Don't get hitched before 25, says Hiba Ali

Actor imparts marriage advice to younger audience

Mayi Ri actor Hiba Ali Khan was recently invited to Adnan Faisal Podcast where she advised her audience not to get married early. "Engagement before fifteen, marriage before eighteen. Excuse me? What's up with that? Absolutely not. Do not even think about getting married before twenty-five!" she stressed.

"If you find a good person then two years of commitment is enough." Hiba said. "It's not an impossible feat. A lot of my friends found plenty of great guys. And no, the girl is not wasting her time. Even after thirty-five a woman can properly conceive, she's a fully blossomed youth, she's fit all around, even mentally."

Hiba's stances are rooted in personal experiences, which she shared in a different interview from two months ago. "I got married early. My generation wasn't as smart as this new one, so we didn't really consider how damaging this would be career-wise. It was only when I had a baby with my former spouse that I realised I yearned to spend more time with just him, a few more years at least," she lamented.

"It's not that I faced any problems in that relationship. It was a very sensible marriage, and my time at home was fun, so I don't have any resentment," she clarified. "My ex-husband never restricted me. But even if I wanted to bounce back into my career, I knew I couldn't do so because my priorities had shifted since the birth of my son."

"When you get a divorce six years into your marriage, it's difficult to counter people's questions. And because I had no support anymore, I didn't have the courage to come back. There was a lot happening at the time that overwhelmed me," she expressed. "I believe that for women, it's not so much the divorce that's frightening, it's everything that follows the divorce. Custody problems, expenses, and whatnot - that depression beats you to the ground instead of your choices letting you rise."

"The divorce was a mutual agreement that was planned over dinner. There were no fights," she revealed. "But surprisingly, the custody issues were intense. My son was only seven, then. That wasn't a fight I was going to back down from, though my ex-husband and I did come to an understanding eventually."

Despite her interminable love for her son, Hiba wished that she had done things differently, which is why she advises younger individuals against taking life-changing decisions that could wear out the rest of their lives.