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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by afbstrategies: 5:09pm On Jan 05, 2018
Well, we may not get her version but I think you tuned out of the marriage equally. Most people stay together because of the kids. I think that's where both of you are headed. This may well give both of you the needed time to take each other serious and care about each other as married people should. You may miss her to the point that you will lock yourself up and cry for shamelessly messing around with another woman and she may realize that she cannot do things alone back home without you, and come back. Good luck!

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Nobody: 5:09pm On Jan 05, 2018
kunleajaye:
Hello peeps. It's with a heavy heart that I have to say that my marriage is on it's last legs(or so I think). Sometimes last year I made a post asking for advice and things actually got a bit better afterwards (https://www.nairaland.com/3415462/dont-feel-attracted-wife-anymore), but alas, it didn't last.

My wife returned to her cold self and it just went downhill from there. We started arguing again over the tiniest of reasons. Some of the reasons for our petty arguements was the issue of her engrossing herself in school activities that sometimes took her attention from home duties. I told her a couple of times that i wasn't against her doing things like what she did and wasn't in the way of her achieving her desires and goals, but she shouldn't forget she's a mother and wife and one of her primary duties is her family. Sometimes she'd spend so much time in one fruitless meeting or the other, and when she gets home, she'll be too tired to do anything. It got to a point I had to do alot of cooking for the house so that the kids won't be hungry. It's not that she didn't do her duties. It's just the inconvenience of it all and the way her outside activities affected us that really got to me.

Another thing that got on my nerves was her attitude to her degree. Agreed, with all the things she did, she still maintained a very good GPA and was one of the best students in her department. Her lecturers would at times request she take their classes for them while they attended to other pressing issues. It was a good thing and i felt proud, but in her mind the main thing she wanted to do was business. Buying and selling like she did when we first got here and before she started school. She wanted to set up a store where she'd import and sell african prints. There were days during the summer when I'd plan on doing Uber to supplement the little I brought in as a paycheck, only for her to tell me she'd registered for one event or another to display her wares. I'll just have to stay back at home with the kids till she returned later in the night. It really did get me upset and I once asked her what the point of the degree she had studied for if all she wanted to do was sit in a store and sell stuff? We had this argument several times on end.

What eventually broke the camel's back was something she said that I'll never forgive her for. One evening, after putting the kids to bed, she approached me and said she wanted to apply for a loan. I asked her what she needed the loan for. She said for her shop. How much does she need? Ten thousand dollars. How does she expect to apply for ten thousand dollars when we have no way of paying back? Besides, where does she expect me to get the collateral from? She said someone would stand in for her. I told her I don't support the idea and she should be patient. At least after her graduation, she would be able to work full time and earn a better pay which she could then channel to doing whatever she wanted. She said no. She doesn't want to work, but sell her stuff. We started bickering back and forth about this cos I was already fed up of the whole issue, and at some point she screamed, saying I do not support her as a husband, and maybe she would have been better off marrying Awwal. [/color]


***
Awwal was another guy who fancied her when we met during our youth service in camp; she had once told me that back then she loved him as much as she loved me, and if she had to choose, she would have picked him instead of me. I asked her why she then chose me, and she said her late mother had advised her "don't make a future husband into an ordinary boyfriend, and don't make an ordinary boyfriend into a husband." In other words, don't confuse lust for love.
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[color=#000099]She realized what she said and immediately began to apologize. I don't know how I kept my cool, and I walked away quietly. It only got worse after then. We no longer talked liked we once did apart from the necessary exchanges. I let her do whatever pleased her. Our arguements continued and sometimes we wont speak for days. I started keeping late nights, staying more in the lab after school or sometimes driving to a bar to drown my sorrows. I tried getting a marriage counselor, but the damage had already been done. Our sex life became virtually non-existent. We just remained together because of the kids.

A man has needs, and if he wasn't getting them at home, he'd start looking outside. I'm not proud to say this, but during some of my late nights out, I'd visit a discrete gentleman's club. It was on one of these outings I met one of the girls who danced there. She was a young college kid in her junior year. Over the next week or so she gave me a listening ear and I poured my heart out to her. She invited me over to her place one evening (she shared a three bedroom house with two other girls), one thing led to another and she was giving me a full n@ked massage with her body. We didn't have penetrative sex, but she gave me the sexual release my wife had denied me for such a long time. I offered to pay for her services afterwards, but she told me not to, as it was just her way of showing she cared. We ended up making similar arrangements a few more times, and each time we took it a bit further. The furthest we went was the time we had a 69 on her bed, and she came all over my face while I splooged her mouth. I always had to wipe myself off properly and take a shower once I got home to rid of all the oil and smell of pheromones on my person.

