Tales From The Powder Room Last night on Tales Dear Tales I am a 30 year old lady married to an incredibly successful 45 year old man and together we have 2 kids. We have been married for close to 10years. I first met him when I finished secondary school in a village somewhere in the eastern region. My parents had arranged a marriage between him and I so right after school I was sent to Accra to be his wife. I was very happy because he is a very handsome and rich man. I came from a very poor family, till he came into my life and swept me off my feet and married me. He has been taking care of me and my entire family since then. Rich is an understatement. He has never allowed me to work since we got married, he made sure I finished tertiary and asked I stay home and take care of the kids. I lack nothing, I have it all, comfortable mansion, cars etc Naa the problem is, my husband is a very violent man, he started to hit me 3 months into our marriage, and since then it’s a non stop. He beats me at the smallest provocation and keeps me in constant fear of being attacked by his fists or belt. He beats me up in front of our children and rapes me if I tell him I am not in the mood or not too well or even when it’s that time of the month. 5 years ago, when I was 3 months pregnant, he hit me so I reported this abuse to his family members and pastor and he was very upset so he beat the living day out of me. I lost my pregnancy in the abuse! He apologized after I was discharged from the hospital and bought me a brand new car to show his remorse. But the abuse continued after a few months. I live in hell constantly afraid of his anger and afraid to wrongfully provoke him. The problem is being able to leave him, I am literally dependent on him and have been throughout our marriage and he constantly keeps close watch over my movements. At this moment my mother is battling with stroke and has been on therapy in the USA for almost 6 months now. I am fed up with all that is going on so I threatened him that I will leave him. He also threatens me that if I ever try to leave I will lose access to my children and I cannot lose my children and this has caused me to remain in the marriage for this long. The world looks in on our life from the outside and sees a perfect man and marriage. My friends actually tell me how they envy me. I want to leave him this minute, but I don’t know how, where to go. My family doesn’t want to be a part of my escape. What happens to the children? I have nothing Naa, Nothing! I am so afraid because I think my husband might have a mental problem.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 18:32:52 +0000
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