Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by bonnyhope: 7:08pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
ontarioache: Hello all,
A mutual friend has drawn my attention to this thread
https://www.nairaland.com/7357845/complex-marital-issue-thoughts-please/15#117128240
MY RESPONSE. First let me thank our mutual friend Imelda for drawing my attention to this.
Well, I am here to set the record straight. I did not see any need to respond, but some commentators really got me laughing hard so let me indulge you all.
To kick start, I am in touch with my 2 kids on almost a daily basis, and the event she described is not the first time. Hanging up on me is a routine since we married, it has happened un-countable times. Also the guys that said I am childish are right, when they finish reading they will truly know that, no man will behave the way I have, except a child. Lastly, I am fully responsible for the upkeep of my family, every penny and not much age difference between us. I have never hung up on her for one day. She has even blocked me on phone over some arguments while we live in same house. (LOL)
For the readers, what happened is this :
You called me that you were going to made some budget and you will be spending … amount of money on that plans- you know the plan. I told you it was okay and we kept on talking about It. ( I did not raise any issue immediately to avoid conflict) so after some days, I told you that next time, it will be appropriate that we ought to discuss such plans together and that it was not the best for you to decide all by yourself and only informed me of what you have chosen to do for a decision that affects the both of us. You flared up immediately that I do not have the right to tell you that, and THAT YOU ARE ALONE WITH THE CHILDREN (like you always say) and furthermore, you said you have many things that you are doing at the same time. I then replied you that I also have many things going through my mind. ( I replied you this way because you always say this, anytime I want to have a discussion with you. You even say this even while we were together, and I will just be amazed). You flared up and insulted me then hung up.
I called you immediately many times. I called you again at night, I sent you several messages, although I did not apologize directly but the messages I sent reflected that I was sorry. In one of the messages, I explained that I was critical of the amount you intend to spend , because you do know we have other more pressing plans that we needed funds for, and that what your budgeted was a bit too high. But you refused to let go like you have always done for these 8 years. Every week for 6 weeks I sent you messages that you never replied to.
In this period, you also changed apartment without even deeming it fit to tell me. (Yes I know before this misunderstanding, it was already the plan that you will be changing apartment. But the anger still did not allow you tell me as at when you finally moved to the new apartment, till now, it has been more than 3 months that you moved, you still did not inform me although the children told me about it, you know they did, but I expected that at least you should tell me about it by yourself.)
I did not just stop picking your calls because I wanted to stop, I did it for my self respect and sanity. It is the first time I am refusing to pick your call, or even not to talk to you after 8 years of marriage.
Have I ever held any grudge against you for more than 24hrs ?, have you ever had to apologise more than once on anything without me accepting your apology immediately, that is even if you choose to apologise at all. ? !. Rather you are the one that reminds me at every giving opportunity that I know you can decide not to talk to me again and stay on you own, and that I am the one that will suffer. In precise terms, you always do this, while I was at home. You can stay on for weeks and months without talking to me for the slightest misunderstanding, I am always the one that will try and make peace, and each time you either humiliate me by refusing to make peace till whenever you are satisfied. It has been like this for these 8 years. Even if I want to hold a discussion with you at home, it is either you are busy on the phone, and If I try to ask you to focus you just tell me I should summarize and that you listen with your ears, and not your phone or your hands. However, sometimes ( like 20 per cent of cases) you do listen to me.
Even when the children are being difficult, you threaten them by telling them to go ask their father the kind of person you are, and that you do not tolerate nonsense from anyone.(lol, when I was young, our mothers threathen us with our father) Yes, you are right, I wonder why you are so proud of these difficult attributes of yours.
Recall that before that very day that you hung up on me,( in fact also since the beginning of the union), you have been insulting me on each time I call, If we are discussing and I ask you a question about what you have said, you always say that I don’t pay attention. You accuse me of not caring about how you managed the children alone by yourself. I understand it is hard to raise 2 kids under the age of 6 all by yourself, however like I have always told you, lets thank God, it could have been worse- not having children is hard, having children is also hard.Remember at home, your mother and your sister once said that, I show too much care for the kids and that is the weakness that you are using against me. This is from your own family. Imelda was also there !
I can barely talk to you on phone, each time I call you, you tell me you are busy with the kids, and most times you just ask me to summarise and then you hang up even while we were at home together, you say the same thing.