I guess my wife suspected something was going on cos she asked me one day if i had been seeing anyone. I asked her why she asked, and she shrugged, murmuring something to the fact that it was unusual of me not to have disturbed her for sex in such a very long time. I told her since she had decided to control when and the frequency we had sex, I had accepted my plight. I told her if she wanted sex, she knew where to find me. That night, I woke up to her snuggling up to me. It was the first time in a long while she would come to me. Try as much as I could, I just couldn't achieve an erection. My time with the stripper girl had taken away the sexual affection I had for my wife. She noticed this and started crying, saying i don't love her anymore. I simply told her it was just the stress. The following day, she was back to her normal self.

Last month, she finally graduated. I was happy that at least she would get a place to work and earn some money. But what she told me a few days later came as a shocker. She told me she wanted to go back to Nigeria. Her plan was to fulfill her dream of setting up a clothings line and since i don't want to support her, she'd rather go on without my support. I asked her if she was joking, but i could see she was dead serious. I asked who would take care of the kids if she leaves, and she said she intends going with them. infact, she had already told her sister to start looking for a nice school for them at home. I just couldn't believe it. Why make that kinda decision without consulting me first? She just told me her mind was made up. I tried changing her mind, but she remained adamant. Unknown to me, she had already booked their flight back home a long time ago. I had to call my parents to talk some sense into her, but afterwards they just told me to let her come home, that she may just need the change of environment for a while. I called and asked her sister why she didn't tell me about the plan knowing how close we were, but she simply said it was her sister's decision.

They left two days after Christmas. To date I'm yet to receive a call from her. I've sent her several emails but she hasn't responded to even one. She told my mum she hasn't had the chance to get a line yet, but I know that's a lie. It doesn't take you more than a week to get a phone and a line in Nigeria. Sadly, I may have to accept the conclusion that my marriage is over.

There is only one solution to this.

Both of you still truly love each other, its just the spark that's not there anymore due to constant argument and all...

Solution: Give her some space. Don't remarry, you can get a girl friend meanwhile but nothing more, Keep calling,textile g and emailing her, Be responsible, take care of your kids and their upkeep, send something for her too when you can afford it.

Buy some cloths, shoes or whatever you can and send it over when you can afford it.

Stay on your lane but keep reminding her of your love at the end of all your emails.


Time will heal her, she would finally miss you and come around. When she does, don't front, accept her without complain and without flashbacks. Let sleeping dogs lie.

Time is the only healer. You do not have to come down and stuff.... It would only make her feel as if you are choking her. Let her be. Play your part. And keep making the money. She will come around.

Oko won lode. They may shack her too, that's inevitable but she will come back to her senses later.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by PETUK(m): 5:09pm On Jan 05, 2018
masterchi:
Guy grow some guts and balls and fight for ur marriage except u are happy to let go.
no one should ever fight for his or her marriage to remain,

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Zirah: 5:11pm On Jan 05, 2018
keepingmum:
Your marriage ended when you started sleepinb with a w.hore and investing emotionally and financially witg her rather than spending on your wife and kids (your number 1 priority).
Your wife figured out but didnt say anything and you werent clued up enough to realise you were caught.

Thanks for this. Well said. I'm surprised those who commented before you failed to mention this fact. He made a mistake not covering up his mistake sleeping with a LovePeddler. His wife happens to be a strong, independent woman who will take no shiiit.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Born2Breed(f): 5:11pm On Jan 05, 2018
Imagine this cheat trying to blame the innocent woman. Believe me she found out your escapades and decided to give you all the freedom you yearn for.

Fixing the marriage is in your hands,you can fix it if you are willing.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by narorose(f): 5:12pm On Jan 05, 2018
Tis a pity that she had to take such drastic decision without ur knowledge,get in touch with her sister and demand to speak with her and if she refuses to speak with you hmmmm you just have to be happy and move on with your life but with a more responsible lady.Wen ur wife is tired,she will get in touch with you but make sure ur kids are ok and don't lack anything cos life in naija is different from where dey came back from.Just be happy,we all deserve happiness,.I am so sorry for ur pains
Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Elvixbeatz(m): 5:12pm On Jan 05, 2018
I laugh at Ppl dat beliv in marriage so much .. women are bag of complication .... 99% of our parents are still married becus of dia children... Try nd ask ur mom if u are lucky to still hv her... HV seen talents die , business ideal die , ur productive men become poor jst becus dy wnt 2 start a family....

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Atk1nson(m): 5:15pm On Jan 05, 2018
babyfaceafrica:
10 thousand dollars is quite dear ...and it is not 1.5m please!!!..and op should not move to Nigeria... Ever!!!!.....even people earning above 5m are complaining!!!!!..no security, no light, no fuel.. And you want him to move back?...

Until Buhari came with "change", 10k USD was just approx 1.5M and with the effect of "change", it is 3.5M. Nothwithstanding, I maintain that if he is struggling to raise 10k, he may as well consider getting a managerial level job in a good company in Nigeria. If he earns close to that, he can still afford a very decent standard of living for him and his family. With a foreign masters and foreign relevant experience, he may be well positioned to get even better paying jobs.

