My boyfriend had won GHC3,700 from betting. I sat him down and told him all the things he could do with the money. I work in a financial company, so these things come easily to me. I said, “The easiest investment right now is to buy treasury bills if you don’t want to do any of the other things I’m suggesting.”

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He rubbished everything I said and even told his friends that if I knew how to manage money so well, I should go out there and make my own money. Still, I didn’t stop begging him to invest the money. I knew that amount could make a difference in our future.

Weeks later, he couldn’t account for what he had done with the money. Everything had vanished. I suspected he had placed more bets trying to win even more. He didn’t even save a single pesewa, and what hurt the most was that he didn’t give me a penny. I was suddenly annoying simply because I had advised him on what to do with his own money.

When the money was finished, he came back telling me he loved me and that I shouldn’t allow one mistake to make me see him as a bad person. I wanted to continue the relationship because I still loved him. But one day I asked myself, “If he could lose all this so easily, what else might we lose when we are finally married?”

I decided I would leave the relationship, but I needed a reason to do so. On his birthday, I got him nothing, unlike the previous year when I went all out for him. He became angry and said I didn’t care about him and that all I thought about was marriage. “How can we marry when you can’t even afford a birthday gift?” he said.

That was all the motivation I needed. I flipped his statement and turned it into something that made perfect sense for me to leave. I said, “How can we marry when you can’t even manage your little winnings?” I left without saying goodbye. He later came to ask for a reason, and I told him, “I’m still hurt by the money you lost. That is the reason I’m leaving. It’s not about your anger.”

He said, “You’re not serious,” and then he walked away and never returned.

I Left Him Because He Didn’t Help In The Kitchen

Today, his friends are buying cars. His colleagues are doing amazing things with the little they have. Meanwhile, he is still walking around broke. He once met me with my new boyfriend and started calling me a gold digger.

I couldn’t help but laugh. Some men and their egos and the twisted stories they tell themselves.

—Lucy

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