When my brother was relocating abroad, he sold everything he had and left his car for me. He wanted to sell the car too but fortunately for me, he didn’t get a buyer. That’s how I came to inherit my brother’s car.

I wanted to sell it and invest the money into our building but my husband had a different idea. He said, “Instead of selling it, why don’t I use it for Uber so we use the income for the building instead.”

The idea was laudable so I gave him the car. A year later, the car became his private car. He hasn’t made a single sale though he registered with Uber.

The fact of the matter is, my husband is not in a position to use a private car. His finances don’t support it but he’s forcing himself to use the car.

When it breaks down, he’ll take a loan to fix it. Sometimes buying fuel is so hard for him he has to use housekeeping money to buy fuel so the house will starve.

I put a ‘for sale’ sign on it but he would remove it. Because he was using the car, all other responsibilities were left to me. If I asked for money for anything, he’d told me, “I’ve used my last money to buy a wiper or taillight or the break failed so I had to repair it.”

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I called my dad to come for the car and he did. My husband said I’d embarrassed him and exposed him to ridicule in front of the world. Because of that, he wasn’t talking to me.

He hates to take trotro now because he can’t bring himself back to that level again. He gave me an ultimatum to bring the car. I didn’t mind him. My marriage is suffering because of this. What should I do to restore calm?

— Efia

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