She started with her WhatsApp status. She would write a quote, a motivational message, or even Bible verses and invite people to share their views. Every day came with a new one. If you saw her laughing while on her phone, you knew she was reading comments from those who had responded. When WhatsApp introduced voice status, she switched to that too. I even teased her that she should start a podcast because she liked talking too much.

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Soon she was on Facebook doing the same thing, and then on Instagram. She had found her content niche and was ready to explore. I didn’t have any problem with it. I encouraged her since it made her happy, and I also understood how she could cash out by making content.

Out of nowhere, she switched to talking about cheating. I didn’t read much into her posts until a friend texted and asked, “Your wife has caught you, anaaa?” and then he added a smiley emoji. He sent me a screenshot of what he had read that made him ask that question.

“Ten Warning Signs Your Husband Is Cheating.”

Written by my wife on her Facebook wall. I sent an insulting answer to him and also added a laughing emoji. To him, the fact that my wife was writing about cheating meant she had caught me doing it.

Not long afterward, a lady friend of mine in church also sent me a screenshot: “Five Signs Your Husband Is Secretly Seeing Another Woman.” She added, “Confess, what other women are you seeing?”

Not long afterward, a colleague in the office, who said someone had sent the article in a group he was in, also sent me a screenshot: “If Your Husband Does These Three Things, He Is Already Cheating on You.”

I didn’t care at first, but I started to care. I asked my wife about her new content direction and how I was receiving calls from friends as if I were the one she had been talking about. She brushed the topic aside and later told me that if I was guilty, I should stop before she caught me.

All of a sudden, the examples she was giving in her articles sounded familiar, like they were tailored to suit a narrative that hit close to home for me. My elder brother even had cause to ask me if all was well at home.

I had to tell her to stop because she was destroying my reputation outside. I didn’t beg her to stop. I ordered her to stop and warned her that it was not negotiable.

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

I haven’t had peace since that order. She says I’m sitting on her talent. She’s even accusing me of being guilty of what she has been writing about. I won’t allow her to blackmail me for her content to thrive, so we are not having that conversation again.

But I think about it too and ask myself, “Are you not taking this too far?”

Am I? Please be honest with me and tell me the best way we can work around this.

—Adam

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