Tolu Oniru-Demuren – Queen moremi https://queenmoremi.com Mon, 14 May 2018 06:11:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Toolz’ Brave Revelation about Losing Her Baby & Starting a New Venture will Inspire You https://queenmoremi.com/2018/05/toolz-brave-revelation-about-losing-her-baby-starting-a-new-venture-will-inspire-you/ Mon, 14 May 2018 06:09:40 +0000 http://queenmoremi.com/?p=1269 In this fickle age of keeping up appearances on social media, it’s always refreshing when celebrities open up about challenges they are facing. In a recent interview with Genevieve Magazine,…]]> In this fickle age of keeping up appearances on social media, it’s always refreshing when celebrities open up about challenges they are facing.

In a recent interview with Genevieve Magazine, Media personality and entrepreneur, Tolu Oniru-Demuren a.k.a Toolz, opened up about marriage, the emotional turmoil she experienced when she lost her baby, and her new business venture.

Here are a few excerpts from the inteview:

On married life

 

I’m a die-hard romantic, so I did think marriage was going to be like a Disney movie….no arguments, birds singing every morning.  To be honest It’s not quite like that, but I’m very happy. I think what I love most about being married is being part of this team. It’s amazing knowing that whatever I’m going through good/bad – someone will always be there with me to hold my hand or cheer me on.

On the biggest misconceptions about marriage

 

That there are strict rules and that you can’t create your own reality. I got so much advice from people telling me, “you can’t do this, or you can’t do that.” What I’ve come to realize is that it’s important to find and do what works for you. For example with regards to cooking and house chores in general, a lot of people think it should strictly be down to the wife, but we always find time to discuss things like this and find a solution. I love cooking, but sometimes I just don’t want to, and I love that I can ask my husband to pick something up for our dinner.

On losing her baby

 

I’ve never spoken about it because it was very painful, and it’s still very difficult for me to talk about it.

 

From the point we found out something was wrong till when the process was over was quite harrowing, but the parts that really broke me were going through the pain of labour knowing my baby was already gone. I also had a mini-break down when I had to get a death certificate so we could have a burial. I don’t think I’ve ever cried so much in my life…

 

Ultimately it strengthened my relationship with God. It made me realise how delicate life is, and as much as we say ‘I will do this or that’ it is inevitably down to God’s will. In December I wrote that everyone will go through trying times, you just have to pray for the strength to get through it. That’s what God gave me – strength to get through a very horrible experience and for that I am very grateful…

On her new business venture 

I’ve just launched my plus-size lingerie line Sablier!! I’m so excited and nervous about it… I hope people love it. It is a project that is so important to me!

 

This has been a dream for me for many years. As a plus sized woman, affordable lingerie
has always been limited in terms of choices particularly in Nigeria. We have lots of beautiful and curvy women in Nigeria, and I’ve been working on the idea for a while and faced so many hiccups. I gave up and started again a few times, but last year I decided to give it one more try.

Read the entire interview in Genevieve Magazine

 

 

 

 

 

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