The Moment Nigerian Man, Damilola Praiseworth Who Nearly Destroyed His Marriage Retraced His Steps

A Nigerian, Damilola Praiseworth determined to lead a fulfilling marital life with his wife is sharing how he salvaged his marriage from doom.

Damilola Praiseworth took to his Twitter handle to share his story which has now gone viral and earned him praises.

Praiseworth recounts before he met his wife, he had an unconscious need to keep close friends of the opposite sex because it made him feel good about himself and gave him some sense of satisfaction that he was admired. When he finally met his wife and they agreed to dedicate themselves to their newfound love, Praiseworth said it was not easy for him as he had built relationships with some female pals where he discussed everything and shared vulnerability.

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Not long after, he realized he could not sharpen his knife from two ends and he made the brave decision to honor his relationship above his controversial friendships with his female friends.

Read his full thread below:

I almost destroyed my marriage even before it began because I was hanging on to a ‘harmless friendship’. This would have cost me everything.

Before I met my wife, I unconsciously had the need to keep close friends of the opposite sex. This made me feel good about myself and have a sense of satisfaction that I was admired.

When I finally met my wife, we both decided to be committed to our relationship and focus on making it work by being committed to each other to a point where we both knew that we were each others safe space.

Even though I agreed to this commitment, I found myself trying to still manage the emotions of my ‘harmless friend’ who I was used to having long vulnerable conversations and chatting all day with.

I found myself deleting call histories, and chats just to proof to my wife I was keeping to my end of the bargain.

Even though the conversations I was having with this friend were ‘harmless’, I later came to realise that I was being unfaithful with my emotions.

The few times my wife (then girlfriend) noticed our interactions, I found myself being defensive as to why it was harmless and meant nothing, and even did more to hide the fact that we were still in very constant communication.

Thankfully, I came to understand that God’s design for intimacy in a relationship and marriage is such that you share your complete commitment, emotions and vulnerable moments with your partner and your partner alone…

…and the moment you start having such vulnerable moments and heart warming conversations with another person outside your relationship/marriage, it is emotional unfaithfulness which ultimately leads to infidelity.

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I almost destroyed my marriage even before it began because I was hanging on to a 'harmless friendship'. This would have cost me everything. pic.twitter.com/DGZgfaYz28

— Damilola Praiseworth (@Depraiz) May 18, 2020