Ma/sir, irrespective of light, security and e.t.c for you to say someone earning 5M is complaining, it shows you not been in Nigeria for a long time or the person telling you that is lying. Even in Victoria Island, anybody earning 5M monthly can get himself a nicely furnished serviced apartment and still take buy and build a his own apartment within 4-5years.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Zirah: 5:16pm On Jan 05, 2018
modik:
I took the keen note of all you said. These are some disturbing issues spotted :


It is never too late. Don't let your marriage fail.

Well said. I noticed this too as I read his story
Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by dingbang(m): 5:16pm On Jan 05, 2018
See as how everybody just dey give marriage advise like say dem be Joro...


Now everyone is blaming the husband...

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by jaxxy(m): 5:16pm On Jan 05, 2018
kunleajaye:


Of course I want her. She's my wife and I love her to bits. I know I'm not a perfect human being. No one is perfect. I also have faults in this but I'm willing to talk this out. At times i wish we hadn't come to the United States cos we were very happy before we came here.

My bro ur problem is so simple bt u and her keep magnifying it. The simple issue her is both of u cant seem to agree on anything. Also don't seem to understand ur wife. U probably trying 2 dictate to her or forcing ur opinion on her.

In one scenario she told u she wants to do biz bt u feel she shud work with her degree. Thats a very good advice actually bt if her minds not in it bt im smtn else the work with her on that and for once show sm genuine encouragement and not everytime ur way or the high way. I know tbe colateral is an issue bt still look and try to see all possiblities 1st with her than writing every idea she has off without listen and trying 1st. Do a feasibility study of the business shes considering and how she intends to pay the loan and she will be glad u helping

U guys need to also sit down and plan things together so u hv a good direction of where both of u are heading.

Modified: i just read up she left back to the Nigerian. 1st thing u shud do if u want her back is STOP the trash with the striper and build ur life and work on better commucation with her. Listen to her like the striper listened to u and then agree to work things out.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Sanchase: 5:21pm On Jan 05, 2018
You did the right thing, a woman who doesn't listen to her husband will pay the price with her private part.

Nigeria is a terrible place to be at this time and for her to leave the USA and go to hell fire in a wrong move. Her money will soon finish then she will start calling you.



kunleajaye:
Hello peeps. It's with a heavy heart that I have to say that my marriage is on it's last legs(or so I think). Sometimes last year I made a post asking for advice and things actually got a bit better afterwards (https://www.nairaland.com/3415462/dont-feel-attracted-wife-anymore), but alas, it didn't last.

My wife returned to her cold self and it just went downhill from there. We started arguing again over the tiniest of reasons. Some of the reasons for our petty arguements was the issue of her engrossing herself in school activities that sometimes took her attention from home duties. I told her a couple of times that i wasn't against her doing things like what she did and wasn't in the way of her achieving her desires and goals, but she shouldn't forget she's a mother and wife and one of her primary duties is her family. Sometimes she'd spend so much time in one fruitless meeting or the other, and when she gets home, she'll be too tired to do anything. It got to a point I had to do alot of cooking for the house so that the kids won't be hungry. It's not that she didn't do her duties. It's just the inconvenience of it all and the way her outside activities affected us that really got to me.

Another thing that got on my nerves was her attitude to her degree. Agreed, with all the things she did, she still maintained a very good GPA and was one of the best students in her department. Her lecturers would at times request she take their classes for them while they attended to other pressing issues. It was a good thing and i felt proud, but in her mind the main thing she wanted to do was business. Buying and selling like she did when we first got here and before she started school. She wanted to set up a store where she'd import and sell african prints. There were days during the summer when I'd plan on doing Uber to supplement the little I brought in as a paycheck, only for her to tell me she'd registered for one event or another to display her wares. I'll just have to stay back at home with the kids till she returned later in the night. It really did get me upset and I once asked her what the point of the degree she had studied for if all she wanted to do was sit in a store and sell stuff? We had this argument several times on end.

What eventually broke the camel's back was something she said that I'll never forgive her for. One evening, after putting the kids to bed, she approached me and said she wanted to apply for a loan. I asked her what she needed the loan for. She said for her shop. How much does she need? Ten thousand dollars. How does she expect to apply for ten thousand dollars when we have no way of paying back? Besides, where does she expect me to get the collateral from? She said someone would stand in for her. I told her I don't support the idea and she should be patient. At least after her graduation, she would be able to work full time and earn a better pay which she could then channel to doing whatever she wanted. She said no. She doesn't want to work, but sell her stuff. We started bickering back and forth about this cos I was already fed up of the whole issue, and at some point she screamed, saying I do not support her as a husband, and maybe she would have been better off marrying Awwal. [/color]


***
Awwal was another guy who fancied her when we met during our youth service in camp; she had once told me that back then she loved him as much as she loved me, and if she had to choose, she would have picked him instead of me. I asked her why she then chose me, and she said her late mother had advised her "don't make a future husband into an ordinary boyfriend, and don't make an ordinary boyfriend into a husband." In other words, don't confuse lust for love.
***



[color=#000099]She realized what she said and immediately began to apologize. I don't know how I kept my cool, and I walked away quietly. It only got worse after then. We no longer talked liked we once did apart from the necessary exchanges. I let her do whatever pleased her. Our arguements continued and sometimes we wont speak for days. I started keeping late nights, staying more in the lab after school or sometimes driving to a bar to drown my sorrows. I tried getting a marriage counselor, but the damage had already been done. Our sex life became virtually non-existent. We just remained together because of the kids.

