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There's No Competition In Marriage. by Darevofpeace(m): 9:15am On Mar 25
When we first got married and I relocated my wife from Lagos to join me here in Kaduna State, I tried finding her a job, but we couldn't get any decent job. The job that would have come in handy was teaching, and I had made up my mind that she would not be a private school teacher. That work is so draining and the pay is not equal to the stress. I'm speaking from experience.

For the first two years of our marriage, I was the only one working. I had to double my hustle, knowing that I had a wife to feed. I was teaching, plus other side jobs. By the time I put all my earnings together at the end of the month, I was making roughly 100k. That was 2018/2019. That amount should be like 400k equivalent right now.

And by the grace of God, I was totally transparent in terms of finance. As a matter of fact, I was submitting all my income to my wife, I mean EVERYTHING! Part of the reasons was that I didn't want a situation where she would be pressured to take just any work and I didn't want her to lack anything.

As God would have it, she got a decent job after staying at home for 2 years. A job better than all my little hustles put together. I had left teaching then and was working with an NGO.

Unfortunately at my end, my boss didn't get a contract around that time, so money was not coming in from me. People who have worked with NGOs would understand; sometimes, there'll be money (when there's contract), and sometimes everywhere will be dry (no contract).

It got to a point that, for more than 6 months, I didn't get paid. My wife was the only one earning and shouldering all financial responsibilities.

Lest I forget, my wife reciprocated the kindness. Once her salary dropped, she would forward EVERYTHING into my account. We would then plan the things we would do with the money together.

When the instincts of the African man in me kicked in, I began to feel unfulfilled. I was not comfortable with the fact that my wife was the one paying the bills. I started transferring the aggression of my joblessness to her. Once we had any conflicting interest on money, I was always quick to say "It's because you're the owner of the money now". Thank God for the kind of woman she is. She followed me patiently and always let me have things my way.

As of then, my wife was still struggling with driving. I got her a driver who would come only twice in a week and would cook up excuses for the remaining days. The few days the man was around, he would first drop me in my office and then take my wife to her place of work and to see her customers.

I was supposed to have stopped going to the office because I was not getting paid, but my ego didn't let me.

Things got worse when my boss declared that he would close down the Kaduna office and relocate to Abuja, where it would be easier for him to secure contracts for the organization. Oh, I was heartbroken.

For about a month, I was at home, doing nothing. I used to help my wife with chores, but the bitterness of being unemployed made me stop. And she dares not ask me to help. I would say she wants to turn me into her house boy because I didn't have a job...very petty talk!

My wife's driver still continued in his attitude of disappointing her, but I didn't care. My headache was how to get another job and start earning more than my wife...Some sort of unhealthy competition.

I was lost in thought one night, and I realized that I had been so unfair to myself and my wife; it wasn't my fault that my company folded up and my wife never made me feel less of a man. She had been giving me all the money she was making in her job. So, what exactly is my problem? Pride of a man.

I thought deeply; who made the rule that the money used in running the house MUST come from the man? Who made the rule that it is the man that MUST pay children's school fees? Who made the rule that the man MUST earn more than his wife? I realized all those things were man-made concepts. From that moment, I had a mind shift!

The following morning, I was up before my wife, ready to assist her in any way I could. When the driver came, I fired him immediately and paid him off. I took the car keys and drove my wife to work by myself. I drove her to see all her clients and customers. I drove her to Kano, to Abuja and everywhere she wanted to go.
Her clients would have concluded that I was her new driver but she was always quick to tell people "This is my husband" 😀😀🤣

I joined forces with her and the job got a lot easier and better. I was handling all the aspects of the job that required physical efforts and she was doing the paperwork. Around that time, she was hitting target back-to-back and they paid her all the other bonuses that employees who hit target usually get. The allowance was more than my salary at my NGO job.

That decision brought sweetness back to our home. It created an opportunity for us to spend more time together and bond. As we teamed up, the job got a lot easier for her and we made more money.

Then I realized I had only been cheating myself all the time I was brooding over nothing.

People of God, I was eating my wife's money with peace of mind, long life, and prosperity and we were both genuinely happy. 😂😂😁

I got so used to being around her that I didn't even want a job that would separate us again. When I got another job, it was really difficult for both of us to adapt to the new routine.

Till today, there's no such thing as my money or my wife's money around here. Once one of us has money, anyone can spend the money without restrictions, and God has been helping us.

