Dear Pastor, I am a regular reader of your column. I have been doing so since I was a child. I have enjoyed reading the stories, and I have learnt a lot over the past years just by reading them.
I am a 25-year-old woman. I work very hard. I don't pay rent, and I have one son, who is my lifeline.
A year ago I met a man who is also 25 years old. We exchanged numbers and by communicating with each other, we became very close until we started dating. After we were together for one year, he took me to meet his parents.
He also introduced me to some of his friends. Being with him wasn't bad, because his grandmother and father loved me. After a while, he started to act very weird and I suspected that he might have another woman.
We started to argue a lot, and all our arguments were over foolishness. His mother became concerned over his treatment to me. His attitude towards me suddenly became bad.
His mother scolded him one day and told him that she didn't love how he was treating me, and he should allow me to go instead of treating me badly, because I didn't deserve what he was doing to me. His father got married a month after his mother spoke to him. I was invited to the wedding.
I was beautiful but at the wedding, my boyfriend didn't look at me even once. One of his aunts was there and she observed his behaviour. I did not know that she was looking at him.
After the wedding, his aunt scolded him about how he treated me, and asked him whether he would allow this foolish behaviour t.