A man has needs, and if he wasn't getting them at home, he'd start looking outside. I'm not proud to say this, but during some of my late nights out, I'd visit a discrete gentleman's club. It was on one of these outings I met one of the girls who danced there. She was a young college kid in her junior year. Over the next week or so she gave me a listening ear and I poured my heart out to her. She invited me over to her place one evening (she shared a three bedroom house with two other girls), one thing led to another and she was giving me a full n@ked massage with her body. We didn't have penetrative sex, but she gave me the sexual release my wife had denied me for such a long time. I offered to pay for her services afterwards, but she told me not to, as it was just her way of showing she cared. We ended up making similar arrangements a few more times, and each time we took it a bit further. The furthest we went was the time we had a 69 on her bed, and she came all over my face while I splooged her mouth. I always had to wipe myself off properly and take a shower once I got home to rid of all the oil and smell of pheromones on my person.

I guess my wife suspected something was going on cos she asked me one day if i had been seeing anyone. I asked her why she asked, and she shrugged, murmuring something to the fact that it was unusual of me not to have disturbed her for sex in such a very long time. I told her since she had decided to control when and the frequency we had sex, I had accepted my plight. I told her if she wanted sex, she knew where to find me. That night, I woke up to her snuggling up to me. It was the first time in a long while she would come to me. Try as much as I could, I just couldn't achieve an erection. My time with the stripper girl had taken away the sexual affection I had for my wife. She noticed this and started crying, saying i don't love her anymore. I simply told her it was just the stress. The following day, she was back to her normal self.

Last month, she finally graduated. I was happy that at least she would get a place to work and earn some money. But what she told me a few days later came as a shocker. She told me she wanted to go back to Nigeria. Her plan was to fulfill her dream of setting up a clothings line and since i don't want to support her, she'd rather go on without my support. I asked her if she was joking, but i could see she was dead serious. I asked who would take care of the kids if she leaves, and she said she intends going with them. infact, she had already told her sister to start looking for a nice school for them at home. I just couldn't believe it. Why make that kinda decision without consulting me first? She just told me her mind was made up. I tried changing her mind, but she remained adamant. Unknown to me, she had already booked their flight back home a long time ago. I had to call my parents to talk some sense into her, but afterwards they just told me to let her come home, that she may just need the change of environment for a while. I called and asked her sister why she didn't tell me about the plan knowing how close we were, but she simply said it was her sister's decision.

They left two days after Christmas. To date I'm yet to receive a call from her. I've sent her several emails but she hasn't responded to even one. She told my mum she hasn't had the chance to get a line yet, but I know that's a lie. It doesn't take you more than a week to get a phone and a line in Nigeria. Sadly, I may have to accept the conclusion that my marriage is over.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Adukey(f): 5:21pm On Jan 05, 2018
kunleajaye:
Hello peeps. It's with a heavy heart that I have to say that my marriage is on it's last legs(or so I think). Sometimes last year I made a post asking for advice and things actually got a bit better afterwards (https://www.nairaland.com/3415462/dont-feel-attracted-wife-anymore), but alas, it didn't last.

My wife returned to her cold self and it just went downhill from there. We started arguing again over the tiniest of reasons. Some of the reasons for our petty arguements was the issue of her engrossing herself in school activities that sometimes took her attention from home duties. I told her a couple of times that i wasn't against her doing things like what she did and wasn't in the way of her achieving her desires and goals, but she shouldn't forget she's a mother and wife and one of her primary duties is her family. Sometimes she'd spend so much time in one fruitless meeting or the other, and when she gets home, she'll be too tired to do anything. It got to a point I had to do alot of cooking for the house so that the kids won't be hungry. It's not that she didn't do her duties. It's just the inconvenience of it all and the way her outside activities affected us that really got to me.

Another thing that got on my nerves was her attitude to her degree. Agreed, with all the things she did, she still maintained a very good GPA and was one of the best students in her department. Her lecturers would at times request she take their classes for them while they attended to other pressing issues. It was a good thing and i felt proud, but in her mind the main thing she wanted to do was business. Buying and selling like she did when we first got here and before she started school. She wanted to set up a store where she'd import and sell african prints. There were days during the summer when I'd plan on doing Uber to supplement the little I brought in as a paycheck, only for her to tell me she'd registered for one event or another to display her wares. I'll just have to stay back at home with the kids till she returned later in the night. It really did get me upset and I once asked her what the point of the degree she had studied for if all she wanted to do was sit in a store and sell stuff? We had this argument several times on end.