Recently before this sad event you even said if I do not call before 9.45pm, I can no longer reach you, few times when I have to call like few minutes to your deadline, no matter how important our discussion is, once it s 9.45 pm, the phone disconnects and that will be it.You can not even bend that rule for me. You barely return my calls, if you see my missed calls, sometimes it may take you days and most times you do not return them at all, if I ask, you are quick to say, you are alone managing the children and that your are already too stressed up to be bothered about missed calls.
Much earlier than this incident that you hung up on me, you asked me never to wish you any kind of good wishes like happy birthdays, Christmas, mother’s day and all those. Because you said I do not care that it is all lip service. I thought it was just frustration, but for the last 1 year, you have consistently refused to respond to my Christmas, New Year and even your birthday wishes.You ignored all my wishes! 5 months before that faithful day that you escalated your disdain for me to a whole new level, you talked to me on the phone with reckless abandon, even on my birthday, you managed to call me around 11 pm and your birthday wish to me was this “ I WISH YOU WHAT YOU WISH YOURSELF”, I told you it was not a fair wish, and the next thing, it led to outburst again and that was that, and you hung up.
Remember, you forgot my birthday for the past 3 consecutive years.
Obviously, in the preceding 5 months, you have been looking for what I will do so that you can cut me off, the opportunity came and you took it like a Viking.
How often can a married woman stay without getting in contact with her husband for this long over a matter as simple as that, and she is not bothered at all.
I needed to let go for once. I am tired of fighting for the advancement of this union. It has been 8 years of this gruesome treatment. You think everyone is wrong apart from you.
Please if there is any FALSEHOOD in what I have written, I will be glad that you tell your audience. IMELDA YOUR SISTER IS READING THIS AND SHE CAN TESTIFY TO ALL THESE. Moreover, this is just one small aspect of all that has happened these past 8 years. I just decided to skip a thousand others.I only choose to focus on this alone. You know there are a thousand things that are worse than this that you have done.
I am glad that the vast majority of your audience could not be manipulated by your story.
Maybe I would have just stayed back home in Nairobi 7 years ago, may it could not have been this bad. This is my Canada reality!
I would be a liar if I say it has not been daunting and I do not miss you. However, I have since come to the realization that no matter what , no man should dine in the table where love, respect and dignity are not served ! This is my new reality!
Dear Wife, Enjoy your own reality that you created for yourself and stay blessed...!
You guys are just entertaining us here Nothing serious |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by Guyman01: 7:13pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
Haydens: Omo e too long to read. Pls someone shld summarize. Getat! 1 Like |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by Abemy(m): 7:15pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
OkpaNsukkaisBae: Olosho go give you 17 missed calls by 12am if she saw 'one missed' call from man/client by 11:59pm but naija wife/gf go give u call schedule & block u.
No be juju be dis. Abeg marriage is overrated. Not naija, they are Kenyans. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by Abemy(m): 7:24pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
kingthreat: Never believe a woman's side of the story. It is told with emotions and lies so you absolve her from every blame You must be speaking from experience. I must confess you are right. |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by VULCAN(m): 7:26pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
If you had a court case and the Judge made his or her decision without listening to either of you what would you call such a judge. Call yourself that thing now. StagethemTVee: My submission without reading all you wrote here is the decision to bring the matter online will not solve it. You are writing your essay in the second person aimed at your wife. Why are we the ones reading it here? Three is a crowd in a marriage. No single marriage is same and both of you need to do the work to fix your marriage. 1 Like |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by VULCAN(m): 7:27pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
You don't care and you took time to post a response. You are a busybody then UyaiIncomparabl: Abeg, fúck off. That one na you and your wife's business. Like I care. 1 Like |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by Aarenasbaba(m): 7:29pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
The man in question has kept so many of this that he narrates it one by one [color=#990000][/color] |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by djkaneo(m): 7:30pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
And here I dey wey plenty girls dey try tie me down make I come dey suffer these ones? Una never see anything! 2 Likes |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by tommy589(m): 7:32pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
Edandy: It looks like you force yourself on your woman. May be she used you as an alternative to her original partner probably when that one broke her her. Now, inside this marriage, she still has not come to term that she eventually lower her standard.
