Soni and Betty Irabor

They are both journalists: Soni is a broadcaster while Betty a print journalist, author and publisher. The pair attends events together and always attracts media attention anywhere they appear. The marriage is blessed with two kids. Betty, in an interview with an online magazine, said they have been able to sustain the marriage by locking out people who don’t need to be part of it. “The truth about marriage is that there isn’t one that is perfect. We are talking about strangers meeting, courting each other and deciding to spend the rest of their lives together. There could be things that could create a strain in the early years of the marriage, but marriage in itself is a relationship where you continue to learn and so we must continue to feed our marriages with love, appreciate the other person and know that neither the wife nor the husband is a magician. So, don’t expect that your husband would know that right now you are not feeling happy. The only way he would know is by telling him; so stop over-expectation. People are full of expectations in marriage and that can create a lot of strain,’’ she explained.