Relationship

I have been quiet since I found out what he did. He doesn’t know that I know the truth. I have been acting like the ever-dutiful wife he married sixteen years ago. I welcome him with a smile when he returns home from work. I cook his meals…
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My parents are deceased. So when I got married, my husband became my family. He was my everything. When I got pregnant, I didn’t have any family to turn to. I didn’t feel that void in my life though. My husband’s presence filled everything…
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I was doing his laundry when I found money in his pocket—one GHC50 note, a GHC10 note, and a GHC2 note. They were already wet, so I put them on the floor where the sun could shine on them to dry. After the laundry, I forgot about the money…
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My boss brought me home one evening because she had kept me in the office all evening to beat deadlines. When I stepped out of her car, my father-in-law was at the gate. I greeted him and entered the house. The next day, when my husband…
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My first boyfriend, Jonathan, is a Krobo. We dated for two years, but it didn’t work out. The breakup left me so broken that I vowed never to love another man again, especially if he is Krobo. When I was dating Jonathan, many people were…
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Moses and I have been friends for ten years now. He is a very good Christian. The kind people are likely to tag as a religious zealot. Nothing interferes with his dedication to the work of God. It’s no secret that he is preparing himself to…
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At his friend’s place, I felt secure until one after the other they all left the room. Three of them. One had a call and went outside. The other one said he was going to check on the one who went outside. He went and didn’t come back. The…
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For the two years we dated, there was no sign of another woman in his life. He told me he was single at the time he proposed. I weighed his words, and they felt true. I remember asking him, “What about children? These days, half the single…
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Marcus didn’t tell me he was looking for a girlfriend. He said he just wanted us to be friends. I agreed, and we kicked things off. I’m an apprentice at a hair salon, while he owns his own company. He makes footwear on a commercial scale…
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I’m in my mid-twenties while Naa is twenty-three. We’ve been together for one and a half years now. I have had a few flings in the past. I’ve also engaged in some talking stages. None of it went anywhere. My relationship with Naa is…
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