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Many people don’t know that the marriage of Lanre and Modupe Ogunlesi has survived 38 years. This is because she got married early in life to Lanre Ogunlesi, a Lagos businessman, who is a social bird, who gets invited to many classy parties in town. This ruggedly handsome grandpa is loved by many on account of his good looks, classy fashion statements and great style. For instance, he wears only designer labels from head to toe anytime you see him. Don’t forget he is not only a fashion designer, he is very stylish in his ways. While he is outgoing, his wife is reserved and very homely. So, while the wife is an introvert, he is an extrovert. She told City People Publisher, SEYE KEHINDE, last week how their marriage has grown from strength to strength. She also revealed the secrets of a happy marriage.
You run a successful homeware super store in Lagos. What in your growing up years prepared you for this role you are playing now?
My mother. She had the 1st Royal Doulton set, which is still available even now, over 100 years old and Old Country Roses, She had some. And then, my father was a Permanent Secretary in the old Western State.
So when they were entertaining people my mother would bring out these her special sets. I also learnt that if you buy really pretty things, you must create occasions to use them, not just forget them in the store where they are gathering dust or just use it to decorate the house. But to make them actually functional.
That is what I tell people who are getting married who come to give us their Wedding List. I say to them, you and your husband must sit down together and be able to eat together and talk over the meal, so that you don’t lose sight of each other. The children are growing up. They take so much of your time. They make you tired. But in the midst of it, every couple must remember that the children will grow up and leave. If you have not been talking, you cannot 30 years down the line come back and start talking. By then conversation would have become difficult.
Your conversation is only focused on the children. So if there are no children to talk about, what do you talk about? So, if it is Sunday lunch, observe it. Cut out the visits. So, just sit down and have lunch together.
How have you kept your love aglow in your marriage?
We have bonded over the years. In my house it does not matter who. The first person who wakes up makes coffee. And in 10 minutes we drink our coffee together, I will just tell you this is what happened yesterday, he will say oh and that, that, that happened.
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