Dear couples, be united in all spheres and things will progress faster in your home.

Thanks for following.

https://www.facebook.com/100001547660584/posts/pfbid02RUx3L2kZquEdVw5zvRapTuF7NDFbXo2PqVh66DijwnBaa9PRAC6QnY7cC66WZYxQl/

© John Adesogan

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Re: There's No Competition In Marriage. by Nackzy: 9:16am On Mar 25
Me ah Don old, my younger brother Don marry get pikin set, me no grt money to marry even when ah Don see wife, its telling on me man, no matter the motivation talk
Re: There's No Competition In Marriage. by vizkiz: 9:22am On Mar 25
Nackzy:
Me ah Don old, my younger brother Don marry get pikin set, me no grt money to marry even when ah Don see wife, its telling on me man, no matter the motivation talk

Stay single till you are financially capable for marriage. Don't make someone else suffer the same faith as you
Re: There's No Competition In Marriage. by Zonefree(m): 9:24am On Mar 25
A marriage with a Nigerian girl is waste of marital vows.

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Re: There's No Competition In Marriage. by madridguy(m): 9:35am On Mar 25
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Re: There's No Competition In Marriage. by madridguy(m): 9:36am On Mar 25
Interesting story.
Re: There's No Competition In Marriage. by FRANCISTOWN: 9:38am On Mar 25
Darevofpeace:

. I drove her to see all her clients and customers. I drove her to Kano, to Abuja and everywhere she wanted to go.
Her clients would have concluded that I was her new driver but she was always quick to tell people "This is my husband" 😀😀🤣





People of God, I was eating my wife's money with peace of mind, long life, and prosperity and we were both genuinely happy. 😂😂😁



Till today, there's no such thing as my money or my wife's money around here. Once one of us has money, anyone can spend the money without restrictions, and God has been helping us.

Dear couples, be united in all spheres and things will progress faster in your home.

Thanks for following.

https://www.facebook.com/100001547660584/posts/pfbid02RUx3L2kZquEdVw5zvRapTuF7NDFbXo2PqVh66DijwnBaa9PRAC6QnY7cC66WZYxQl/

© John Adesogan

All these things wey this man write up there na cap.
BTW, I do not understand the purpose of this story. Is it to encourage more men to start acting as drivers or as servants to their wives?

The idiot even said he was eating his wife's money with long life and prosperity.😂😂
What kind of men do we even have these days. Haha! This one is walking around in diapers o.

So when he was out of Job and the best thing he could do was to follow his wife around like a puppy following it's owner?

Exactly! He is just the puppy and the wife is the owner.
I'm grateful for who raised me. Places I've been and the things I've seen.
The purpose of a man is to lead his family. This idiot was acting a wife and he is even happy about it. Men are now becoming more shameless by the order of the day.

The speed of light is constant anywhere. Women are all the same.

It's just such a shame that, people like them will not share the stories of how things finally end with them.

Because the narrator is an excited slave to his wife doesn't mean every other man out there should be unfortunate.

I'd rather I die than let a woman feed me.
Nonsensical Nonsensicus.
Re: There's No Competition In Marriage. by pocohantas(f): 9:59am On Mar 25
The ones that hate to see a happy home have commented as usual. It is funny that the simps are rarely online typing aggressively on marriage threads. It is always the supposed alphas doing it.

"No woman would ever help her man". Here is a woman that has done it and the man was truthful enough to admit it was him transferring aggression on her, yet they are not satisfied.

When I say these ones are wizards and ladies here shouldn't get depressed after reading their posts, trust me I know. They are not the men marrying. They are just agent of distractions programmed to capsize relationships and marriages.

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Re: There's No Competition In Marriage. by GloriousGbola: 10:08am On Mar 25
Darevofpeace:

When we first got married and I relocated my wife from Lagos to join me here in Kaduna State, I tried finding her a job, but we couldn't get any decent job. The job that would have come in handy was teaching, and I had made up my mind that she would not be a private school teacher. That work is so draining and the pay is not equal to the stress. I'm speaking from experience.

For the first two years of our marriage, I was the only one working. I had to double my hustle, knowing that I had a wife to feed. I was teaching, plus other side jobs. By the time I put all my earnings together at the end of the month, I was making roughly 100k. That was 2018/2019. That amount should be like 400k equivalent right now.

And by the grace of God, I was totally transparent in terms of finance. As a matter of fact, I was submitting all my income to my wife, I mean EVERYTHING! Part of the reasons was that I didn't want a situation where she would be pressured to take just any work and I didn't want her to lack anything.

