An elderly woman has lamented being single and still searching because she rejected many men in the name of sacrificing her life to give her siblings a good education before getting married.
The Congolese woman identified as Alphonsine Tawara disclosed this in an interview with AfriMax.
She explained that she was the only one who was taking care of her siblings, so she wanted them to graduate and have a better life before deciding to settle down with 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.