What eventually broke the camel's back was something she said that I'll never forgive her for. One evening, after putting the kids to bed, she approached me and said she wanted to apply for a loan. I asked her what she needed the loan for. She said for her shop. How much does she need? Ten thousand dollars. How does she expect to apply for ten thousand dollars when we have no way of paying back? Besides, where does she expect me to get the collateral from? She said someone would stand in for her. I told her I don't support the idea and she should be patient. At least after her graduation, she would be able to work full time and earn a better pay which she could then channel to doing whatever she wanted. She said no. She doesn't want to work, but sell her stuff. We started bickering back and forth about this cos I was already fed up of the whole issue, and at some point she screamed, saying I do not support her as a husband, and maybe she would have been better off marrying Awwal. [/color]


***
Awwal was another guy who fancied her when we met during our youth service in camp; she had once told me that back then she loved him as much as she loved me, and if she had to choose, she would have picked him instead of me. I asked her why she then chose me, and she said her late mother had advised her "don't make a future husband into an ordinary boyfriend, and don't make an ordinary boyfriend into a husband." In other words, don't confuse lust for love.
***



[color=#000099]She realized what she said and immediately began to apologize. I don't know how I kept my cool, and I walked away quietly. It only got worse after then. We no longer talked liked we once did apart from the necessary exchanges. I let her do whatever pleased her. Our arguements continued and sometimes we wont speak for days. I started keeping late nights, staying more in the lab after school or sometimes driving to a bar to drown my sorrows. I tried getting a marriage counselor, but the damage had already been done. Our sex life became virtually non-existent. We just remained together because of the kids.

A man has needs, and if he wasn't getting them at home, he'd start looking outside. I'm not proud to say this, but during some of my late nights out, I'd visit a discrete gentleman's club. It was on one of these outings I met one of the girls who danced there. She was a young college kid in her junior year. Over the next week or so she gave me a listening ear and I poured my heart out to her. She invited me over to her place one evening (she shared a three bedroom house with two other girls), one thing led to another and she was giving me a full n@ked massage with her body. We didn't have penetrative sex, but she gave me the sexual release my wife had denied me for such a long time. I offered to pay for her services afterwards, but she told me not to, as it was just her way of showing she cared. We ended up making similar arrangements a few more times, and each time we took it a bit further. The furthest we went was the time we had a 69 on her bed, and she came all over my face while I splooged her mouth. I always had to wipe myself off properly and take a shower once I got home to rid of all the oil and smell of pheromones on my person.

I guess my wife suspected something was going on cos she asked me one day if i had been seeing anyone. I asked her why she asked, and she shrugged, murmuring something to the fact that it was unusual of me not to have disturbed her for sex in such a very long time. I told her since she had decided to control when and the frequency we had sex, I had accepted my plight. I told her if she wanted sex, she knew where to find me. That night, I woke up to her snuggling up to me. It was the first time in a long while she would come to me. Try as much as I could, I just couldn't achieve an erection. My time with the stripper girl had taken away the sexual affection I had for my wife. She noticed this and started crying, saying i don't love her anymore. I simply told her it was just the stress. The following day, she was back to her normal self.

Last month, she finally graduated. I was happy that at least she would get a place to work and earn some money. But what she told me a few days later came as a shocker. She told me she wanted to go back to Nigeria. Her plan was to fulfill her dream of setting up a clothings line and since i don't want to support her, she'd rather go on without my support. I asked her if she was joking, but i could see she was dead serious. I asked who would take care of the kids if she leaves, and she said she intends going with them. infact, she had already told her sister to start looking for a nice school for them at home. I just couldn't believe it. Why make that kinda decision without consulting me first? She just told me her mind was made up. I tried changing her mind, but she remained adamant. Unknown to me, she had already booked their flight back home a long time ago. I had to call my parents to talk some sense into her, but afterwards they just told me to let her come home, that she may just need the change of environment for a while. I called and asked her sister why she didn't tell me about the plan knowing how close we were, but she simply said it was her sister's decision.

They left two days after Christmas. To date I'm yet to receive a call from her. I've sent her several emails but she hasn't responded to even one. She told my mum she hasn't had the chance to get a line yet, but I know that's a lie. It doesn't take you more than a week to get a phone and a line in Nigeria. Sadly, I may have to accept the conclusion that my marriage is over.



This is so touching,I feel so sad reading this. Don't give up yet,God can turn things around for good,I'm hopeful of that... just allow her satisfy herself, I believe she'll realize her folly soon and have a change of heart.



