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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Apr 9

    You’ve got a degree, the car and the house, but are you ever asked when are you getting married? We want to hear from women in Africa. Share your stories with us using the hashtag #BBCAfricaGirlTalk or WhatsApp us on +447832802238 or email bbcgirltalk@gmail.com”pic.twitter.com/ks3Y1aXWbn

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      2. Tebby Otieno‏ @otieno_tebby Apr 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I don`t hang around people who only think of my time of getting married, instead, I hang around those who challenge me how many degrees I should be having. Thinking of those who will challenge me in owning an aeroplane to land me in my home instead of driving #BBCAfricaGirlTalk

        1 reply 2 retweets 8 likes
      3. Tumayi M‏ @TumzMunz Apr 9
        Replying to @otieno_tebby @BBCAfrica

        How many degrees do you have my friend?

        0 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
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      2. Brenda Anugwom‏ @BeebbeeA Apr 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @DIfeoluwadavid

        A degree is seen as a route to success & since no man wants to marry a dependent, they go for the independent women. However, once the degree(s) and job have been checked off, a woman becomes intimidating, the men flee & her family reminds her about your age #BBCAfricaGirlTalk

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      3. uncle Ife‏ @DIfeoluwadavid Apr 9
        Replying to @BeebbeeA @BBCAfrica

        Quoting @chimamandaadie " the kind of man that would be intimidated by my success, is the kind of man I don't want to get involved with in the first place"

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Brenda Anugwom‏ @BeebbeeA Apr 9
        Replying to @DIfeoluwadavid @BBCAfrica @chimamandaadie

        No woman would want a man that she can intimidate; however, when "time starts racing", her family will start putting pressure and she will start thinking of having kids before the scary age of 40. #BBCAfricaGirlTalk

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      1. Simanje Yonusu‏ @nompilo_simanje Apr 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Generally, marriage is used as a measure of success for women while our male counterparts are not exposed to that societal pressure. People will overlook everything else & say she has failed to get herself a man as if that makes her less of a successful person #BBCAfricaGirlTalk

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      2. Bradley‏ @tha_bradd Apr 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        If you've got a degree, a car and a house you're already married

        3 replies 2 retweets 8 likes
      3. Mbo‏ @Pink_Wombat49 Apr 9
        Replying to @tha_bradd @BBCAfrica

        In my family getting admitted to the bar as an Advocate of the High Court was all the marriage I got... Biggest party...Nothing else was/is as important, simply additions...

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Bradley‏ @tha_bradd Apr 9
        Replying to @Pink_Wombat49 @BBCAfrica

        Wow

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      2. Naa Oyoe Quartey 🎀‏ @Naaoyoe Apr 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        #BBCAfricaGirlTalk after acquiring all these things you are sure to be asked when you are getting married and if you aren’t able to handle societal pressures well enough you find yourself depressed and traumatized because the never-ending brutality continues till you marry

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      2. tatenda nyadutu‏ @tcnyadutu Apr 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @advocatemahere @nompilo_simanje this is an interesting subject. Please participate so that we arrest 'discrimination and victimisation' of successful women

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Simanje Yonusu‏ @nompilo_simanje Apr 9
        Replying to @tcnyadutu @BBCAfrica @advocatemahere

        i think this is what we have failed to do as a society, we have failed to realise and accept that marriage is a subjective issue and hence the question which should be asked first before we are asked 'Where is your man?' is 'Do you want to get married?' #BBCAfricaGirlTalk

        0 replies 2 retweets 1 like
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      1. Kaymer Okot Emmy‏ @Kaymer89 Apr 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I Know People Who Are Married But Are Unhappy And Unmarried Who Are Happy... I Know People Who Married Later On In Life And Are Happy As Well... My Point Here Is That Everything Happens At Their Own Time And Pace. What Matters Is Creating A Meaningful, Purposeful Fulfilling Life.

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      1. Nchangwi Syntia‏ @synthymama Apr 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Eish, @BBCAfrica Twitter word limits won't allow us tell our beautiful stories. Now we have to use WhatsApp and we don't have smart phones #BBCAfricaGirlTalk

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      1. Paul Amoah‏ @pakaworld Apr 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I don't think it is wrong for me to tell my sister when she is getting married. Married is good but it is not byforce to get into it.

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      2. Allouez Sibanda‏ @AlloeSibanda Apr 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Marriage is not an achievement Marriage is not an achievement Marriage is not an achievement

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
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      1. simoncollins‏ @simoncollinsja1 Apr 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It's never a sin for you not to marry if only you can stay without it, don't have sex of any kind till death, that will be ok

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