Betty Irabor, a popular Nigerian writer and publisher, reacted to Pastor Julie, who said her 39-year marriage was good because she played the fool.
Pastor Julie advised married couples in a video that she had to play the fool in her 39-year marriage to make it work. View here.
Betty Irabor, creator of Genevieve Magazine, disagreed with this advice, saying that she had been married for 39 years and that playing a fool to keep the peace was damaging psychologically, emotionally, and physically.
She wrote;
“Eeeya. also married for 39 years. Being a fool for so long to keep peace out of submissiveness or respect for your spouse is bad psychologically, emotionally, and physically. Gosh! “I commend her if her marital recipe is working.”