Marbeek

I’ve noticed a pattern in marriages among immigrants in the UK, particularly those marriages that eventually break down. Any bad behaviour you tolerate from your partner while you’re still in Nigeria is likely to become the major reasons for conflict or divorce when you move abroad. The change in environment, the pressure of settling into a new country, and the realities of life abroad can expose problems that were already there. And more often than not, it’s the same behaviour you overlooked back home that eventually becomes the breaking point. I’ve always held this opinion: relocation doesn’t break a marriage; it only exposes the bad marriage you bring into it.