Sometimes you want to be with somebody, but the list will scare you away. So now women don't marry who they love. They marry who can afford them. In this explosive, deeply provocative episode of Unbroken Podcast, host Richard Akita sits down with Bernard Kojo Pencil, actor, media personality, and Bible scholar, for a raw, unfiltered conversation that will challenge everything you think you know about bride price, dowry lists, marriage expectations, and why so many young men are walking away from the altar before they even get there. Mamaba holds nothing back. He breaks down why the modern bride price system has turned women into products to be bought instead of people to be loved, why some lists are so outrageous they include cars and houses, and the uncomfortable truth that when men see what's required just to say I do, they run. He reveals why Ronald did his wedding in his living room, how even Ronaldo could afford a luxurious ceremony but chose simplicity instead, and the one question every parent needs to answer: are you trying to marry off your daughter or sell her? He also explains why marriage was never meant to be this expensive, how the greed of man turned a simple token into a commercial transaction, and why most women today are not marrying the men they love but the men who can afford the list. This isn't just about bride price. It's a masterclass in understanding why your money belongs to both of you, why hiding your salary makes you a business partner and not a wife, and the shocking reality that there is no currency in this world rated as female money. Mamaba dives into why women were created as helpmates and not housekeepers, why a woman's gift can make her richer than her husband and that should never be a problem, and the one thing every woman needs to hear: when women make money, men should not become their enemy. He also tackles why men are afraid to admit they're struggling, how women insult men the moment they borrow money from them, and why most men would rather go to strangers for help than ask their wives because putting your hand in the mouth of a lion will definitely get you bitten. If you're planning to get married, wondering why the list is longer than your savings account, or asking yourself why your partner hides their money while you pour everything into the home, this conversation will give you the clarity, the courage, and the language to stop treating marriage like a shopping list and start building it like a partnership. Guest: Bernard Kojo Pencil (Mamaba) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ ABOUT THE HOST Mr Richard Akita is a multifaceted relationship and life coach, author, entrepreneur, and corporate trainer with over 30–35 years of experience in management and personal development. IG: https://www.instagram.com/akitarichard/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 ABOUT UNBROKEN PODCAST Unbroken Podcast is where stories meet truth. Hosted by Richard Akita, the show brings together thinkers, builders, healers, and disruptors to have the conversations most people are afraid to have about love, faith, identity, money, family, and the journey to becoming whole. Welcome to the new home of unfiltered wisdom. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔔 SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss the next episode 👍 LIKE if this conversation challenged you 📤 SHARE with someone who NEEDS to hear this before they say "I do"
