{"id":53002,"date":"2014-10-02T11:54:43","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T11:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=53002"},"modified":"2014-10-02T11:54:43","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T11:54:43","slug":"marriage-scares-me-anita-owusu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=53002","title":{"rendered":"Marriage scares me – Anita Owusu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While many women believe marriage defines their sense of self and would jump at the least opportunity to get hooked, there are others who are not in a hurry to tie the knot. One such person is the bubbly television presenter and actress, Anita Owusu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Although the Morning Ride presenter yearns to settle down with her Mr Right someday, she is rather treading carefully since the idea of marriage scares her.<\/p>\n

In fact, Anita who describes herself as \u2018old skuul\u2019 believes the high rate of divorce cases in recent times is probably what has generated this fear in her.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarriage scares me a lot. Not that I don\u2019t appreciate this divine institution but I think of the commitment that comes with it and I wonder if I am prepared to embark on the journey from start to finish,\u201d she confessed to\u00a0Showbiz<\/strong>\u00a0in an interview on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, many ladies get married without preparing adequately for it. Sometimes, they do so because their friends are settling down, family members put undue pressure on them or just because they meet a rich guy and they think that is enough grounds to get married.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I don\u2019t think that should be the case. You should be prepared on all fronts for the task ahead and not just the fun of it. It is about you and your man and what the two of you are looking for in the union. Whether you are compatible among others. All these are important things to consider and sincerely, if you should ask me if I\u2019m ready for marriage, I will say no,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n

Giving her own tutorials about marriage, Anita said most men see marriage as the \u201cend of the campaign\u201d to woo ladies they admire but after the deal is sealed, it is \u201cserious business\u201d for them and that is where the \u00a0ladies get it wrong, they still live in the fantasy world.<\/p>\n

\u201cSincerely, I think that if I had married my boyfriend immediately we met, the union would have crashed by now. I have noticed over the time that we are two different people and our differences are huge, so what do we do? We study ourselves and get to know and accept each other\u2019s shortcomings as well as strengths,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the single mother of one who is in a three-year-old relationship said that she doesn\u2019t look forward to dying a spinster and so would definitely get married when the \u201c time is ripe\u201d, remarking, \u201cno matter how successful or comfortable you are, you still need companionship\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to Anita, due to our cultural setting, young single mothers are stereotyped in society but believes they should rather be encouraged and not judged by their actions.<\/p>\n

Touching on her own personal experience as a single mother, Anita said that being in a situation like that has toughened her and made her wiser in life. \u201cThe only regret I have in life is not giving birth early. I probably would have \u00a0had more children than I have now\u201d.<\/p>\n

Love is said to be a beautiful thing and Anita said one of her most memorable days was when her Ivorian boyfriend \u201cconned\u201d her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t really forget that day because he did a remarkable thing that was very uncharacteristic of many African men. He went for a flower and put it in my hair, it was so magical and I just loved the whole act and I\u2019ve not gotten over the feeling yet,\u201d she said giggling.<\/p>\n

Away from her love life, Anita who has been hosting the Morning Ride show for over a decade said that she is not perturbed by the many talk shows springing up on TV and doesn\u2019t see them as competition. She has no intention of quitting soon since she loves what she is doing.<\/p>\n

A product of Odorgonno Secondary School and Ghana Institute of Journalism, her ambition is to study child psychology, the reason for which she said she founded her Special Needs foundation to cater for the welfare of physically challenged persons in orphanages.<\/p>\n

Likes and dislikes? \u201cI love afternoon tea, history, antique and every woman\u2019s wish, a perfect gentleman. I dislike loud things.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: Graphic Online\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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