24/02/2026
'My grandmother once told me something that has never left me.
She said, “When you’re a housewife with no income of your own, there are no fights in your marriage. Infact, you fight alone.”
She explained that when she was angry with my grandfather, she’d decide not to speak to him. Silent treatment, protest, all of it.
He? He carried on with his life like nothing was happening.
He knew that sooner or later, something would be needed in the house, like milk, sugar, salt, school shoes, bus money. And when that moment came, she would have to humble herself and ask him.
No apology. No accountability. No fixing things.
She even said when he was caught cheating, he’d just continue living normally with his side chick. She would eventually come back, because life needed money, and money was controlled by him.
Power is very quiet like that.
It doesn’t shout. It just waits.
So ladies, make your own money, bethuna.
Not because you don’t want love.
Not because you don’t want partnership.
But because you deserve the freedom to be angry, to leave, to stay, to negotiate, to love, without hunger or dependence making the decisions for you.
Financial independence is not anti-love.
It is anti-powerlessness.
Don’t be powerless please. 🙏🏾
And yes, I have spoken about this a million times before and will continue to do so'