As God would have it, she got a decent job after staying at home for 2 years. A job better than all my little hustles put together. I had left teaching then and was working with an NGO.

Unfortunately at my end, my boss didn't get a contract around that time, so money was not coming in from me. People who have worked with NGOs would understand; sometimes, there'll be money (when there's contract), and sometimes everywhere will be dry (no contract).

It got to a point that, for more than 6 months, I didn't get paid. My wife was the only one earning and shouldering all financial responsibilities.

Lest I forget, my wife reciprocated the kindness. Once her salary dropped, she would forward EVERYTHING into my account. We would then plan the things we would do with the money together.

When the instincts of the African man in me kicked in, I began to feel unfulfilled. I was not comfortable with the fact that my wife was the one paying the bills. I started transferring the aggression of my joblessness to her. Once we had any conflicting interest on money, I was always quick to say "It's because you're the owner of the money now". Thank God for the kind of woman she is. She followed me patiently and always let me have things my way.

As of then, my wife was still struggling with driving. I got her a driver who would come only twice in a week and would cook up excuses for the remaining days. The few days the man was around, he would first drop me in my office and then take my wife to her place of work and to see her customers.

I was supposed to have stopped going to the office because I was not getting paid, but my ego didn't let me.

Things got worse when my boss declared that he would close down the Kaduna office and relocate to Abuja, where it would be easier for him to secure contracts for the organization. Oh, I was heartbroken.

For about a month, I was at home, doing nothing. I used to help my wife with chores, but the bitterness of being unemployed made me stop. And she dares not ask me to help. I would say she wants to turn me into her house boy because I didn't have a job...very petty talk!

My wife's driver still continued in his attitude of disappointing her, but I didn't care. My headache was how to get another job and start earning more than my wife...Some sort of unhealthy competition.

I was lost in thought one night, and I realized that I had been so unfair to myself and my wife; it wasn't my fault that my company folded up and my wife never made me feel less of a man. She had been giving me all the money she was making in her job. So, what exactly is my problem? Pride of a man.

I thought deeply; who made the rule that the money used in running the house MUST come from the man? Who made the rule that it is the man that MUST pay children's school fees? Who made the rule that the man MUST earn more than his wife? I realized all those things were man-made concepts. From that moment, I had a mind shift!

The following morning, I was up before my wife, ready to assist her in any way I could. When the driver came, I fired him immediately and paid him off. I took the car keys and drove my wife to work by myself. I drove her to see all her clients and customers. I drove her to Kano, to Abuja and everywhere she wanted to go.
Her clients would have concluded that I was her new driver but she was always quick to tell people "This is my husband" 😀😀🤣

I joined forces with her and the job got a lot easier and better. I was handling all the aspects of the job that required physical efforts and she was doing the paperwork. Around that time, she was hitting target back-to-back and they paid her all the other bonuses that employees who hit target usually get. The allowance was more than my salary at my NGO job.

That decision brought sweetness back to our home. It created an opportunity for us to spend more time together and bond. As we teamed up, the job got a lot easier for her and we made more money.

Then I realized I had only been cheating myself all the time I was brooding over nothing.

People of God, I was eating my wife's money with peace of mind, long life, and prosperity and we were both genuinely happy. 😂😂😁

I got so used to being around her that I didn't even want a job that would separate us again. When I got another job, it was really difficult for both of us to adapt to the new routine.

Till today, there's no such thing as my money or my wife's money around here. Once one of us has money, anyone can spend the money without restrictions, and God has been helping us.

Dear couples, be united in all spheres and things will progress faster in your home.

Thanks for following.

https://www.facebook.com/100001547660584/posts/pfbid02RUx3L2kZquEdVw5zvRapTuF7NDFbXo2PqVh66DijwnBaa9PRAC6QnY7cC66WZYxQl/

© John Adesogan

This story is far more common than you think. Because no matter what, life happens. One spouse career may move faster than the others. One spouse may require support of the other while he/she is in a rut or his business is struggling to take off.

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Re: There's No Competition In Marriage. by Klass99(f): 4:25pm On Mar 25
Re: There's No Competition In Marriage. by GloriousGbola: 4:36pm On Mar 25
Klass99:


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there we go - quoted one letter of your post to post a period
Re: There's No Competition In Marriage. by poshestmina(f): 4:12am On Mar 26

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