South African Woman Perfectly Embraces Dual Roles of City Wife and Village Wife in TikTok Video

South African Woman Perfectly Embraces Dual Roles of City Wife and Village Wife in TikTok Video

  • A South African woman posted a video comparing her life as a city wife to her life as a village wife
  • In the video, the woman is seen having a good time and dancing with her friends in the city, while she is seen being hardworking in the village
  • The video was met with amusement from netizens, who commented on the woman's ability to balance her two lives
Woman shows herself as a city wife and village wife
A woman showed two contrasting versions of herself as a wife. Image: @lifewithnolwazitshabs
Source: TikTok

A Mzansi woman from Pretoria shared a video showing herself in two different settings as a city wife and as a village wife.

City wife vs village wife

The video shared by Nolwazi Tshabs shows the woman having a good time and dancing with her friends versus being an obedient and hardworking wife at home with her in-laws.

As a village wife, Nolwazi is seen serving her husband, cooking, cleaning, making traditional beer and cleaning the insides of a slaughtered animal.

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"Me being a living my best life VS Me by my inlaws lol," Nolwazi captioned the post.

SA reacts to the woman's post

The comparison amused netizens as they responded with funny comments. Others were impressed by how she could play her role as a dedicated and domesticated wife while still making the time to have fun and live her life to the fullest.

KwanelekaMondli wrote:

" Kudlaliwe ngathi ngoba sabasemakhaya."

laylaOfhie commented:

"It's called balancing the equation ."

hlali.m said:

"Either way you get down mam."

Pipo87 responded:

"And yet most men find it hard to see where to find a proper wife..❤️ I love simple humble village woman that's just me..❤️."

lebohangthipenyane commented:

"I'm the champion of both parties."

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In other news, Briefly News reported about a new makoti sharing her first time doing full-on makoti duties at a family function.

The young wife shared her experience of what she had to do as a makoti during a family event for her husband's late uncle's tombstone unveiling a year after his passing.

The makoti feared that her city habits would get in the way and admitted that she made a few mistakes. Overall, the experience was eye-opening for the new wife.

Source: Briefly News

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