15/05/2026
MARRIAGE HAS DISAPPOINTED ME.
At 49, with just one child, I never imagined marriage would make me feel this lonely.
I was the “good girl” everyone admired before marriage — respectful, calm, hardworking, and family-oriented. I left Imo State with so much love in my heart to marry the man I thought would protect me and cherish me in his Cross River home.
But somewhere after the wedding, everything changed.
The love disappeared.The affection faded.The emotional connection never existed.
Instead of feeling like a wife, I became a stranger in my own home… like a house help assigned to cook, clean, and endure silence.
His family’s aggression broke me slowly. Every effort to keep peace became another reason to call me a “bad wife.” The same woman people once praised for her good character suddenly became the problem.
Sometimes, the most painful part of marriage is not physical pain…It is being emotionally abandoned while still wearing a wedding ring.
Many women are silently surviving this reality.Smiling outside.Breaking inside.
Please I need your advice 🙏
