Nollywood Actress, Yewande Adekoya-Abiodun, popularly called Ednawey, has been married to actor and movie producer, Abiodun Thomas, for four years. The couple share their love story with BUKOLA BAKARE
How did you meet?
Thomas: I met my wife in March 2008. I recall that I went to see a friend in the hospital and she came to visit the same person. We got talking and I liked her personality. Unfortunately, I lost her contact along the line. A few months later, she returned to Ibadan for her youth service and I reconnected with her.
Yewande: I met my husband in the city of Ibadan during my youth service in 2008.
Was it love at first sight?
Yewande: Well, maybe and maybe not. I met him through a mutual friend that we both had. He came to visit some friends and that was where we saw each other. I guess he took a liking to me from there. Thereafter, when I came for my youth service, we ran into each other again and realised that we had met before and that was how we started dating.
Thomas:I was quite fascinated by the way she talked and comported herself when we met. From that point, every other thing fell into place.
How often do you have disagreements and who apologises first?
Thomas: When we have disagreements, I sometimes believe that I am not at fault and being the good wife that she is, she always comes to my rescue and apologises. However, we don’t allow our disagreements to roll into the next day so, we just have to find a way to settle them before we go to bed.
Yewande: We do not quarrel too often because we understand each other’s temperament so, it is easy to stay off confrontational situations. You know the way we behave as Africans, no one wants to make the first move after a disagreement, even though you know that you are at fault but at the end of the day, I’ll apologise and he’ll also come round and do the same.