An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in the Eket Local Government Area has dissolved a pastor’s 13-year marriage over the allegation that the 36-year-old wife slept with another pastor of one of the new generational churches in the state.The 36-year-old mother-of-two was said to be having an illicit affair with the pastor who later gave her a substance to administer to her husband. This prompted the 42-year-old husband, a staff of an oil company, to approach the Court to seek the dissolution of the marriage for the sake of his life. The presiding judge, Justice Pius Idiong, dissolved the…
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No Woman Has Ever Said Yes To Me Because Of The Way I Look- Man Share Touching Experience Yesterday’s story about the girl who got married at 34 though people thought she was ugly brought back memories of my own struggle in life as a man who people think I’m not good looking. The first person who drew my attention to my unfavorable looks is my own mother. Anytime I did something wrong, he’ll look at my face and give me an insult that befits my face; “Look at his ugly face.” Your dark lips like someone who had been…
My Wife Has Warned Me Not To Attend Her Mother’s Funeral Because- Man Narrates Just a year after we got married, my wife lost her job. I saw it coming. I knew it would get to that point but I didn’t think it would happen the way it did. She was having issues with her boss. She always came home with complaints about how her boss wasn’t treating her right. She said, “She’s the reason I’m not getting promoted. She’s been lying about my performance and until she leaves, I doubt I would get any promotion in that office.” Another…
I Met Him On Facebook And I Tested Him To See If He Truly Loved Me For Who I Am And I Discovered that- Lady NarratesI met this guy on Facebook. I liked him right from the start because of the insightful things he wrote about and the sense behind his argument every time he was engaged in one. I was the one who sent him a friend’s request. I was the one who sent him a DM asking for friendship.We became friends and spoke every day. Some days he gave me some clues the indicated that he liked me.…
My Marriage Is Only Five Months Old But I Regret Ever Getting Married Because – Woman Laments I remember getting excited about my wedding and wondering how I would look in my wedding dress. Two weeks before the wedding, I stood in the mirror and asked myself, “You’re really going to do this?” I answered myself, “It’s now or never.” The man I got married to was my friend for three months before we started dating. He supported me when I needed someone—when I was doing my masters. I needed financial help. When I told him, I thought the amount…
She Taught Me A Bitter Lesson So I Decided To Teach Her A Lesson too- Man NarratesWe met through a friend. I don’t know what I saw in her that night that made me like her. Maybe it was the way she was dressed and how she carried herself about. It was our first time seeing each other but she spoke to me like she knew me. When she went for a drink she asked if I cared for one. If I said I didn’t, she asked if there’s something else she could get me. It was fun while we…
The first pregnancy nearly killed my wife so after our baby was born we agreed not to have kids again. “One is enough,” I told her. “I can’t risk it again. I’d rather have you here with me than get surrounded by kids without their mother.” She answered, “You don’t have to tell me. What I’ve gone through to deliver this boy, I doubt I will ever go through that again.”So for two years, we were careful. We put measures in place not to get pregnant again. When our boy was four years old, my wife started complaining, “Don’t you…
Biodun had confidence that she had her man right where she wanted him to be: in her total control. ‘At this point, no one can take him from me, not even Jezebel herself ’, she must have thought to herself. The wedding bell was already ringing very loud, it just remained two months or more for her to become his legal wife. The wedding preparations were already in full gear. Their pre-wedding pictures were already well displayed for all to see who had been taken, oh! Not forgetting the joy of both parents seeing their children making that right decision…
Our pastor always admonishes us to marry within the church; “The men here would be good husbands because we’ve trained them in the Lord and they understand what it takes to be good husbands. The same with our women. We’ve instilled the fear of God in them so they would be good wife materials. Marry from within. Marry someone who will understand your spiritual growth and would not cut you away from God.” That has always been his words to us but at the end of it he will say, “But if you meet someone outside of the church and…
There was drama after a cheating husband who can’t zip up his trouser was busted by his wife having some nice time with another woman. Many marriages are consummated based on love and trust and the parties to it are expected to hold these values till death do them part. However, many things in the society has shown that these married couples are not always faithful to their partners.In American for instance, it is common to hear of the term ‘side chics’, which is used for unmarried ladies dating married men perhaps for love or monetary gains. These days, however,…