Marriage advice is currently trending in South Africa

Unable to solve the unemployment crisis or the cash-leaking SoE that is Eskom, South Africans are instead fixing a different institution on Twitter: marriage.

#BeforeMarriageYouMust suddenly appeared and trended on the social network for much of Wednesday afternoon, with South Africans lending their knowledge to others online just about to tie the knot.

Some took the hashtag pretty seriously.

#BeforeMarriageYouMust find GOD, cuz people change and marriages/relationships sometimes dont last but as long as u have God as foundation, then u wont go into depression

— 𝓙𝓮 𝓼𝓾𝓲𝓼 𝓸𝓻 ✪ (@MavoWorld) July 31, 2019

#BeforeMarriageYouMust Make sure this person is indeed responsible and they're willing to a permanent relationship, and they'll be in Good and Bad times with you. pic.twitter.com/6Le4mfSIhM

— ✨Meraki✨ (@MerakiNikki) July 31, 2019

#BeforeMarriageYouMust

1. Get a prenuptial agreement
2. Talk about how much money you'll be giving to your families
3. Agree on when you wanna have kids
4. Agree on how the family finances will be managed.
5. Thoroughly understand & discuss how both of you deal with conflict

— Commander Of Armies🇿🇦 (@beegsbvda) July 31, 2019

Even official government accounts, like the North West Treasury joined in with some valuable advice.

https://twitter.com/NWPGTreasury/status/1156508649977765888

#BeforeMarriageYouMust Be Financially Independent pic.twitter.com/Bqsxq1OM67

— M A N S A M I C H U (@MichuEmenalo) July 31, 2019

https://twitter.com/NqoeT/status/1156501241767313410

#BeforeMarriageYouMust be able to pick yourself up after any setback pic.twitter.com/vyAF0r9ogs

— ChampWear (@MatheTiyiselani) July 31, 2019

Others gave us some meme-relief from what has been a horrible news week for South Africa.

#BeforeMarriageYouMust Prenuptial agreement just in case pic.twitter.com/fTZHB7z6uD

— ✨Meraki✨ (@MerakiNikki) July 31, 2019

#BeforeMarriageYouMust investigate whether baloya or not at ur in laws..cos hey o tla bona masepa😭 pic.twitter.com/aas7rn45iT

— IG:@Cliff_Mampz 🇿🇦 (@Cliff_Mampz) July 31, 2019

#BeforeMarriageYouMust pretend like you're broke to see if your partner will stick around. pic.twitter.com/ebS2ujh744

— ✨Meraki✨ (@MerakiNikki) July 31, 2019

#BeforeMarriageYouMust learn to listen and understand pic.twitter.com/2pRm9s7XQN

— Ma'Mshengu (@lwandylou) July 31, 2019

#BeforeMarriageYouMust Learn To Reduce The Talkingity pic.twitter.com/oTz839hln3

— M A N S A M I C H U (@MichuEmenalo) July 31, 2019

#BeforeMarriageYouMust remove all the contacts of your ex partners pic.twitter.com/cb8rpAaKPT

— South African Daily (@southafricandly) July 31, 2019

While some offered hilariously bad advice that we wouldn’t give our worst enemy.

Seriously, don’t write this down.

#BeforeMarriageYouMust drink 2 bottles of Russian bear.. You will change your mind pic.twitter.com/IJ3rw9FBKs

— ⭕️fficial_Mellow  (@Tumelo_Muvhali) July 31, 2019

#BeforeMarriageYouMust get rid of your friends pic.twitter.com/qJ4HH85H4g

— SANewsNetwork (@SANewzNetwork) July 31, 2019

But perhaps the best advice of all?

https://twitter.com/EloquentTash/status/1156459726915481600

All in all, we’re glad to know that there are at least some institutions that remain solid in South Africa.

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