Nelo Okeke is here to drop some serious truth bombs about marriage and financial independence. And she does that sharing her experience. She got married young and admits that she didn’t know much about money back then. In her family, education was a big deal, but financial literacy wasn’t.
Having married at the age of 23 after meeting her husband at 22, she acknowledges that discussions about women’s economic power were absent in her upbringing. Coming from a family where education was paramount, Nelo is grateful for the privilege of a solid educational background. “I graduated with my master’s degree,” she noted, highlighting the importance of education in her life. However, she admitted that despite her qualifications, she undervalued the significance of financial stability during her early years.
Nelo recounted how, at the time, she viewed marriage as her primary focus, even quitting her job, with the belief that her husband would …