A Black American woman married to a Nigerian man shares her marriage story

A Black American woman has shared the story of how she ended up marrying a Nigerian man who had no papers three months after dating.

In a video posted on Tiktok, the lady who goes by the name Life by Ila, said she met her man online, and they got married three months after dating.

Ila said they both lived in the same city, he was parking cars for a living. He did not have a career. She had a career and her own place; they have been married now for 21 years with two children.

She stated that when they started dating, she had a lot of people who opposed their relationship because he had no papers.

So, she educated herself on what it meant to be with somebody who did not have papers. In those three months, they got to spend time together, date, and know each other.

Ila said she made an effort to block out the noise and get to know him outside of his documentation situation. She said she knew the type of man she wanted to marry and what she wanted to feel when she started dating someone.

”Sitting down with him, I quickly realized he was a very nice person, he was kind-hearted, educated, came from a very good family, and just an overall good person and so I liked him as a person outside his documentation situation.

Even though I was telling people all of these positive things, there was still a lot of negativities around being with a foreigner that didn’t have papers, stressing a Nigerian with no papers.” She spoke

Ila said it ended up working out. They have been married; they have a great life together and it worked out well.

”Ladies, what I would say is if you are dating a Nigerian or a foreigner without papers, do your due diligence. If it does not feel right, then it’s probably not right”.

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