During our dating days, my husband was my mother’s sweetheart because he was always showering her with money and goodies. Then we got married. Almost immediately after the ceremony, he lost his job. Things went downhill quickly. Luckily, I was working before we got married. So I stepped up and took care of my family.

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I thought my mother was on our side, that was my mistake. This woman changed when I told her we were struggling, and that I was the one holding us down financially. From that moment, she began attacking my husband at the least provocation. She would say things to suggest he wasn’t a real man because he lost his ability to provide for his family. Some of her remarks were so distasteful that I cannot bear to repeat them here.

The painful part is that she said these things to his face. That’s how much she disrespected him. One day, while attempting to provoke my husband she told him, “The way you are struggling, I suspect you can use me for money rituals.”

From 2017 to 2023, this woman peppered us ankasa. She frustrated our lives in all shades and hues. She never missed an opportunity to disgrace me and my husband.

One time, I was talking to her when she subtly said, “Why don’t you leave that man you married if he cannot take care of you?” I complained about her behaviour to my dad several times, but all he ever did was apologise on her behalf.

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Through it all, my husband never spoke back at her. He calmly took her insults and showed her no disrespect. One day I decided I had had enough. I drove my mother out of my house while she was attacking us. And I warned her never to set foot in my matrimonial home again. Even though we have reconciled now, she is still not welcome in our home.

Today, things are back on track. My husband has an excellent-paying job. Life is awesome. I can proudly say I am the happiest woman today because I believed in him. Even though he has forgiven my mother for everything she did, I haven’t forgotten any of it.

Lately, he has been giving me gifts to pass on to her, just like he used to do before we got married. He gives me money and pieces of cloth. Me, Adjoa, I will never give them to her. She doesn’t deserve it. I know my husband won’t ask her about them, so I will use that money to compensate my soul for all the pain she put us through. As for the cloths, I know exactly what to do with them.

After everything she has done, if you ask me to choose between my husband and my mother, I will definitely leave my mother drowning in the waters.

—Adjoa

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