Last year we had several attacks in my village and everyone had to runaway for safety.
I took my wife and children to my mother’s house and decided we should pick up our life from there.
My wife was very sad and said if I love her I will move her and the children to her own family’s house.
At first I rejected this idea but she stopped eating my mother’s food. She was pregnant and was losing weight fast. I became afraid that she might lose the baby and her life.
She later had a miscarriage and accused my mother. It caused a lot of troubles.
With the little savings I had, we moved to my Inlaw’s place.
This was the biggest mistake of my life. We had no money and we had to depend on her parents for everything.
I received direct and indirect insults from her father, mother and even the last born of their household.
It got so bad that one day her mother served us soup and as we were eating, she dipped hand into my soup and took out the piece of fish inside and claimed she mistakenly added it to my plate. I cried that night.
I would work morning to evening on her father’s farm without pay. I swallowed everything with hopes that I will find a job and move us out.
Few weeks after we moved in, My wife started behaving funny. She would ask me for money to buy things which she knew i did not have.
When I told her I don’t have she would start quarreling with me. This is something that never happened under my roof.
Her mother began to control her. Since we moved into her parents house she never allowed me to touch her. I became so frustrated that I wanted to use the small money I had to rent a short time hotel for us so we could spend time together as husband and wife.
My Wife cried and accused me of wayward lifestyle. She reported me to her mother and they held a family meeting for me.
I became ashamed for lack of privacy and watching my life waste away. I finally packed my things and left. My wife or her family did not even beg me to stay.
All thanks to God I was able to get a good job after I moved out.
I am now earning nothing less than ₦150,000 monthly.
I can buy what I want and eat well now.
I have gotten a place for my wife and children to stay. We are now living happily together.
All glory to God.
The last time I visited my Inlaws my wife’s father and me are from the same plate.
Distance really brings respect. I thank God almighty
