Veteran Actor Olu Jacobs explained in an interview with how he and his wife, Actress Joke Silva are able to maintain their marriage of 27 years.Interview excerpts after the cutMeeting the Future WifeI was having a meeting at the National Theatre and the door opened a young lady came in. I looked at her. I have never met her before in my life and I said to the people in the room 'ladies and gentlemen, this is the lady I am going to marry'. Everybody laughed. She looked at me up and down, hissed and left. Today, she is my wife and that was 27 years ago.The Secret of Long-Lasting MarriageIt is God. There are other forces outside that you need to take cognizance of but when you do, you have to make sure that they don't take control over your life. You are now thinking for two. No decision you take should be for yourself alone. It's for two and it must remain for two. You have to always remember that. If my wife goes out, and she finds out that she would not be able to make it back at the time she initially thought she would, she picks up the phone and calls me to tell me. Fine! You are thinking for two, she knows where I am, I know where she is. We still do this till tomorrow. Communicating like that helps a lot, once we are talking, you have an idea of where I am and I have an idea of where you are. I am not saying that it should be every minute calls. Sometimes just being together in a room not necessarily saying anything is also important.About Wife Maintaining Her Maiden NameShe is her own individual. When I met her, she was an actress known as Joke Silva so why should marrying me now deny her and her audience her name. She is Miss Joke Silva who is Mrs. Joke Jacobs. It is as simple as that. ...When she is working, she is Joke Silva but she is Mrs. Joke Jacobs at home.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Actor Olu Jacobs Explains Why His Wife Actress Joke Silva Still Bears Her Maiden Name
Veteran Actor Olu Jacobs explained in an interview with how he and his wife, Actress Joke Silva are able to maintain their marriage of 27 years.Interview excerpts after the cutMeeting the Future WifeI was having a meeting at the National Theatre and the door opened a young lady came in. I looked at her. I have never met her before in my life and I said to the people in the room 'ladies and gentlemen, this is the lady I am going to marry'. Everybody laughed. She looked at me up and down, hissed and left. Today, she is my wife and that was 27 years ago.The Secret of Long-Lasting MarriageIt is God. There are other forces outside that you need to take cognizance of but when you do, you have to make sure that they don't take control over your life. You are now thinking for two. No decision you take should be for yourself alone. It's for two and it must remain for two. You have to always remember that. If my wife goes out, and she finds out that she would not be able to make it back at the time she initially thought she would, she picks up the phone and calls me to tell me. Fine! You are thinking for two, she knows where I am, I know where she is. We still do this till tomorrow. Communicating like that helps a lot, once we are talking, you have an idea of where I am and I have an idea of where you are. I am not saying that it should be every minute calls. Sometimes just being together in a room not necessarily saying anything is also important.About Wife Maintaining Her Maiden NameShe is her own individual. When I met her, she was an actress known as Joke Silva so why should marrying me now deny her and her audience her name. She is Miss Joke Silva who is Mrs. Joke Jacobs. It is as simple as that. ...When she is working, she is Joke Silva but she is Mrs. Joke Jacobs at home.
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