Three decades after Freshly Mwamburi paid the Stella price, men are still sponsoring their girlfriend's education with the expectations of marrying her after her education.
I know of a friend whose mother-in-law recalled her daughter upon her graduation. They had a child
I know of a friend whose mother-in-law recalled her daughter upon her graduation. They had a child
when the girl was still on campus. That did not prevent the mother from recalling her daughter. The daughter had outgrown my friend, who sacrificed his own education to see it that his girlfriend was educated first. After months of persuasions without success, my friend
asked his elders to escort him to the girl's parents. He thought the girl had ghosted him because he had not yet settled the dowry. He wanted to request for patience because their daughter's education had frozen my friend's pockets.
He proceeded with the journey despite the girl warning him not to. Coincidentally, on the day when he reported to her home, another man's family was there paying for her dowry. My man was devasted, he was inconsolable in his tears.
His former mother-in-law told my friend that because his daughter was now working, she was in a position to repay the money he spent paying for her education. While the dowry payment delegation was being entertained in her father's house, his was welcomed into her bro's isimba.
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