It’s a mixed bag and many women don’t marry for a multitude of reasons. In many of the cases are simply because of lack of accessibility and help in the Somali community. Age isn’t even a factor since fob women who are surrounded by Faraxs or women who are social butterflies marry at any age and you have women with kids from previous relationships and in their 30s marrying for a second time.
Also, this isn’t going to sit well with many men but it’s also a numbers game. We have a lot of dysfunctionality and many of our boys have paid the price due to the lack of awareness of raising kids in the Western world.
In certain areas there might not be enough men to be a match for Somali girls and a lack of a community that invests in matchmaking also leads to this. Its contributed to many women and men not finding those that would be an optimal partner. I’ve also seen decent men feel this as they hardly see decent Somali girls due to only going to work, hang out with family and their male friends.
I’m being honest here. Most girls that marry early, were dating earlier and put themselves out there more. It’s 2024 and Somalis don’t have arranged marriages, hence the average Farax isn’t knocking on the door of a woman that doesn’t try and get to people.
I have no issues with those women speaking about it, but this dialogue whilst needed will be fruitless since we have a lot of men grappling with their undesirability or difficulties in marriage and instead of relating or feeling for the sister, they’ll tear her apart even more and women in those circumstances will feel even more alone and maybe even resentful.
Thanks for your acknowledgment and respect in this debate. I think both Western Somali men and women are struggling and we do have a lot of community issues and we need to start listening to each other instead ripping each other into shreds.