I would have stayed in my marriage if I had kid – Toke Makinwa

<p>Popular Nollywood actress and media personality, Toke Makinwa has said she would have stayed back in her marriage to her estranged husband, Maje Ayida if they had a child together.</p>, <p>DAILY POST recalls that Makinwa separated from Ayida in 2015 after discovering that he had impregnated his ex-girlfriend.</p>, <p>However, in the latest episode of her podcast, TokeMoments, the thespian said she would have had to compromise if she had a child.</p>, <p>She said, “A lot of women stay in unhealthy marriages for the children. For the longest you hear so many women say things like, ‘the marriage is done but I only stay for my kids.’</p>, <p>“And I’m going to be honest here, if I have had a kid while I was married, I may have been one of those women. Because I also had the trauma of losing both parents at the age of 8. I mean, I was adopted. I have a great life which I’m thankful for but there were times that I wondered what life could have possibly been like if that didn’t happened.</p>, <p>“So, for the sake of my children, I may have had to compromise just because I wanted them to have mum and dad. I may have been one of these women. So, I’m not even judging anyone right here.”</p>, <p>Her guest on the podcast, Iyabo Ojo said she left her marriage with her children instead of staying back with them because “I was young at the time. If I was at this age, a lot of decisions I took, I probably would not had taken. Because now I’m more wiser and have a better understanding of life.</p>, <p>“But then I was coming from a place where I was already damaged as a child. You know when you come from a very wealthy home but you’ve to still raise yourself? Things like that.</p>, <p>“I didn’t grow up to know my mum and dad. I was living with dad, my grandmother and his brothers. My granny was my mum to me. And my dad, I used to call him his name. My dad was not like a dad. He was like a brother and friend. He was like an uncle because he enjoyed life too much and he really didn’t had time to pay attention to me.</p>, <p>“Me gr