Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide, has explained the reasons why it may not be advisable for men seeking a monogamous marriage to wed a woman older than them.
In a post on the micro-blogging platform X, Reno made the case that men generally retain their sexual desire well into their 80s and 90s, while women tend to experience a decrease in their libido after going through menopause.
According to him, if a woman is older than her husband and loses her libido, it may lead the man to cheat with a younger woman.
He added that it is preferrable for men to marry a woman who is way younger than them, instead of their agemate or an older woman
The controversial social media commentator wrote,
“If you are a man with a healthy libido, it is risky to marry a woman who is of the same age as you.
It is also risky, but less so, to marry a woman who is just a few years younger than you.
However, IF you plan on a monogamous marriage, then it will be disastrous to marry a lady who is older than you.
If you both agree that you can be polygamous, then it is not a problem. You say you are in love? Listen, love cannot control your libido. You, as a man will retain your libido into your eighties and possibly nineties
if God spares your life. But women do not retain theirs that long. I do not think it is fair.
But gender libido imbalance is a fact of life. So, if you marry a woman who is your age mate or older than you, and she loses her libido after menopause, but you retain yours, what are you going to do? Start disturbing Unilag girls? That is why there should be a healthy age gap between husband and wife for a viable marriage.”
