"Who Made This Law That The Husband Is Supposed To Be Older Than The Wife" -Nigerian Lady Asks

This is one of the most intriguing questions on Twitter asked by an influential, Dr Tools (@toolzbeib). she threw the question and it got lots of reactions from her followers and other Twitter users.





For most people, especially Africans, it is like a norm. We hardly hear of cases where the woman is older than her husband – although there are rare cases. The African society tend to normalise marriage where the man is older. In fact, many women will not accept to date or marry a man that is younger than themselves. This is because they may not be respectful to such man. Here are some response to the tweet by Dr Tools:








In the western world and among some fraction of Africans, the women are comfortable with a younger man. To these women, love and understanding is more important than age. Considering the fact that maturity is not even a thing of age, these women do not mind.