Why Lesotho Woman, Moroetsana, Who Has Being Married For Just A Year Is Unhappy
A newly married woman from Lesotho, identified on Twitter as Moroetsana has taken to same to narrate what she’s had to endure in her marriage.
According to her, in her one-year old marriage, her husband has been emotionally and physically abusing her. She stated that he would usually blackmail her into forgiving him after he is done abusing her.
Read her story as narrated by her below:
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“I’v only been married for a year and my husband is emotionally abusive…became physical once and when i confronted him he cried to me saying he dont wanna end up like his father… The emotional abuse never stops.. He’s soo manupulative,he cheats, lies and its always my fault”
“I can’t bring myself to tell my parents because they warned me agaist marriage and i dont want them to see me as a failure…but he calls his mom everytime i mess up”
“He wounds me during the day and expects sex at night… When my body doesn’t respond he blames it on my past(i was sexually molested as a child) he says um sick and should seek help”
“i feel suffocated everytime he’s around but i dont have the courage to deal with the consequences of making a decision to leave…numb, depressed and suicidal”
“He says he dont feel man enough because i work and he doesnt.. So i cant confront his extravagant behavior aswell”
“He’s forbidden me from seeing my bff bcz she is always there for me…he says she’s a bad influence…i’m also not allowed to go to my own church and when i do i am “unruly” says in his house the only church to be attended is his..”
Most of the Twitter users who ‘counseled’ her asked her to leave the marriage.
See some of their counsels below:
Wow what women go through because of stubbornness.