You have tolerated too much. This kind of women are so manipulative just exactly like my brother wife. The everyone is wrong except me. The feminist gang. My friend, focus on yourself, your children and your well wishers. I do not encourage divorce. But even the distance alone is already causing separation. Do what you can do and leave the rest. Unfortunately, people don't change except for spiritual intervention like salvation. Peace. May God heal your home. You really understand the type of woman she is. Seeking spiritual solution is hopeless in her case,she is just incapable of loving Op or bringing herself to love any other man again. I have the feeling he would want to resolve with her because of the children, but I am 100% sure she won't change 3 Likes |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by VULCAN(m): 7:36pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
Which mean you can't fill a visa form Shadysen: the shit is too long to read i gave up on the way.
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Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by chiboycue: 7:42pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
Marriage is not easy o. Personally I have learnt some things from my married life and I am still learning new things about marriage everyday.
Marriage brings an imperfect man and an imperfect woman legally together for companionship, procreation, satisfy sexual urges and tolerance.
They both should learn to tolerate one another weaknesses knowing fully well that nobody is perfect. The wife should learn to be submissive to her husband while the husband should love the wife as much as he loves self. The two of them have become one and they should pray together. Praying together is very important irrespective of the distance. Also proclaiming blessings upon the lives of your spouse and not curses on your spouses is important.
Constant communication irrespective of the distance apart is very important in marriage. Forgiving one another is also important marriage and abusing your spouse is very wrong. Listening ( and not being distracted) to your spouse when he or she is talking is vital
Couples should learn to resolve their matters privately and may not involve a third party like their parents or siblings in their matters. Develop your love languages. 1 Like |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by VULCAN(m): 7:43pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
One of the monikers that is well known on Nairaland for saying supremely stupid stuff BRATISLAVA: More claims of innocence from a man miles away from his wife. She needs to come back and expose him some more. And then he can play his innocent trope again.
All we have here is simply him claiming he's so maltreated and he's doing so much, meanwhile he's all but abandoned her with toddlers half way across the globe from himself.
He needs to get on his knees and pray for his marriage. The strange woman that's making him resent his wife isn't good for him. He needs to invite the Lord to restore his marriage, because marriage is all about forgiveness, not the revenge he's showing us.
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Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by StagethemTVee: 7:44pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
So its Nairalanders judgement that will make their marriage work? Are you married? I am. Happily and going on 17 years now. There is a reason why the only place courts have in marriages is joining and dissolving. everything else in between is you and your wife to make it work. VULCAN: If you had a court case and the Judge made his or her decision without listening to either of you what would you call such a judge.
Call yourself that thing now.
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Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by istifk(m): 7:44pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
My brother you have tried to keep your home but her manners are wrong. Please because of your children keep other things to yourself. 1 Like |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by VULCAN(m): 7:48pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
Are we to take your opinion as Martial Law?? Provide evidence of your claim asap LilMissFavvy: This post is a fake post, meaning the first one was also fake.
FAKE FAKE FAKE 1 Like |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by DryMouth: 7:51pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
general111: The woman you married is a bitter woman... You obviously love her more than she loves you... God will help your marriage
You saw how simps were supporting the woman in the other thread without hearing from the man. Women are very irrational when it comes to marital matters 1 Like |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by Shadysen: 7:51pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
VULCAN: Which mean your u can't fill visa form
visa? i will fill it sharperly, bring it on. |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by Stevo35: 7:53pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
ontarioache: Hello all,
A mutual friend has drawn my attention to this thread
https://www.nairaland.com/7357845/complex-marital-issue-thoughts-please/15#117128240
MY RESPONSE. First let me thank our mutual friend Imelda for drawing my attention to this.
Well, I am here to set the record straight. I did not see any need to respond, but some commentators really got me laughing hard so let me indulge you all.
