We were going through premarital counseling when I discovered he was cheating on me. I saw a chat on his phone with a young university student. The part that hurt me was a text that read “I’ve never loved anyone the way I love you. You are the one I want to marry not her.” I didn’t need the genius to tell me I was the “her” he was referring to. I took the girl’s number from his phone and I called her. When she answered I told her, “Kwame is my fiancé and I just found out that he…
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My husband started talking about a car even before we got married. He had a job that paid well but it still wasn’t easy for him to buy a car. We had rent to pay. We had a room to decorate. We had a wedding to do. We had a life to plan. But all he wanted for himself was a car. Right after marriage, he said, “Let’s put some money together and get the car. It will be beneficial to us both. Remember, a child may come soon. Accra is tough to navigate when you don’t have a car…
I met my SHS mate recently at the market. She said something she thought was a compliment. She said I looked older now though I was the youngest among the squad while in school. I looked at her pretty young face and laughed. When I got home, I looked in the mirror and took a proper look at myself. My eyes had sunk. My hands appeared longer than they should while hanging loosely by my side. My chubby cheeks had sunk. Even when I put my best face on, my face still looked sad and tired. I turned back and…
Moses was assigned to my school for his National Service in 2014. At the time, I was eighteen and in SHS2, while he was twenty-nine. When he first entered my classroom, he approached me and asked for my name. Upon learning it, he mentioned that it was also his mother’s name. Then, he began teaching the class. From that day on, I greeted him whenever I saw him, and our friendship began. Looking back, I questioned whether our relationship was truly friendship. I was a teenager in high school, and he was a mature man with life experience, eleven years…
Three years into our marriage, my husband embarked on a journey to Canada in pursuit of better opportunities. It was a joyous occasion for our family, albeit tinged with the bittersweet reality of distance. Our children were still very young at the time, but I found solace in thanking God for opening doors for the leader of our household. We saw his departure as a breakthrough that could potentially transform our lives for the better. Despite knowing the challenges that lay ahead with him living thousands of miles away, we were resolute in our determination to nurture our marriage. We…
A woman who had been happily married to her husband for about six years recently shared a harrowing tale about her first trip to his hometown. Urging others to be cautious and wary of trusting anyone too quickly, she recounted the unsettling discoveries she made during her visit.Reflecting on their relationship, she fondly remembered how they seemed like the perfect couple, blessed with a beautiful baby girl. However, her perception shifted dramatically when she ventured into…Read Full Story Here……..
In all my life, and in all my relationship experiences, I have only been attracted to one man at a time. I have heard some girls share stories about having crushes on other men while they are in a committed relationship. A married friend even confided in me once, “Girl, I know I am taken but there is a man at my workplace who looks absolutely lickable. Every time I see him I get unholy thoughts. I know I can’t touch him but it doesn’t hurt to fantasize, right?” I remember looking at her with all the judgment in my…
“One of the first things my mother-in-law said to me while we were trying to conceive was, “You came here to marry, not get pregnant. So focus your attention on my son instead of trying to have kids. Isn’t it too soon anyway?” I was stunned. In most stories, it is the mother-in-law who pressures the new wife for a grandchild. So why was my case the opposite? I wondered about this through my struggles to conceive. Later, I found out that the woman did not agree to my marriage to her son. Nobody told me this until after the…
We began dating three years ago. He was unemployed, but I accepted him as he was. He used to work at a rural bank but lost his job. I held onto hope that he’d find employment eventually, so I agreed to his proposal. I’m a teacher, and though my salary isn’t high, my entrepreneurial nature drives me to seek additional sources of income. This extra income enabled me to support him during his periods of unemployment. When he couldn’t find work here, he went to live with his sick mother. She treated me like her own daughter, and in…..Read Full…
We were lying in bed together, enjoying a happy moment when my boyfriend held my hands and said, “I’m moving to the U.S.A and not returning. Long-distance won’t work for me. Maybe we’ll meet new people.” I went from feeling ecstatic to utterly devastated. I felt like my world had fallen apart. I never imagined our four-year relationship would end this way. I decided to shut myself off from love and anything related to it. Around the same time, a guy I knew kept asking me out despite my disinterest.Eventually, I realized I needed to move on from the pain…