Dear Dave: I am not right for my wife

Valentina N.A.D. Okang

I need help. I’ve done almost nine years of marriage already, and I feel I am not the right person for my wife. She’s done nothing wrong to me. It’s just all me. I am not sure I am happy in the marriage.

Dave, I am not sure I am in love with my wife.

I am not sure I can do another year with her and not feel like ‘wasting my youth’. I will take very good care of our children, no matter what. I just don’t want to be married to her.

How do I communicate this to a woman who has stood by my side through thick and thin? She’s been good to me and I feel very bad about my decision, though it’s my most real truth. What do I do to compensate her for all the time spent with me? I think she loves me and believes all is well with us.

I don’t need a counsellor to rethink this decision. I am not the type of man she needs. And I know it is her decision to make, but Dave, I am not happy being married to her

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