Steem4Nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 17: No Money, No Love

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Good day lovely Steemians, it has always been a privilege to see a brand new day such as this, how are you all doing?, I believe, everyone of us are doing well?. Today's contest topic has been one of the most controversial topics often discussed everyday and yet no layer of conclusion has been laid. Today, I will be giving out my own cent and I believe it will seat well with a lot of people who are still contemplating on which side to choose.

Firstly, i will say technically, Yes, there is a relationship between love and money in a relationship be it mutual relationship, marriage or just casual friendships. We all know that relationship is all about companionship and support, one can't just rely on emotional support only to a partner when certain situations needs financial support, no, it can't work that way, inorder to have a balanced relationship, then money should be involved.

Secondly, I would say ones financial ability is not a measure of his or her love capacity, this means, for the fact that someone does not have money, dosent mean that the person will be unable to love or care for their partners. Let's take ourselves back to when people were into trade by barter and money was just the secondary need of man, weren't people still loving?, Weren't there good and working relationships then?, Ofcourse there were beautiful relationships then, just that the world has evolved and money seems to answer to most things in life therefore bringing money to the equation.

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In this dispensation, no, it can't thrive for a long time without money, because, right now, people need supportive partners, we have gone past the dispensation where men would marry their women and keep as housewives while they take every strike outside, the world has so evolved that everybody must work really hard to be a blessing to themselves then to their partners.

Secondly, though love is a beautiful thing, inorder to maintain the balance, money needs to be added to it, it spices up the relationship, nobody will stay hungry with us especially we the men, if there is no money, our partners will opt to the next available man with money, so no matter how long it goes, when money is not added to the equation, along the line, there will be a split l, it's natural, people needs supportive partners and not just those that only collects without giving.

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Yes, I do subscribe to the school of thought that "no money, no love" and these are my reasons;

• Love is all about caring, so what do we use to care for others?, Money is needed for. Care no matter how we want to twist it.

• Relationship often times is filled with fun moments and making memories, so money is needed to get it done, the vacations and holidays is courtesy of money, the adventures we always have is done with money.

• Emotional support is not just enough, most times, people are depressed because of money, infact 80% of the depressed cases are money related, so giving just advise will not be enough, but supporting our partners with money will go a long way to lifetime the burden.

• Inorder to even get married to our partners, bride price needs to be paid, money is used I paying this, no matter the kind of true love, it can't pay bride price, rather money is needed for it.

Okay, so for once, I was a student and still dating a certain lady, I never had any source of income to keep me going, just the year I was about to graduate, she left me for a more stable guy who was able to pay her fees and get her textbooks which I wasn't able to provide. That's the beauty of relationship, I was hurt but then, I realized I never had what it takes to be there for her when she needed me, so there was point sticking around.

I invite @etette, @emily08 and @wirngo to participate in this contest if they are yet to do so.