What am I typing self? What do I know? God is with you tho.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by glogirl(f): 5:24pm On Jan 05, 2018
Saadd.
@OP,

can you just forget about yourself and put yourself in her shoes?

you have been married for 5 years...
she lost her mom 1 year into your marriage..
within the remaining 4 years, she had 3 kids...
Relocated to america(for you), away from family and friends and the stability she had in nigeria...
took up schooling...caring for the kids... taking care of the home...do you provide enough support in all this?


all you can do is look at her and not see the girl you married.. of course you should not see the girl you married.. you should see a wife that has made sacrifices for you and borne 3 of your children..a woman that is strongly supporting you....

Poster, she was overwhelmed..and you do not want to see or understand her(i am sure she has communicated this to you), may be if you loved yourself less, you will notice/listen to your spouse.

and then you crowned it all by cheatingg.. Of course she knows, she is not a fool... and then she realizes that she cannot trust you with her body, her heart and most of all, the rest of her life...

so she made the ultimate decision.. to stand tall , move back to nigeria and fend for herself and her children...

please note these...

while you are both toiling to make a living, keep her smiling... tease her, tickle and play while in the kitchen before you ask for sex in the bed.. she is not a generator that starts with a key... maybe you need to warm her up first..

to maintain a happy home while cheating or being selfish is not easy. Every man is doing it they say, but they will not tell you the state of their homes,cheating changes the psyche of a woman , especially one that loves you..................................

connect with your wife, if she is cold to you as usual, talk to her about her fears, her worries, does she even sleep well or night, or does she toss and turn, do u even notice?

talk to her, if it turns into a shouting match or a cold discussion, write to her.. keep writing.. in fact writing is the best... she can go back to it and reread......

i have soo much to advise , but what do I know? Maybe you both are better off apart...

God will help you

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Burgerlomo: 5:24pm On Jan 05, 2018
Bro. you have two choices to choose from, one is for you to allowed her to stay back in Naija to do who cares whatever she wants to do, and the second choice is for you to bring her by force to your base where you will be the one to pay a heavy price if she has decided in her mind to end the marriage for good. cool
Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by drlateef: 5:26pm On Jan 05, 2018
[quote author=kunleajaye post=63896210]Hello peeps. It's with a heavy heart that I have to say that my marriage is on it's last legs(or so I think). Sometimes last year I made a post asking for advice and things actually got a bit better afterwards (https://www.nairaland.com/3415462/dont-feel-attracted-wife-anymore), but alas, it didn't last.

My wife returned to her cold self and it just went downhill from there. We started arguing again over the tiniest of reasons. Some of the reasons for our petty arguements was the issue of her engrossing herself in school activities that sometimes took her attention from home duties. I told her a couple of times that i wasn't against her doing things like what she did and wasn't in the way of her achieving her desires and goals, but she shouldn't forget she's a mother and wife and one of her primary duties is her family. Sometimes she'd spend so much time in one fruitless meeting or the other, and when she gets home, she'll be too tired to do anything. It got to a point I had to do alot of cooking for the house so that the kids won't be hungry. It's not that she didn't do her duties. It's just the inconvenience of it all and the way her outside activities affected us that really got to me.

Another thing that got on my nerves was her attitude to her degree. Agreed, with all the things she did, she still maintained a very good GPA and was one of the best students in her department. Her lecturers would at times request she take their classes for them while they attended to other pressing issues. It was a good thing and i felt proud, but in her mind the main thing she wanted to do was business. Buying and selling like she did when we first got here and before she started school. She wanted to set up a store where she'd import and sell african prints. There were days during the summer when I'd plan on doing Uber to supplement the little I brought in as a paycheck, only for her to tell me she'd registered for one event or another to display her wares. I'll just have to stay back at home with the kids till she returned later in the night. It really did get me upset and I once asked her what the point of the degree she had studied for if all she wanted to do was sit in a store and sell stuff? We had this argument several times on end.

What eventually broke the camel's back was something she said that I'll never forgive her for. One evening, after putting the kids to bed, she approached me and said she wanted to apply for a loan. I asked her what she needed the loan for. She said for her shop. How much does she need? Ten thousand dollars. How does she expect to apply for ten thousand dollars when we have no way of paying back? Besides, where does she expect me to get the collateral from? She said someone would stand in for her. I told her I don't support the idea and she should be patient. At least after her graduation, she would be able to work full time and earn a better pay which she could then channel to doing whatever she wanted. She said no. She doesn't want to work, but sell her stuff. We started bickering back and forth about this cos I was already fed up of the whole issue, and at some point she screamed, saying I do not support her as a husband, and maybe she would have been better off marrying Awwal. [/color]


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Awwal was another guy who fancied her when we met during our youth service in camp; she had once told me that back then she loved him as much as she loved me, and if she had to choose, she would have picked him instead of me. I asked her why she then chose me, and she said her late mother had advised her "don't make a future husband into an ordinary boyfriend, and don't make an ordinary boyfriend into a husband." In other words, don't confuse lust for love.
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[color=#000099]She realized what she said and immediately began to apologize. I don't know how I kept my cool, and I walked away quietly. It only got worse after then. We no longer talked liked we once did apart from the necessary exchanges. I let her do whatever pleased her. Our arguements continued and sometimes we wont speak for days. I started keeping late nights, staying more in the lab after school or sometimes driving to a bar to drown my sorrows. I tried getting a marriage counselor, but the damage had already been done. Our sex life became virtually non-existent. We just remained together because of the kids.

