Veteran Nollywood actress Rita Edochie recently expressed her strong opinion on the importance of boundaries in marriage, specifically regarding married men’s relationships with other women. In a heartfelt message, Edochie emphasized that a married man’s closest female friend should be his wife, not his ex or a female friend.
Edochie had strong words for single women who may see themselves as a married man’s “best friend,” cautioning that such dynamics often create misunderstandings. She advised married men to let go of past relationships and focus on their wives, highlighting the importance of respecting marital boundaries.
In a post written in pidgin on Instagram, she said, “The next thing now una go begin tok second wife matter. As a married man, you are busy keeping female besties. Your ex for that matter, if I talk now una go say Ijele you dey worry. Imagine going back to your vomit, if you love and value your relationship with your ex a lot, why didn’t you end up with her?”
She continued, “Why drop her? Call her your ex, marry an entirely different woman. Then go back to relate with that same ex while still married to your wife? Have you thought about the mental and emotional stress it imposes on the women you lawfully wed? Hmmmmm. Just hmmm.”
“Goat and yam no dey stay together simple. This was how that other one came in with the colleague and bestie format, why have a woman as your bestie or personal assistant? Listen as a married man, your only female bestie should be your wife.”
She also addressed single women who claim to be “besties” to married men, saying, “All these single ladies claiming besties to married men, all of una be side chicks to that man, you can’t be with him, locked up alone in one room and not do one or two, nothing person wan tell me biko.”
She urged married men to fully commit to their wives and leave past relationships behind, adding, “Stop deceiving yourselves, when she becomes your ex, move on and focus on your wife. I imagine your ex visiting your matrimonial home to cook for you as a married man. Haba na ment? Ndi ala, I am so angry right now.”
See her post below..