Love is only a small part of it

 Dear Obaa Yaa,

I am a 20-year-old Senior High School graduate living with my parents.

About two weeks ago, I met a young lady who I have fallen so much in love with.

Even though I have qualified to enter a tertiary institution, I want to marry this lady before someone grabs her.

Obaa Yaa, can I go ahead and mar­ry her before continuing my education since education is no race?

David, Ho.

Dear David,

Please take a cue from the saying that ‘first things first’. It is not advisable to stop school just because you want to get married to this lady. Getting married can’t be a priority over education.

You can, however, still be in school and engage her if you are so desper­ate about clinching her from others.

Whatever it is, remember that your education is more important because that is how you can attain a lucrative career to enable you look after a wife.

Getting married is more than mere­ly falling in love. It inevitably entails putting food on the table, bringing up children, paying school fees, elec­tricity and water bills.

Eventually, you will realise that love is only a small part of the entire enterprise.