A Lekki Wife's Plight; Dear KBReaders, please advice!
I have been married for 8 years and the union has been epileptic for the last 3 years but we have managed to make it this far.
I met my husband shortly after relocating from the UK, I was in my early thirties and ready to settle down. I fell in love with his swag and suave. He's one hunk of a man! Everything is BIG! Just the way I like it.
I had started my own business and was making good money so I wasn't too fussed about his money. I did ask what he did for a living and he told me he was into sales of exotic cars. Sounded good to me. Though at that point I couldn't have cared if he was hawking peanuts because he was so good looking and I was eager to settle down.
Fast forward to 5 years and two kids later, I have been the one bearing most of the financial responsibilities since we got married. We settled into a nice house on the mainland shortly after getting married where the rent went from 1 million to 1.5million naira a year, I singlehandedly paid this for 5 years in addition to the children's school fees and the maintenance of our home. In the entire period we lived there my husband only put up 1 million naira towards the rent. Getting money from him for the children's school fees and up keep of the house was always a heartbreaking task.
Our landlord decides he wants to use his house so we had to move. I started looking for another house on the mainland. Until my husband suggested Lekki phase one. I asked if he was crazy and he laughed, told me he was working on some deals that was going to yield him good money. I foolishly caved, and got an agent to find us a house in Lekki.
They found us a beautiful 5 bedroom house- rent was 4 million per year and they were asking for 2 years upfront. My husband said he will put up 5 million and I should make up the rest. You can imagine my surprise. Since I married this man getting money out of him is like trying to squeeze water out of a stone. He gave me the cheque, we paid and moved in.
Two months later he suggested we have a house warming party, I told him it was a silly idea as it's a rented house. That's when he told me we won't be renting for long that he was going to make the landlord an offer to buy the house in a few years. He said things were looking up financially and that he appreciates all I have been doing for the family all these years but it's time I sit back and let him take over his responsibilities as the man of the house. I felt like I had died and gone to heaven! He also suggested that we tell our friends and family that we bought the house which will explain why we were having a house warming party. I was a bit hesitant but judging from all he had just told me, I played along.
Fast forward to 3 years. Our rent expired 8 months ago and my husband has refused to pay. He claims he has no money. My business has not been doing too well becauseI have been digging into it to maintain our new lifestyle and pay our children's school fees in one of the Lekki schools.
I recently found out that my husband is building a hotel in his hometown, which he never mentioned to me. This is a man that swore he has no money.
The landlord is threatening to throw us out. Where do I go, who do I turn to? This man made me lie to everyone we know including my family that we bought the house. I can't bear to think of the shame and embarrassment I will face if people find out we've been lying all this while. I'm not sure what his plans are. I love him so much, but he's breaking my heart. I'm so depressed and confused and I've recently been diagnosed with high blood pressure. Please advise, what do I do?
Hmmmmm my dear pack your children out of the house oo to he'll with what anyone thinks. Get a small 2bedroom in another place if he wants he can move in with you if not leave him to pay for the lekki house. But swallow shame anddd move out.
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