Ehi Ogbebor, Nigerian Socialit And Interior Designer, Reveals Why Her Two Marriages Crashed, Urges Women To Walk Away From Toxic Relationships

<h4>Ehi Ogbebor<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that a successful interior designer whose two marriages failed has admonished women to walk out of marriages that are not working&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a video shared on her Instagram page&comma; the 38-year-old detailed her traumatic first marriage&comma; which began when she was just 18&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Nigerian socialite who once dated NURTW chieftain&comma; MC Oluomo said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I got married at 18&comma; and by 20 I was out&period; I almost lost my son to a deranged&comma; abusive marriage at five or six months&period; I left in 2007&semi; my son was just 10 months old&comma; and I was only 20 when I ran to Lagos&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> she said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ogbebor coined the term <strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Mumuraige”<&sol;strong> to describe the emotional toll on women who lose themselves trying to save a failing union&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You see a woman with so much to give becoming mentally destabilised because she’s trying to save a marriage for a man who will never appreciate her&comma;”<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>she said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The interior designer said what prompted her to speak out was a distressing call from a friend who spent 18 years in a troubled marriage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is painful&period; A man she stayed with for 18 years just woke up one day and said he was no longer interested&period; A man who cannot even afford to take care of his family&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While affirming that marriage can be beautiful&comma; she stressed the critical importance of self-worth and recognising when a relationship has reached a dead end&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have been married twice&period; I’m not saying run at the first issue&comma; but women need to know when a marriage is at a deadlock&period; I’m not saying run anytime you have an issue&comma; but you need to have a brain&period; You need to learn to stand up and face them&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Don’t allow these men to just think you’re a piece of trash and just talk down on you&period; You’re going to look like a weak mother&period; Don’t waste 10 years&comma; or 17 years of your life&period; Who told you your soulmate is not one billionaire in Saudi Arabia or in the south of France&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In January 2021&comma; Ogbegor announced she was dating Musiliu &OpenCurlyQuote;MC Oluomo&OpenCurlyQuote; Akinsanya&comma; the national president of the NURTW&period; The relationship later hit <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">the rock<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There relationship around 2021 was confirmed through social media posts&comma; public appearances&comma; and her visits to his office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although they eventually parted ways&comma; they have maintained a friendly&comma; cordial relationship&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;