A man has needs, and if he wasn't getting them at home, he'd start looking outside. I'm not proud to say this, but during some of my late nights out, I'd visit a discrete gentleman's club. It was on one of these outings I met one of the girls who danced there. She was a young college kid in her junior year. Over the next week or so she gave me a listening ear and I poured my heart out to her. She invited me over to her place one evening (she shared a three bedroom house with two other girls), one thing led to another and she was giving me a full n@ked massage with her body. We didn't have penetrative sex, but she gave me the sexual release my wife had denied me for such a long time. I offered to pay for her services afterwards, but she told me not to, as it was just her way of showing she cared. We ended up making similar arrangements a few more times, and each time we took it a bit further. The furthest we went was the time we had a 69 on her bed, and she came all over my face while I splooged her mouth. I always had to wipe myself off properly and take a shower once I got home to rid of all the oil and smell of pheromones on my person.

I guess my wife suspected something was going on cos she asked me one day if i had been seeing anyone. I asked her why she asked, and she shrugged, murmuring something to the fact that it was unusual of me not to have disturbed her for sex in such a very long time. I told her since she had decided to control when and the frequency we had sex, I had accepted my plight. I told her if she wanted sex, she knew where to find me. That night, I woke up to her snuggling up to me. It was the first time in a long while she would come to me. Try as much as I could, I just couldn't achieve an erection. My time with the stripper girl had taken away the sexual affection I had for my wife. She noticed this and started crying, saying i don't love her anymore. I simply told her it was just the stress. The following day, she was back to her normal self.

Last month, she finally graduated. I was happy that at least she would get a place to work and earn some money. But what she told me a few days later came as a shocker. She told me she wanted to go back to Nigeria. Her plan was to fulfill her dream of setting up a clothings line and since i don't want to support her, she'd rather go on without my support. I asked her if she was joking, but i could see she was dead serious. I asked who would take care of the kids if she leaves, and she said she intends going with them. infact, she had already told her sister to start looking for a nice school for them at home. I just couldn't believe it. Why make that kinda decision without consulting me first? She just told me her mind was made up. I tried changing her mind, but she remained adamant. Unknown to me, she had already booked their flight back home a long time ago. I had to call my parents to talk some sense into her, but afterwards they just told me to let her come home, that she may just need the change of environment for a while. I called and asked her sister why she didn't tell me about the plan knowing how close we were, but she simply said it was her sister's decision.

They left two days after Christmas. To date I'm yet to receive a call from her. I've sent her several emails but she hasn't responded to even one. She told my mum she hasn't had the chance to get a line yet, but I know that's a lie. It doesn't take you more than a week to get a phone and a line in Nigeria. Sadly, I may have to accept the conclusion that my marriage is over.]

Hello friend,

If Awwal is in Nigeria, then you should know that she is going back to him. And yes you can fight for your marriage by making people to check her etc., but I don't think she loves you and values you anymore. No woman who loves her husband will leave him alone to go and pursue a business in Nigeria. There is a greater attraction to her over there in Nigeria. I daresay Awwal may be the major reason for going back. If am wrong, then her case will be a rare occurrence. I have not known a woman who loves her husband dearly and will leave him to far places for whatever reason. There is no love for you in her heart.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Ryocaj(m): 5:29pm On Jan 05, 2018
I don't knw y ppl still get married.. Guy no be SARS force u go alter o.. Don't disturb us with ur lamentations..

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by jbhitler(m): 5:29pm On Jan 05, 2018
greatgod2012:
The truth is that your wife actually understand that you've been emotionally and sexually connected to another woman, hence, her decision to relocate quietly and without any drama.
na lie.she no know anything.una too like to dey support bad tin.abi you no hear say she dey take am compare awwal? waiti be the fault of the man?i am begining to see sense in polygamy.it makes women humble,committed and more caring.if he had got more than one wife,this madness would not have happened because there will be enough competition.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Deathlezz: 5:31pm On Jan 05, 2018
If you ask me, your wife , in anger, has already told you what she feels; she regrets the marriage.

Take it up from there.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by MarieSucre(f): 5:34pm On Jan 05, 2018
Sanchase:
You did the right thing, a woman who doesn't listen to her husband will pay the price with her private part.

Nigeria is a terrible place to be at this time and for her to leave the USA and go to hell fire in a wrong move. Her money will soon finish then she will start calling you.




