{"id":15167,"date":"2020-05-11T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=15167"},"modified":"2020-05-17T23:45:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T03:45:15","slug":"why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html","title":{"rendered":"Why Women Endure Bad Marriages (I Am African Podcast #10)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last week, I shared <a href=\"http:\/\/verastic.com\/personal\/how-my-marriage-ended.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>my marriage and divorce story<\/strong><\/a> again on Facebook, on Ola Bisi&#8217;s Facebook profile page, as part of her #DivorceNotStigna series. It&#8217;s a series of stories by women who walked out of their marriage and got divorced after enduring too much. But reading some of the comments, raised another question about why women endure bad marriages. So, of course, I am here to answer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15169\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Why-Women-Stay-In-Marriages-Verastic-I-Am-African-Podcast.png\" alt=\"Why-Women Stay In Marriages Verastic I Am African Podcast\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Why-Women-Stay-In-Marriages-Verastic-I-Am-African-Podcast.png 900w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Why-Women-Stay-In-Marriages-Verastic-I-Am-African-Podcast-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Why-Women-Stay-In-Marriages-Verastic-I-Am-African-Podcast-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Why-Women-Stay-In-Marriages-Verastic-I-Am-African-Podcast-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Why Women Endure Bad Marriages<\/h3>\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-3707336\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/894760\/3707336-ep-10-why-women-endure-bad-marriages.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-3707336&amp;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>You can also listen at any and all of the following places:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/iamafrican.buzzsprout.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/i-am-african-by-verastic\/id1500826309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Apple Podcast<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS84OTQ3NjAucnNz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Google Podcasts<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4ES2d1DIqg9V4TItH9IWS4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Spotify<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ihr.fm\/2WxpERH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>iHeart Radio<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/i-am-african-by-verastic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sticher<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/listen?u=0#\/ps\/Iymbxjiihk4g2gkq2sq75gxbzyq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Google Play Music,<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Arts--Culture-Podcasts\/I-Am-African-by-Verastic-p1299132\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tunein,<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/i-am-african-by-verastic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Spreaker<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/iamafrican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Blubrry<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalpodcast.com\/feeds\/96543-i-am-african-by-verastic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Digital Podcast<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/us\/show\/923462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Deezer<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/i-am-african-by-verastic-1026608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Podchaser<\/strong><\/a>, and the Sono App (no link).&nbsp; If there\u2019s a podcast player you prefer that isn\u2019t listed here, let me know and I\u2019ll see if I can submit my podcast there. But that\u2019s not all! I have also finally finished creating the home for the I Am African Podcast, here on Verastic.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/verastic.com\/iamafricanpodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>See for yourself<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d love to connect with you on social media:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iamafricanpodcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamafricanpod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/groups\/iamafricanpodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please, please, please share and rate the I Am African podcast. Apple Podcast lets you leave reviews. Help a girl out, please. Rate and Share. Rate and Share. Rate and Share. Thank you!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I shared my marriage and divorce story again on Facebook, on Ola Bisi&#8217;s Facebook profile page, as part of her #DivorceNotStigna series. It&#8217;s a series of stories by women who walked out of their marriage and got divorced after enduring too much. But reading some of the comments, raised another question about why<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_14738191_14738191":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1495],"tags":[290,467,1496,1498,19,164],"class_list":["post-15167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-i-am-african-podcast","tag-divorce","tag-domestic-violence","tag-i-am-african","tag-i-am-african-podcast","tag-love","tag-marriage","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Women Endure Bad Marriages (I Am African Podcast #10) - Verastic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When you&#039;re not in the situation, it&#039;s easy to say you will never do certain things. But why do women endure bad marriages and not walk away sooner?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Vera Ezimora\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html\",\"name\":\"Why Women Endure Bad Marriages (I Am African Podcast #10) - Verastic\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Why-Women-Stay-In-Marriages-Verastic-I-Am-African-Podcast-copy.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-11T11:12:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-18T03:45:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/2c1b7969fbea03a45b97d54a5228cc1a\"},\"description\":\"When you're not in the situation, it's easy to say you will never do certain things. But why do women endure bad marriages and not walk away sooner?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Why-Women-Stay-In-Marriages-Verastic-I-Am-African-Podcast-copy.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Why-Women-Stay-In-Marriages-Verastic-I-Am-African-Podcast-copy.png\",\"width\":900,\"height\":458,\"caption\":\"Why-Women Stay In Marriages Verastic I Am African Podcast\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why Women Endure Bad Marriages (I Am African Podcast #10)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/\",\"name\":\"Verastic\",\"description\":\"Recklessly authentic.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/2c1b7969fbea03a45b97d54a5228cc1a\",\"name\":\"Vera Ezimora\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6c1e19c23a08351aab97f35d3ca650f0b87e7e96937f85baf0faf6e0834bc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6c1e19c23a08351aab97f35d3ca650f0b87e7e96937f85baf0faf6e0834bc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Vera Ezimora\"},\"description\":\"I mean, I'm a lot of things - a Writer, Blogger, Speaker, Vlogger, Content Creator, Storyteller, Truth-Sayer, Milk-Lover, Yogurt-Addict, Entrepreneur, Daughter, Wife, Mom, &amp; Nwa Jesu. Nigerian girl with Russian roots and future mommy of confusingly identical twin boys.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/verastic.com\",\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/verastic\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/verastic\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/author\/vera\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why Women Endure Bad Marriages (I Am African Podcast #10) - Verastic","description":"When you're not in the situation, it's easy to say you will never do certain things. But why do women endure bad marriages and not walk away sooner?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Vera Ezimora","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html","url":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html","name":"Why Women Endure Bad Marriages (I Am African Podcast #10) - Verastic","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Why-Women-Stay-In-Marriages-Verastic-I-Am-African-Podcast-copy.png","datePublished":"2020-05-11T11:12:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-18T03:45:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/2c1b7969fbea03a45b97d54a5228cc1a"},"description":"When you're not in the situation, it's easy to say you will never do certain things. But why do women endure bad marriages and not walk away sooner?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Why-Women-Stay-In-Marriages-Verastic-I-Am-African-Podcast-copy.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Why-Women-Stay-In-Marriages-Verastic-I-Am-African-Podcast-copy.png","width":900,"height":458,"caption":"Why-Women Stay In Marriages Verastic I Am African Podcast"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/i-am-african-podcast\/why-women-endure-bad-marriages-i-am-african-10.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why Women Endure Bad Marriages (I Am African Podcast #10)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/#website","url":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/","name":"Verastic","description":"Recklessly authentic.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/2c1b7969fbea03a45b97d54a5228cc1a","name":"Vera Ezimora","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6c1e19c23a08351aab97f35d3ca650f0b87e7e96937f85baf0faf6e0834bc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6c1e19c23a08351aab97f35d3ca650f0b87e7e96937f85baf0faf6e0834bc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Vera Ezimora"},"description":"I mean, I'm a lot of things - a Writer, Blogger, Speaker, Vlogger, Content Creator, Storyteller, Truth-Sayer, Milk-Lover, Yogurt-Addict, Entrepreneur, Daughter, Wife, Mom, &amp; Nwa Jesu. Nigerian girl with Russian roots and future mommy of confusingly identical twin boys.","sameAs":["http:\/\/verastic.com","http:\/\/facebook.com\/verastic","https:\/\/x.com\/verastic"],"url":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/author\/vera"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Why-Women-Stay-In-Marriages-Verastic-I-Am-African-Podcast-copy.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Mdf8-3WD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15167"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15195,"href":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15167\/revisions\/15195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}