To kick start, I am in touch with my 2 kids on almost a daily basis, and the event she described is not the first time. Hanging up on me is a routine since we married, it has happened un-countable times. Also the guys that said I am childish are right, when they finish reading they will truly know that, no man will behave the way I have, except a child. Lastly, I am fully responsible for the upkeep of my family, every penny and not much age difference between us. I have never hung up on her for one day. She has even blocked me on phone over some arguments while we live in same house. (LOL)
For the readers, what happened is this :
You called me that you were going to made some budget and you will be spending … amount of money on that plans- you know the plan. I told you it was okay and we kept on talking about It. ( I did not raise any issue immediately to avoid conflict) so after some days, I told you that next time, it will be appropriate that we ought to discuss such plans together and that it was not the best for you to decide all by yourself and only informed me of what you have chosen to do for a decision that affects the both of us. You flared up immediately that I do not have the right to tell you that, and THAT YOU ARE ALONE WITH THE CHILDREN (like you always say) and furthermore, you said you have many things that you are doing at the same time. I then replied you that I also have many things going through my mind. ( I replied you this way because you always say this, anytime I want to have a discussion with you. You even say this even while we were together, and I will just be amazed). You flared up and insulted me then hung up.
I called you immediately many times. I called you again at night, I sent you several messages, although I did not apologize directly but the messages I sent reflected that I was sorry. In one of the messages, I explained that I was critical of the amount you intend to spend , because you do know we have other more pressing plans that we needed funds for, and that what your budgeted was a bit too high. But you refused to let go like you have always done for these 8 years. Every week for 6 weeks I sent you messages that you never replied to.
In this period, you also changed apartment without even deeming it fit to tell me. (Yes I know before this misunderstanding, it was already the plan that you will be changing apartment. But the anger still did not allow you tell me as at when you finally moved to the new apartment, till now, it has been more than 3 months that you moved, you still did not inform me although the children told me about it, you know they did, but I expected that at least you should tell me about it by yourself.)
I did not just stop picking your calls because I wanted to stop, I did it for my self respect and sanity. It is the first time I am refusing to pick your call, or even not to talk to you after 8 years of marriage.
Have I ever held any grudge against you for more than 24hrs ?, have you ever had to apologise more than once on anything without me accepting your apology immediately, that is even if you choose to apologise at all. ? !. Rather you are the one that reminds me at every giving opportunity that I know you can decide not to talk to me again and stay on you own, and that I am the one that will suffer. In precise terms, you always do this, while I was at home. You can stay on for weeks and months without talking to me for the slightest misunderstanding, I am always the one that will try and make peace, and each time you either humiliate me by refusing to make peace till whenever you are satisfied. It has been like this for these 8 years. Even if I want to hold a discussion with you at home, it is either you are busy on the phone, and If I try to ask you to focus you just tell me I should summarize and that you listen with your ears, and not your phone or your hands. However, sometimes ( like 20 per cent of cases) you do listen to me.
Even when the children are being difficult, you threaten them by telling them to go ask their father the kind of person you are, and that you do not tolerate nonsense from anyone.(lol, when I was young, our mothers threathen us with our father) Yes, you are right, I wonder why you are so proud of these difficult attributes of yours.
Recall that before that very day that you hung up on me,( in fact also since the beginning of the union), you have been insulting me on each time I call, If we are discussing and I ask you a question about what you have said, you always say that I don’t pay attention. You accuse me of not caring about how you managed the children alone by yourself. I understand it is hard to raise 2 kids under the age of 6 all by yourself, however like I have always told you, lets thank God, it could have been worse- not having children is hard, having children is also hard.Remember at home, your mother and your sister once said that, I show too much care for the kids and that is the weakness that you are using against me. This is from your own family. Imelda was also there !
I can barely talk to you on phone, each time I call you, you tell me you are busy with the kids, and most times you just ask me to summarise and then you hang up even while we were at home together, you say the same thing.
Recently before this sad event you even said if I do not call before 9.45pm, I can no longer reach you, few times when I have to call like few minutes to your deadline, no matter how important our discussion is, once it s 9.45 pm, the phone disconnects and that will be it.You can not even bend that rule for me. You barely return my calls, if you see my missed calls, sometimes it may take you days and most times you do not return them at all, if I ask, you are quick to say, you are alone managing the children and that your are already too stressed up to be bothered about missed calls.
Much earlier than this incident that you hung up on me, you asked me never to wish you any kind of good wishes like happy birthdays, Christmas, mother’s day and all those. Because you said I do not care that it is all lip service. I thought it was just frustration, but for the last 1 year, you have consistently refused to respond to my Christmas, New Year and even your birthday wishes.You ignored all my wishes! 5 months before that faithful day that you escalated your disdain for me to a whole new level, you talked to me on the phone with reckless abandon, even on my birthday, you managed to call me around 11 pm and your birthday wish to me was this “ I WISH YOU WHAT YOU WISH YOURSELF”, I told you it was not a fair wish, and the next thing, it led to outburst again and that was that, and you hung up.
