional marriage
- His opinion attracted reactions from followers of his TikTok page, as they thronged the comment section to share their views
A middle-aged Ghanaian man shared his experience with ordinance marriage, also known as civil union.
In a trending TikTok video, the Ghanaian man, who is now divorced, shared his regret over opting to marry under an ordinance many years ago.
Source: TikTok
He said the divorce process he went through opened his eyes to the emotional and psychological stress that ordinance marriage brings to people.
Based on this experience, the middle-aged man advised Ghanaian youth to avoid court marriages because it is draining and unfavourable to men.
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"If you are a young man, don't allow anyone to convince you to go marry and sigh at the court or the church. I don't care whether you attend a catholic church or Pentecost, don't do it," he urged.
"Ordinance marriage negate traditional marriage....Ordinance marriage is like a state institution, the state binds you two with the law, and this thing changes your rights and obligations as a man," he stated.
The Ghanaian man, in a video posted on TikTok by @truthmarks, blamed the church for what he described as "a disservice" to the young guys relative to court marriage.
He said the church should use their marriage counselling sessions to educate would-be couples on all the marital laws in Ghana.
Reactions to the Ghanaian man's video
The Ghanaian man's video reached over 27,000 people online, racking up more than 24.8 likes and 2.4k comments, as of the time of drafting this report.
Some of the reactions are compiled by YEN.com.gh below:
@Stéfãn Governor said:
"Why should you want to get into marriage with divorce in mind?"
@fire man replied:
"That is exactly what the court wants. for you to think you will never divorce until it happens to you."
@osempakaniopoku also said:
"For this one I don’t agree with u. Find a God fearing woman n there will be no fear."
@NanaYaw wrote:
"The disadvantage of the customary marriage is that, those living abroad finds it difficult to bring their wife's over."
Couple spends $200 on court wedding
Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported that a beautiful couple reportedly spent $200 (GH¢2,536.68) on their wedding when they tied the knot in a courthouse ceremony to seal their love and live as husband and wife.
The couple sealed their love and became husband and wife during the ceremony, which lasted 10 minutes
The pair's viral video has received over 800,000 views and countless comments from online users.
Proofread by Berlinda Entsie, journalist and copy editor at YEN.com.gh
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