He said the first person who came to mind when he entered trouble was me, because it was my name on his mind the entire time. He needed money to add up to what he had to spend as settlement to the family for taking their property without proper permission. He was speaking in parables,…
I was three months pregnant when my husband asked me to go to my parents. According to him, our first pregnancy needed to be cared for like a seed, and he wouldn’t be able to support me the way my experienced parents would. I told him, “It’s only three months—why should I go this early?”…
Around the time my husband and I separated over irreconcilable differences, I met a man on TikTok. I opened his chat because he was constantly texting me, and I decided to give him a listening ear, just to see what he had to say. We started talking almost every day, and I needed that. I…
I’m a nurse. He’s a teacher. When we met, we were both unemployed because we hadn’t been posted yet. I was helping my mom in her shop. That was where I met him, and he took my number. It was hard for me to accept his proposal because he wasn’t working, but he got me…
If you haven’t read the first part of this story, here’s the link. Kindly read it before starting this one. I shared my story about my husband not showing up for my parents’ funeral, and you called on him to come and share his side. There may be a part to his story, but it…
She had a business she was running. Some days bakery, some days cosmetics, other times an event organizer. She always had something going for her. I loved that about her, the fact that the woman in my life wanted to do something with her life and not depend on men for her sustenance. FOLLOW US…
When I met John, I had already decided in my heart that I was going to marry him. So every question I asked leaned toward knowing him more, especially about his family. Family is very important to me, almost like the Bible is to Christians. I asked about his love life too. There was a…
I was very clear from the beginning that I didn’t want intimacy before marriage. I wasn’t a virgin, but I’d learned that what nearly killed me were the relationships I gave everything away in. I played the role of a wife when I didn’t even have an assurance of marriage. I thought giving everything away…
This story stretches all the way back to 1989, when my mother remarried my stepfather. If I remember correctly, she said it was God giving her another chance at love, and she held on to that belief like a promise she refused to let life break. I grew up watching the two of them love…
My boyfriend came for a marriage list. He said it was expensive. Honestly, I don’t think it’s expensive at all, looking at his income and the kind of woman I am. I asked him to plead for a reduction from my dad. Even before he would call my dad and ask for the reduction, I…