Remember, you forgot my birthday for the past 3 consecutive years.
Obviously, in the preceding 5 months, you have been looking for what I will do so that you can cut me off, the opportunity came and you took it like a Viking.
How often can a married woman stay without getting in contact with her husband for this long over a matter as simple as that, and she is not bothered at all.
I needed to let go for once. I am tired of fighting for the advancement of this union. It has been 8 years of this gruesome treatment. You think everyone is wrong apart from you.
Please if there is any FALSEHOOD in what I have written, I will be glad that you tell your audience. IMELDA YOUR SISTER IS READING THIS AND SHE CAN TESTIFY TO ALL THESE. Moreover, this is just one small aspect of all that has happened these past 8 years. I just decided to skip a thousand others.I only choose to focus on this alone. You know there are a thousand things that are worse than this that you have done.
I am glad that the vast majority of your audience could not be manipulated by your story.
Maybe I would have just stayed back home in Nairobi 7 years ago, may it could not have been this bad. This is my Canada reality!
I would be a liar if I say it has not been daunting and I do not miss you. However, I have since come to the realization that no matter what , no man should dine in the table where love, respect and dignity are not served ! This is my new reality!
Dear Wife, Enjoy your own reality that you created for yourself and stay blessed...!
ontarioache' I saw your wife's post' that's Why It is good to hear from both sides before you nail the other person on the cross. there's no iota of love and respect in that marriage and I believe that marriage is not a do or die' because this days crazy things are really happening. I wish you good luck. 1 Like |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by Bankowner: 7:56pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
However, I have since come to the realization that no matter what , no man should dine in the table where love, respect and dignity are not served ! This is my new reality! Now this is deep, reason why some of us take a walk out of our marriage. 1 Like |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by Greenbirth: 8:03pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
Sorry I commented late. Does your wife has bear on her face? because those types of women are very wicked and arrogant. Is she shot? because those types of women are very annoying. Very short memory. Always throwing up words like short put. Does she pears her nose with ear ring? because those types of women are mostiy Olosho who just jam marriage by luck. I will reserve the remaining comments. A word of advice. Leave her forever. 1 Like |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by IDERAWOLE(m): 8:11pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
I would be a liar if I say it has not been daunting and I do not miss you. However, I have since come to the realization that no matter what , no man should dine in the table where love, respect and dignity are not served ! This is my new reality!
Dear Wife, Enjoy your own reality that you created for yourself and stay blessed...
This last comment of yours caught my attention and convinced me that you're both hurting but still love each other. For me there's no doubt that your wife brought all of these upon you and herself, even though you too will have your own faults too!
If either or both of you can get a good counsellor, you can restore this marriage, not just for the sake of your chikdren, but for both of you!
I'm so sure both of you will appreciate each other better now than before.
Marriage is relationship between two people who decided to love each other, but also understood that offence cannot but be part of the menu and are ready to forgive each other in advance before they're committed.
Your respective families shouldn't take a centre stage in the relationship, most of the time they end up destroying the marriage, if the spouses aren't matured enough.
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Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by sisisioge: 8:12pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
It is well fa.....it is really well. I hope she's happy now....let everyone near their father's surname. Good luck to all. |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by PhantomThief(m): 8:14pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
MEN!!!!! Stop putting up with annoying behavior from girls just because they're hot. Show them their place or better still show them the fuckin door. If all this wife did is true then this is the highest level of disrespect 2 Likes |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by Tradepunter2: 8:17pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
your wife comes across as NARCISSIST |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by Timetravel88: 8:17pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
general111: The woman you married is a bitter woman... You obviously love her more than she loves you... God will help your marriage
This marriage looks pretty dead to me |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by neonly: 8:18pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
BRATISLAVA: More claims of innocence from a man miles away from his wife. She needs to come back and expose him some more. And then he can play his innocent trope again.
All we have here is simply him claiming he's so maltreated and he's doing so much, meanwhile he's all but abandoned her with toddlers half way across the globe from himself.
