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Nollywood actress Shan George has reportedly confessed she is one woman who does not tolerate men who lack strong financial background. She was captured in Nollywood media for encouraging other women from marrying poor men. Her reason was a bit ambiguous but she tried to say that poor men are not entitled to the good things of life. �Never fall in love with a poor man, because money would always be more important to him than your heart,� nigeriafilms.com quoted the beautiful actress. It is interesting how such a comment is coming from Shan, whose life is one filled with struggles. Over the years, she managed to maintain a very positive life. After her bad relationships with men, she never gave up. Shan was married off to her ex-husband on her 16th birthday by the norms of her village. She was by then really excited about the marriage proposal. To her, as a young girl growing up in a village without electricity, getting married and going to live in �township� with her husband was not just very exciting but a plus. But later, she realized that not all that glittered was gold. Later, she realized that one needed to be mature and ready for marriage. As a young girl, she had high hopes of going to the university to read law. Four years into the marriage with two kids, there was no talk about her going back to school to become that person that she wanted to become. She then became an unhappy person. Suddenly, she realized that if she stayed on in that marriage, she would never realize her dreams. After six years in the marriage, she woke up one morning on 6th May 1991, with N2, 400 in her bag and left her husband�s house in Ojodu. She had to leave without her kids because she didn�t know where she was going then. That marked the beginning of the Shan George on the screens today. After a long struggle and with determination, she managed to go to school and also break into Nollywood.