His first words were "I don't want to end up like my father"
He said it as a matter of fact
The way someone who had given an issue a lot of thought would normally speak
It was an encouraging start to a marriage counseling session
It shows he knew there was a problem somewhere
He went on the describe his father as a very violent and abusive man
A man who had no regard for his mother
An ex-military man who fathered many children with many women but never stayed with any of the women for more than two years at a stretch
A man who had no regard for God,
family and friends
He also went on to describe how his father treated him while he was going up
He said his father would flog him mercilessly for any mistake he made
None of the children could approach his father for anything
Even their mothers were always cringing
He obviously
resented his father
He said his mother was the first wife and the one who stayed with his father the longest
He said it was a union that was joyless and full of strife
He said His father left the country in his forties to start afresh in America
He said his father left a trail of
broken realities behind
He told his father's story so well
It was a dark reality that haunted him still, even after he had gotten married and fathered his own son
When he was done speaking, his wife looked up and said
Sir, He is exactly like his father
He beats me up at every
opportunity
I am a teacher by profession
Apart from school and church, he did not permit me to have a social life
I cannot relate with my own family members
If I went anywhere and he decided I had spent too much time there, he would lock me and my child out of the house
He is a
monster
The only thing he deemed me fit for was sex
He would sleep with me four or five times a day, then he will give me the next day off and pounce on me the day after
When I was pregnant, I was experiencing morning sickness and he was hitting it from behind, while I was in
serious discomfort.
Sir, I was vomiting and crying but he didn't care
After the first trimester, I started showing and I begged him to please take it easy with me
The hammering was a bit too insensitive of him in my opinion
I didn't deny him sex , sir, I only told him to be less
aggressive
He took offense
He said i was hiding behind pregnancy to deny him his conjugal rights
He didn't care about how I felt or how his actions made me feel about him
He continued to play the jockey riding a mare
We had the child, I felt he would become less aggressive
It got
worse
He stopped going to church
He would insist on having sex on Sunday morning till 10 am and then he would lie down and sleep
I will cook for him and ensure he was comfortable before heading to church
Sometimes my legs would be shaking so badly on my way to church that I will
have to sit for some time to calm my body down a little
I don't believe he sees me as a human being sir
I think all he sees when he sees me is a sex object and a domestic servant
Someone who existed to feed him and service his sexual appetite
I am tired of this marriage, sir!
His wife kept quiet
He looked up and said "I love my wife but she does not listen to me, sir!
I admit that I sometimes lose my temper because of her conduct and I act the way she described but how can a woman go off to see her cousin and not return home on time to cook for her
husband
Does she not know she was supposed to make my food?
I work hard to ensure that she got everything she needed to make the home but all she wants to do was frolic with friends who are unmarried and irresponsible. Was I supposed to keep quiet and let her walk all over me
like I am a fool?
On the sex thing, I didn't know that it is a crime for a husband to sleep with his wife
I can start cheating on her or get myself a side chick if that is what she desires
She goes about telling everybody about our sex life in a bid to embarrass me
If she knew
marriage was not her cup of tea, why did she get married?
We were having sex like that before we got married, she knew my appetite and she used to praise me for it but now it has become a negative talking point because she wanted to paint me as the devil
I go to church, in fact
I am a member of the young adult's church leadership team
I believe in God and I serve God
It is true that I don't go to church sometimes, just like her
There are Sundays she will say she is too tired or that she needed rest
Did I judge her by that?
I am not the devil sir, I am
not as wicked as she has portrayed me to be
The counselor spoke with the two of them
The talk was real and practical
He even gave them some assignments to do
They decided would see the counselor again after two weeks to give a progress report
They stepped in
Another couple walked
in
The wife said "Sir, I have to beg my husband to have sex with me
Everything irritates him
If we were about to make love and I fart, he will turn away and that will be the end of it
Even if I say a word in English and I didn't say it right, sex is over
He wouldn't do more than
one round
He will say to me that it is only when it is not well done that a second round is required
The one round he does is good o and he pays attention to my needs but if I ask him for more after that, he will turn his back and sleep off without any concern about my feelings
I suspect he is cheating sir
How can a virile young man be so lethargic about sex
Other men would do many rounds with their wives all night
Is this not the time to do that? While we are still young? If i don't ask him for sex, we will never have sex! I am sure of that
He never
makes the first move
That thing that ladies say about their husband chasing them or desiring them is a pipe dream for me
I bought sexy night wears
I would sometimes walk into the room naked
He never grabs me
The funniest thing is the polite and very formal way he usually asks me
if it is okay for him to "come in"
As if he was not talking to his wife
That thing irritates me
Was he not supposed to be free and to do as he likes with me?
Are we not married?
Does he not own my body?
I am tired of this marriage sir
The funny thing is that I might end up
cheating on him
Because I am tired of not being loved
If another man will chase me and love me as he should, I might just leave him and follow that man
I am a young woman and I am not enjoying the kind of marital life I have always dreamt of
I have only one life to live and this
is it
There will be no second chance, so I must enjoy this life and live it to the best
I am tired of this marriage sir
Her husband said "I don't want to end up like my father sir! I have told my wife this several times. My father was a skirt chaser to the core
He slept with all
kinds of women just because he had no self-control
All he lived for was his sensual pleasure and his life was a pathetic life that came to an end in a very sorry way
I swore I would do better and I am doing better
I don't cheat and I won't cheat
Self-discipline and denial are not
crimes
I am a good husband and I provide for my household
We have a baby boy already
I don't know why she is making an issue out of nothing
By this time, his wife was in tears
She was sure he didn't get her dilemma
The counselor spoke to them too
The two families got better after
some sessions with the counselor
Indeed there is safety when we are guided by the Holy Spirit
GSWMI has started a group to accommodate young adults and help them through challenges in their young marriages, relationships, and courtships
Our desire is to help groom Kingdom
relationships outside of the encumbrances of religion
The group opened yesterday and many young adults have joined already
If you desire to join the group please send a DM or a WhatsApp message to 08072744871
Let us build the right reality together by the power of the Holy Spirit

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