He needs to get on his knees and pray for his marriage. The strange woman that's making him resent his wife isn't good for him. He needs to invite the Lord to restore his marriage, because marriage is all about forgiveness, not the revenge he's showing us.
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Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by oluwafynest(m): 8:21pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
I love you bro... |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by VULCAN(m): 8:27pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
The fellow has been through 8 yrs of torture. It's not likely that he will want to rush into another marriage so soon. After all, how will he know that you will not finish what the former wife started midehi2:
Oga come and marry me if she no ready
How can your husband be discussing with you and you are with phone saying you hear with your ears not hands...lmao, she get luck sha 1 Like |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by duduarewa(f): 8:33pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
Thirtyrockers: This man obviously is madly in love with his wife....the wife is only cranked up cos of lack of affection and sex she isn't presently getting...love her right and she would be a perfect wife. You are 100% correct |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by ghettochild(m): 8:34pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
This epistle is long ooo Did ur wife not show any of this trait during courtship?? Omo mehn..marriage ain't by force.. I don't want to get married The things I see every day no go mke I plan to marry.. Na babymama things ooo |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by naijainstinct: 8:37pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
UyaiIncomparabl:
Are you done barking? No, I just took your father into his cage. He was disturbing the neighbours with his barking. Goodnight |
Re: Rebuttal- Complex Marital Issue Https://www.nairaland.co by bignero: 8:39pm On Oct 07, 2022 |
ontarioache: Hello all,
A mutual friend has drawn my attention to this thread
https://www.nairaland.com/7357845/complex-marital-issue-thoughts-please/15#117128240
MY RESPONSE. First let me thank our mutual friend Imelda for drawing my attention to this.
Well, I am here to set the record straight. I did not see any need to respond, but some commentators really got me laughing hard so let me indulge you all.
To kick start, I am in touch with my 2 kids on almost a daily basis, and the event she described is not the first time. Hanging up on me is a routine since we married, it has happened un-countable times. Also the guys that said I am childish are right, when they finish reading they will truly know that, no man will behave the way I have, except a child. Lastly, I am fully responsible for the upkeep of my family, every penny and not much age difference between us. I have never hung up on her for one day. She has even blocked me on phone over some arguments while we live in same house. (LOL)
For the readers, what happened is this :
You called me that you were going to made some budget and you will be spending … amount of money on that plans- you know the plan. I told you it was okay and we kept on talking about It. ( I did not raise any issue immediately to avoid conflict) so after some days, I told you that next time, it will be appropriate that we ought to discuss such plans together and that it was not the best for you to decide all by yourself and only informed me of what you have chosen to do for a decision that affects the both of us. You flared up immediately that I do not have the right to tell you that, and THAT YOU ARE ALONE WITH THE CHILDREN (like you always say) and furthermore, you said you have many things that you are doing at the same time. I then replied you that I also have many things going through my mind. ( I replied you this way because you always say this, anytime I want to have a discussion with you. You even say this even while we were together, and I will just be amazed). You flared up and insulted me then hung up.
I called you immediately many times. I called you again at night, I sent you several messages, although I did not apologize directly but the messages I sent reflected that I was sorry. In one of the messages, I explained that I was critical of the amount you intend to spend , because you do know we have other more pressing plans that we needed funds for, and that what your budgeted was a bit too high. But you refused to let go like you have always done for these 8 years. Every week for 6 weeks I sent you messages that you never replied to.
In this period, you also changed apartment without even deeming it fit to tell me. (Yes I know before this misunderstanding, it was already the plan that you will be changing apartment. But the anger still did not allow you tell me as at when you finally moved to the new apartment, till now, it has been more than 3 months that you moved, you still did not inform me although the children told me about it, you know they did, but I expected that at least you should tell me about it by yourself.)
I did not just stop picking your calls because I wanted to stop, I did it for my self respect and sanity. It is the first time I am refusing to pick your call, or even not to talk to you after 8 years of marriage.
Have I ever held any grudge against you for more than 24hrs ?, have you ever had to apologise more than once on anything without me accepting your apology immediately, that is even if you choose to apologise at all. ? !. Rather you are the one that reminds me at every giving opportunity that I know you can decide not to talk to me again and stay on you own, and that I am the one that will suffer. In precise terms, you always do this, while I was at home. You can stay on for weeks and months without talking to me for the slightest misunderstanding, I am always the one that will try and make peace, and each time you either humiliate me by refusing to make peace till whenever you are satisfied. It has been like this for these 8 years. Even if I want to hold a discussion with you at home, it is either you are busy on the phone, and If I try to ask you to focus you just tell me I should summarize and that you listen with your ears, and not your phone or your hands. However, sometimes ( like 20 per cent of cases) you do listen to me.
