Years ago, when we were very much in love, we welcomed the world into our life story through content creation. We created couples’ channels on all the social platforms and created content that celebrated the beauty of love and everything in between. We built a sizable fan base that kept urging us on each day. The whole thing was his idea, so he created the pages and set up the accounts.

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I was only happy creating content because our followers loved it, and the kind of comments they posted told me we were shaping positive ideas about love. I didn’t know our accounts had started making money because I wasn’t interested in the financial aspect of things.

One day, a friend asked how much we were making and I asked him, “Are we supposed to be making money? Maybe we haven’t started earning because my Jones hasn’t told me anything.” He was surprised. He started doing calculations and told me, “From what I see from your channels, you shouldn’t earn anything less than $1,000 a month.”

“You’re lying!” I said. He retorted, “Ask him very well. If he’s not aware, I can help you guys monetize your pages.”

When I told Jones about it, he wasn’t enthused. He said we were not doing it for money, so we shouldn’t let money lead the way. My friend showed me how to go about things, and I later realized we’d been making money for over a year. The least we made over the years on Facebook alone was around $550.

I asked Jones, “Is that how you are? What’s wrong if you told me we were making money?” He swore we weren’t making money until I proved to him that I knew what I was talking about. And then he said, “I was saving all that towards our wedding. It was meant to be a surprise.” I asked him, “In what bank account? How much have we made? Show me.” To date, he couldn’t show a single trace of the money.

It wasn’t so much about the money, but I told myself if a partner could act this way in a partnership, then he was not worth it. I announced our breakup on my page even before I broke up with him. He came begging, telling me there were more years ahead of us to earn more than we’d already earned. I nearly poured hot water on him.

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He tried going solo, but the pages eventually failed. Recently, I reached out to him, asking him to pull the pages down because both of us had moved on, and it didn’t show respect to our respective partners to have those channels active. He said, “You can’t tell me what to do. Does it eat your food or do you put fuel in the channels?”

I want them deleted. If he wouldn’t delete the pages, he should at least delete the videos I was in. Currently, he doesn’t even respond to my messages. He reads them and ignores them. Is there a way to delete these pages without his permission?

—Lovelace

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