Starting a business for your wife could be a life-saver

Frank was a businessman who imports cars into the country through the borders. He also have a car-lot where he helps other other men to buy and sell cars . Indeed this was a very lucrative business and Frank and his family lived comfortably. He was even able to send a decent monthly allowance to his two sisters and mother-in-law.

After three years in car dealership, the government of the country decided to shutdown it's borders based on a number of reasons. Many businessmen whose source of livelihood came through the borders became stranded.

Frank's main source of income crumbled and his finances began to go from bad to worse as it became clear that the government were not going to open the borders anytime soon.

Over a year ago, when their life were still blooming, she had repeatedly pestered her husband to set up a business for her but Frank never paid her much attention. Frank's wife tope, cried bitterly when they were unable to feed themselves adequately. Their finances became so bad that tope had to take her children to her mother's house who was a petty trader so that they could get something to eat.

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Chidi and some of his colleagues been laid off after working for a reputable bank for five years. This was part of the bank's decision to trim down the size of it's employees before merging with a bigger bank. Before his sack, chidi had set up a retail business for his girlfriend from what he had managed to save during his time as a bank staff.

So, now that he was jobless, instead of going through the rigorous processes of looking for another job, he thought it better to invest his time and experience into his partner's business which was already flourishing. With chidi's intelligence and his wife's hardwork, they were able to build a big brand that provided enough funds to cater for their children's education overseas.

Setting up a business for your spouse could be a life-saver but still, some men hold to the belief that wether their wife works or not, the man would still be the one to settle the monthly bills since he earns more. So they find it more convenient for their wives to remain at home looking after the family in full submission while they go out to assume the role as "head of the family".

Having a wife who owns a business even if it's a small shop offers security to her marriage as she would definitely learn a few business strategies that would allow her to offer valuable financial advices to her husband.

By the way, the unstable economic conditions of a country doesn't encourage a wife to be jobless, unless ofcourse she have a husband who is a Nigerian politician. 😆

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