Former African table tennis champion, Olufunke Oshonaike, has decried the
increasing rate at which she gets marriage proposals from married men.
Oshonaike, who made the outburst on Facebook, said she lost confidence in
marriage after her previous relationships collapsed.
In one of her failed relationships, the sportswoman said she caught her
boyfriend in bed with another girl, a day before her trip to the 2000 Olympics
in Sydney, despite carrying a pregnancy.
Recently, her marriage with Kevin Irabor, who allegedly married another
woman despite still being married to the Olympian, broke down after two boys.
The 44-year-old lamented “the sadness infidelity and unfaithfulness” caused
her.
She said, “I went through depression. I was keeping lots of things to
myself, not wanting people to know about me! So, I will never do to a woman
like me what gave me sadness and what I ran away from.
“If your wife can stand you with committing adultery and cheating on her,
that’s her own choice! I can’t stand a man that cheats again, never! I will
continue to be alone than stand a man that cheats, lie and abusive!
I’ve been going through this since I was a teenager and I’m sick and tired
of begging married men to please leave me alone! I don’t want any gifts or
anything from you guys. Give those gifts to your wives! If you’re having
problem with your wife, I’m not your option because I’m a woman like your
wife!”
She also expressed displeasure over women who still gave room for married
men to have relationships with them.
The veteran table tennis star added, “I know how it feels to be cheated on
over and over again! I’ve chosen my sanity not to accept it again and not to go
through that pain again. So, please women, let’s join hands together to shame
those married men that cheat on their wives!
“To all those women dating married men, remember that what goes around
comes around! Be rest assured that what you do to others, will be done to you
one day! Please, I’m healing, I want to one day believe in that institution
called marriage again!”
