Tuesday, May 26, 2015

THE ROOT CAUSE OF MARRYING "POTENTIAL"


I was busy minding my own business (okay I checked other people's profiles too, lol) when I saw the silly notification from Facebook about people who commented on a "Top post" in a group I rarely check out. I joined the group so I'll get a few laughs on a really slow Facebook day (interestingly, I don't think of the group even on a slow day, lol). Anyway, I decided to look at the "Top post". Lo and behold, it was THE post. "Which one is "THE post" again?", you may ask. I'll gladly answer the question.

 

THE post is the reason why some ladies are married to broke guys whose "potential" has not yielded any positive dividend in the past 16 years of democracy. I can't remember if I ever got a forwarded email with "THE post" when forwarded annoying emails were the "in-thing". I think I first read "THE post" when I was in Group 1. I'm not sure which is more hilarious - "THE post" itself or the way my fellow "Myth Busters" and I took "THE post" apart...

 

Here's "THE post"

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A Guy who has no job got married to a banker,despite his fears and several advices that it's not good to marry without a job. Every month the girl would give the guy her full salary of GHc1,500 after removing her tithe. The guy would give the wife GHc250 for personal upkeep and the guy determined what happened to the remaining money. This happened for 3 good years. There was happiness in the family and the wife never refused to do her primary home duties for that 3 years, despite wrong advice from friends that 'you can't be paying the bills and still be doing all the work'. There was a particular month the guy used about GHc900 to travel from region to region for different interviews.

He finally got a job with a good firm. His salary was GHc8,000 monthly 4 a start. He bought his first car (a brand new) for GHc60,000 he gave the wife the car key,& continued to take public transport to work for about 2 years. Then he bought the 2nd car for GHc80,000 took the keys of the first car & gave his wife the keys of the 2nd car. They eventually moved into their own house after few years. One day, the wife was looking for some. documents. She stumbled on a file neatly hidden, when she opened it, she saw her wedding picture when she was very slim in the first page of the file. She then saw that the document the purchase of the land and every other thing in the house were all written in her name! At the last page was the husband's wedding picture and a note written by him:

''MY WIFE IS ALL I HAVE GOT. NOT EVEN THIS HOUSE WORTH GHc280,000 AT THE TIME I BUILT IS MINE'' .Tears started to roll down her eyes.This couple got married in 1998.

 

Last Sunday was their wedding anniversary with 3 children. True LOVE still exists till this day. Are you sure the love you have for your partner can be compared to this one you just read?

No matter what remember you chose each other. It doesn't matter who puts food on the table or who pays the bills. Always know, NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT.

 

Have a Blessed weekend.

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Seriously? Why do I feel the man thinks he did the banker "girl" a favour by marrying her? Then what's with the woman submitting all her salary except her tithe to the man (she for join the tithe na, lol)? Which book, chapter and verse of the Bible asks women to submit their salary to their husbands? Did Sarah do it? Deborah nko? What of the Proverbs 31 woman? If so, where did she get the money to buy the field she considered?

 

Uncle will spend GHc 1100 and give aunty GHc 250 for her upkeep. I just can't deal...I know it's a broke, lazy "potential" merchant that wrote this lie, erm testimony.

 

The part that had me hysterical was the line about her paying all the bills yet doing all the house chores. My simple question is "WHAT WAS THE MAN DOING WITH HIS FREE TIME?"

 

If I know my Maths correctly, the wife gave Uncle Husband GHc 39600 (I haven't calculated how much she might have earned if she had invested it). The first return she got was a GHc 60000 depreciating asset/liability. Mr Husband used seven and a half months worth of salary to buy a depreciating asset to show his appreciation for the GHc 39600 she invested in him for 3 years with hard labour. I question the financial intelligence of both man and wife. How did she end up as a banker sef? I won't want her as my banker, lol.

 

We haven't even talked about the risk involved in this "investment" (Mr. "Potential", Madam is truly expecting her GHc 60,000 car, then the GHc 80,000 car and finally the GHc 280,000 worth of property; it's eventually about the money, lol). Statistically, only FEW men remember the woman who stood by them when times were hard. I can recount horrendous tales of men whose school fees were paid by women who were eventually discarded. If we're talking in terms of risk, the likelihood of getting the outcome described in "THE post" is slim. I can already see a man with an oversized ego and I don't believe this story is true. I think it is the figment of someone's imagination. When I first saw this post about 3 years ago, they celebrated their wedding anniversary "last Sunday with 3 kids". It is still the same this year...Hmmmm

 

If you, Ms Banker, are still going ahead to marry Mr. Potential because of "THE post", please don't mind Kneekey2. She talks too much...Just don't say you weren't warned when you're still waiting after 25 years for your GHc 60,000 or GHc 80,000 car OR your GHc 280,000 properties...

 

Meanwhile, let me face money-making ventures...Have a blessed and productive day.

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