My boyfriend posted a photo of Alicia Keys and her husband holding hands on his WhatsApp status. Since then, I have decided not to talk to him. His post put our relationship in a light I am not pleased with. It was though he was announcing to the world, let me say, the women in his contacts that he was available for the taking.

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No, my sentiments are not about the photo itself. It was the caption attached to the post that made me feel disrespected. Let me share it with you word for word. I haven’t edited a single part of it. When you finish reading it, then you tell me if this is something a man in a committed relationship should post.

“LESSON FOR WOMEN

This is Alicia Keys and her hubby swizz beatz.

They are married since 2010 and are very happy together. Look at them rocking sneakers together and strolling with hands held together. Relationship goals right there!!

Alicia Keys fell in love with swizz beatz while he was still married to another lady called mashonda. Alicia Keys went and took this man from his wife and now they are happy yet some of you ladies are scared to just take away a mere boyfriend from another girl. If you can make him happier than she is making him happy, woman take what’s yours. You ain’t going to find a man who has his shit together and is still single. You have to take him from someone otherwise you’ll be forever alone. Alicia Keys, you bright woman.”

My first thought when I saw this was that he made this post because of a lady he is probably trying to get together with. Yes, this has happened before. Only that it wasn’t this blatant.

In January this year, we were fine. Our relationship is usually uneventful. I don’t stress him or pick unnecessary fights with him. Men always say they want a woman who would be their peace. I can boldly say that I am that person in his life.

Anyway, back to January. I went on WhatsApp to find that my boyfriend had posted quotes and memes about heartbreak. If I wasn’t in a relationship with him, I would have jumped to the conclusion that his relationship had ended.

I remember asking him, “What’s this about?”

He said, “Oh, it’s nothing. I saw them on Facebook and decided to post them because I like them. His explanation didn’t make sense but I didn’t have anything to prove that he was lying. Then in April, he bought a new phone and gave his old one to me. When I started using it, I saw his messages and learned that he made those heartbreak posts because he was talking to his ex-girlfriend again.

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Our relationship hasn’t fully recovered from that, but we were still peaceful. That’s why I was surprised and angry when I saw the one he made about Alicia Keys and her husband. His explanation this time around too is that he saw it on Facebook and felt like sharing it.

I know he is lying. I believe he did it because he is trying to open doors for other women to come into his life, despite the fact that he is already taken.

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He is on this page. He reads stories about the disappointment women experience when their partners cheat but obviously, he hasn’t learned anything. I am sharing this story here because I know he will see it.

Kwaku (that’s not his real name), I want you to know that I am not buying your lies. Your behaviour shows you don’t take me seriously.

—Tash

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