Even when the children are being difficult, you threaten them by telling them to go ask their father the kind of person you are, and that you do not tolerate nonsense from anyone.(lol, when I was young, our mothers threathen us with our father) Yes, you are right, I wonder why you are so proud of these difficult attributes of yours.
Recall that before that very day that you hung up on me,( in fact also since the beginning of the union), you have been insulting me on each time I call, If we are discussing and I ask you a question about what you have said, you always say that I don’t pay attention. You accuse me of not caring about how you managed the children alone by yourself. I understand it is hard to raise 2 kids under the age of 6 all by yourself, however like I have always told you, lets thank God, it could have been worse- not having children is hard, having children is also hard.Remember at home, your mother and your sister once said that, I show too much care for the kids and that is the weakness that you are using against me. This is from your own family. Imelda was also there !
I can barely talk to you on phone, each time I call you, you tell me you are busy with the kids, and most times you just ask me to summarise and then you hang up even while we were at home together, you say the same thing.
Recently before this sad event you even said if I do not call before 9.45pm, I can no longer reach you, few times when I have to call like few minutes to your deadline, no matter how important our discussion is, once it s 9.45 pm, the phone disconnects and that will be it.You can not even bend that rule for me. You barely return my calls, if you see my missed calls, sometimes it may take you days and most times you do not return them at all, if I ask, you are quick to say, you are alone managing the children and that your are already too stressed up to be bothered about missed calls.
Much earlier than this incident that you hung up on me, you asked me never to wish you any kind of good wishes like happy birthdays, Christmas, mother’s day and all those. Because you said I do not care that it is all lip service. I thought it was just frustration, but for the last 1 year, you have consistently refused to respond to my Christmas, New Year and even your birthday wishes.You ignored all my wishes! 5 months before that faithful day that you escalated your disdain for me to a whole new level, you talked to me on the phone with reckless abandon, even on my birthday, you managed to call me around 11 pm and your birthday wish to me was this “ I WISH YOU WHAT YOU WISH YOURSELF”, I told you it was not a fair wish, and the next thing, it led to outburst again and that was that, and you hung up.
Remember, you forgot my birthday for the past 3 consecutive years.
Obviously, in the preceding 5 months, you have been looking for what I will do so that you can cut me off, the opportunity came and you took it like a Viking.
How often can a married woman stay without getting in contact with her husband for this long over a matter as simple as that, and she is not bothered at all.
I needed to let go for once. I am tired of fighting for the advancement of this union. It has been 8 years of this gruesome treatment. You think everyone is wrong apart from you.
Please if there is any FALSEHOOD in what I have written, I will be glad that you tell your audience. IMELDA YOUR SISTER IS READING THIS AND SHE CAN TESTIFY TO ALL THESE. Moreover, this is just one small aspect of all that has happened these past 8 years. I just decided to skip a thousand others.I only choose to focus on this alone. You know there are a thousand things that are worse than this that you have done.
I am glad that the vast majority of your audience could not be manipulated by your story.
Maybe I would have just stayed back home in Nairobi 7 years ago, may it could not have been this bad. This is my Canada reality!
I would be a liar if I say it has not been daunting and I do not miss you. However, I have since come to the realization that no matter what , no man should dine in the table where love, respect and dignity are not served ! This is my new reality!
Dear Wife, Enjoy your own reality that you created for yourself and stay blessed...!
you sound like a good guy... if that lady loved you before, she does not again..i suspect she never did really love from the onset..you just wanted a woman and family etc whicg is good, unfortunately she wanted some thing esle... i also sense she lonely..but the economy too isnt smiling hence your distance...she needs to grow up i recall her thread.. isaid something..and you confirmed...she was spoilt from the get go..perharps by you or her parents...you confirmed she been giving you terms and conditions..even in the house...shes at fault, but when women want love or affection, they act chldish...., her love for you though is faded....if you really want her get some one, she respects to talk sense to her head 1 Like |