This is a nonsensical postulation without evidence. Yes Nigeria is hard, but there are still people making it.

What then happens if she makes it big, does the man then feel guilty that he was wrong and she was right?

It's not a competition. Stop this nonsense talk and advice them better advice.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by profmallor: 5:34pm On Jan 05, 2018
do you know how to pray?, well this is the time to pray for your marriage to work, serious restoration prayers. men have to equally do the prayers to keep the family together. You need to keep your family together for the sake of your children, what the enemy has in line for your home, trust me the way it is now would look like paradise if you allow things just slide downhill. God would give you the grace to sustain your home.
Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by adisabarber(m): 5:35pm On Jan 05, 2018
OP, leave her. Move on with your life.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by MarieSucre(f): 5:37pm On Jan 05, 2018
lastempero:
Seriously speaking feminism has destroyed so many relationships and marriages, our women now finds it difficult to come to terms with their spouse just because they feel their opinion should supercede .nothing like compromise again shocked

My dear a lot of women have learnt from their mothers o. A lot of women grew up noticing their mothers had broken dreams because they had given it up coz the man was uncompromising and even the staying at home and taking care of the children turned out to be unfulfilling when they found out that the man that they are taking care of his children was cheating on them and forming "men are naturally polygamous". It's hurts!

Most of these women don't even know what feminism is, but they know what their mums went through. So instead of blaming feminism, why not find out why women have become like this?

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by feelgoodstuffs(m): 5:38pm On Jan 05, 2018
It’s obviously clear that she didn’t travel back to Nigeria to start whatever business or pursue her dream. I can bet she has her hidden agenda.

Op you really tried your best, the Lord is your strength,

Just try to keep in touch with your kids and watch how things will turn out
Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Phonefanatic: 5:38pm On Jan 05, 2018
Born2Breed:
Imagine this cheat trying to blame the innocent woman. Believe me she found out your escapades and decided to give you all the freedom you yearn for.

Fixing the marriage is in your hands,you can fix it if you are willing.

Don't be too quick to pronounce her innocent. She may be a bigger cheat that may not be honest enough to say she has cheated. Don't apportion blame nobody has made you a judge.

A woman boldly telling her husband she wished she married someone else? Don't even tell me career bulllshit..... You may be surprised to see her social media messages or chat platforms full of messages from that particular guy. She will wake up when she spends months in Nigeria.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Nobody: 5:39pm On Jan 05, 2018
kunleajaye:


Of course I want her. She's my wife and I love her to bits. I know I'm not a perfect human being. No one is perfect. I also have faults in this but I'm willing to talk this out. At times i wish we hadn't come to the United States cos we were very happy before we came here.

the US exposes Nigerian women, US empowers women so much and make them feel overconfident on their husbands, that's why most marriages in US are broken.

US society don't frown on divorced women, Nigeria so much does. infact US just turns them into some sort of feminist shiit, I mean the Nigerian wives who Immigrated.

if I ever go abroad after my pharmacy degree, lord knows I'll never raise my family there. or live there with my wife. we'll remain here in Nigeria so marital values don't skip her senses.

right now, your wife is in the arms of that ex she earlier talked about, bet she miss him to blits and would have one night stands with him, whether he's married or not.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Osashalom: 5:39pm On Jan 05, 2018
If this whole story is true, you don't have a wife again. Besides that you really need to confirm if those kids are yours or at least how many of the kids are your own. You really need God right now to help put your life in the right shape.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by ednut1(m): 5:40pm On Jan 05, 2018
sad damn
Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Daeylar(f): 5:41pm On Jan 05, 2018
KanwuliaExtra:
Congratulations on your freedom from a marriage in bondage.
Better luck next time. kiss

Simple and short. grin You didn't even want to say they may come back together. I couldn't help but smile.
Story is sad
Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by ashjay001(m): 5:41pm On Jan 05, 2018
@op, kunleajaye, u just graduated into an atm! No sex, no emotional support, just dispense d cashgrin


Chill, u will be contacted at some point!

But, u f*ck up sha!shocked U dey follow dey drag woman! Layelaye!

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Saint83(m): 5:42pm On Jan 05, 2018
Kunleajaye.. Though I'm not married for now but I have heard and seen many examples...from your story it's obvious that you didn't invite God into your marriage, even when the crises started, you didnt pray, you didn't meet your Pastor, you were handling it all your self.

Advice.. Please go back to God and confess your sins, repent of it, and ask Him to amend your home.Your marriage is not over.Continue trying to reach her,pray along side, call your people in Nigerian let them visit her sister,because she knows where she is.

God will have mercy upon you and and amend home in Jesus name Amen.

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Re: My Marriage Has Finally Ended by Chukazu: 5:43pm On Jan 05, 2018
Nutase:
Congratulations..... Now you can turn the stripper to a wife.


And she too can turn "Amwahl" to husband angry angry

"Women empowerment program"...na today? tongue

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