Actress Uche Ogbodo
In an exclusive chat with Punch's Saturday Beats, popular Nollywood
actress, Uche Ogbodo, has opened on on her failed marriage which did
not last up to a month before it crumbled like a pack of cards, saying
that it crashed due to frequent lies her husband fed her.
The Enugu state-born actress who recently celebrated her 30th
birthday spoke about her personal demon, adding that marriage is not a
priority for her but she would love to be in a relationship because she
gets lonely sometimes.
On dating again after her failed marriage:
Sometimes it gets lonely because there is nobody to talk to. Not
that there are no men but because of all the hurts and disappointment I
have been through, it is not easy trusting again. Like I say to some of
my friends, it is no longer as easy as it used to be for me to trust a
man again. Dating is easy but being in a proper relationship is very
difficult. Once beaten, twice shy. It is so hard for me to trust
someone, to know if he is coming for good and he is not going to betray
my trust and hurt me.
It is hard that I don’t have a friend even though there are so many
men out there. But then, to get that right person that makes you feel
he is your friend; someone that would never hurt me and would be there
for better and for worse and I can open my fears to, is difficult and I
miss that. I am also not in a hurry to have that because I am too scared
to trust a man. It is a personal demon now. Marriage is not the first
thing on my mind because I am not stable emotionally but I want to be in
a relationship because I want to be loved. I want to have someone pray
for me, talk to me and relate with me. I would love that so much but it
is so difficult finding that person and if care is not taken, you can
just keep going in and out of relationships without knowing the right
person.
uche and her daughter
On if she has been speaking to her estranged husband or have any form of relationship with him:
I don’t have any relationship with the father of my child; we don’t
talk. One would think that because we have a child we would be cool
with each other but in reality, the case is otherwise. I have not seen
any effort from him to reach out to me or our child. Ironically, my
baby’s first word was daddy. Maybe she misses having a father figure in
her life but I know she will adapt, I am strong and my baby is a strong
girl.
On motherhood, loneliness, and challenges of being a single mother:
There really isn’t any challenge in motherhood; the main challenge
is in being a single mother. As a single mother, you are doing the job
of two people on your own ranging from the financial aspect to raising a
child. The challenges would be that sometimes I am not able to do some
things that I would if I were not with a child as a single girl; now I
have to consider my child first. Sometimes there are some extravagances
that I am supposed to indulge in but I cannot.
It is just like when I had my baby, because I had to pay for my
trip to the US and also foot my medical bill, I could not get the latest
car that I wanted to drive then. It is one of the challenges that I
faced, if I had someone to support me, like a partner, the financial
burden would have been less. There is no challenge in nurturing my baby
because she gives me so much joy. She sees me through the day and when I
think about all the things we do together, it keeps me going. It makes
me want to struggle the more because I want to give her the best in
life.
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