An older woman bemoaned being unmarried and still looking since she turned down numerous suitors in order to sacrifice her life and get married before giving her siblings a proper education.
This was revealed in an interview with AfriMax by the Congolese woman known only as Alphonsine Tawara.
She added that since she was the only one caring for her siblings, she wanted them to complete their education and lead better lives before opting to get married to any man.
“The reason I am still single is that I haven’t found the right man for me. But when I was still a young girl, several men were chasing after me. I dated several, but I refused to get married before my siblings graduated because I was the one who was taking care of them. Men would approach me for marriage and I would tell them no because I wanted to educate my siblings first, then marry later,” she said.
Unfortunately, age has caught up with her, and now that she is ready to marry, men are not coming her way.
“If I get a husband, I would get married. I’m ready to be a wife and move in together with my husband,” Alphonsine said.
Although she has no child of her own, Alphonsine, who was a teacher and taught mostly in Catholic mission schools sees the pupils she has taught as her children.
“I have no biological child, but I am a mother of many – the children I have taught,” she said.
