A viral Facebook post showed a married woman allegedly caught cheating. She fled the scene, while the man involved almost faced mob confrontation after boldly claiming his actions were harmless and justified. Amid the backlash, one comment stood out for the wrong reason: “I don talk am before, I go still say am — Na mumu dey marry.”
Condemning infidelity is valid. Mocking marriage—as if commitment makes a person foolish—is not. Cheating reflects individual character failure, not the institution of marriage itself. Statements like this normalize betrayal, shame loyalty, and disguise emotional cowardice as repeated wisdom. Nigeria already battles broken trust, social tension, and moral fatigue. We don’t fix accountability gaps by declaring love or commitment a joke for “fools.”
The real red flag? When outrage for wrongdoing becomes applause for detachment, we start mocking the wounded instead of the wound.
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