Your Husband Is Your Number One Priority — Pastor Mary Abioye Advises Married Women

Pastor Mary Abioye has urged married women to remain intentional about their homes and marriages while pursuing their careers.

Pastor Mrs. Mary Abioye has advised married women to remain intentional about their homes and marriages despite the demands of their careers.

Abioye made the remarks during a discussion on balancing professional responsibilities with marriage, where she responded to a question about how working wives, particularly those employed in banks, should manage household responsibilities.

According to the pastor, having a demanding career should not cause a woman to neglect her husband or home.

“You work in the bank, but you didn’t marry bank,” she said, emphasizing the need for married women to deliberately make time for their families.

Abioye also suggested that working wives could make use of available breaks during the workday to attend to some responsibilities at home, where practical.

She shared her personal experience, recalling how she would prepare a meal for her husband, set the table and leave a note for him before returning to work.

“Everybody has one hour break in any establishment. You can rush home and say, ‘Let me prepare the food for my husband,’” she said.

The pastor further warned that becoming overly consumed by career demands could have consequences for a woman’s marriage.

“You can work in the bank and lose your home,” she cautioned.

Abioye also expressed reservations about wives completely transferring household responsibilities to domestic workers, stressing that married women should remain personally intentional about caring for their husbands and maintaining their homes.

Her comments reflect her personal perspective on how married women can balance career demands with family responsibilities.