Marriage: Pain or Gain

It's been a wonderful day and I would like to share today's experience with you all. This post is highlighting the experience of a close friend and your suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated.

Ikenna got married to his high school sweetheart, Jane. They were so in love that everyone ascribed them to Romeo and Juliet, at least not with the tragedy part of the story. They were simply inseparable, and soon we all were invited to their marriage ceremony. The ceremony was the talk of town as he had ventured into importing with lots of customers.

Ikenna became a high profile business man, importing and exporting goods, he became successful and dedicated to his daily business activities. He took good care of his family and made sure that they lacked nothing. Soon, they were blessed with two sons in quick succession.

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They could have lived on in this level of happiness, contentment and bliss until Ikenna was duped and all his hard-earned money went down the drain. He sold almost all of his assets to pay off the loans he borrowed and gave to the men that duped him. It isn't as if we can choose what game life plays us, but at least we can only try to steer it in the direction we want.

Jane was at first pathetic with her husband and consoled him with words like, 'This is not the end of life', 'We can always make money" and so on. She automatically became the breadwinner of the family and she tried her best to feed the family, pay their bills while her husband looked for ways to better his lot. Jane continued with this situation for over a year and could bear it no further.

Ikenna was rejected by his friends and help was not forth-coming. He tried all he could to get back his footing but couldn't. Jane's love for her husband started to dwindle, she couldn't bear to come back from work everyday, feed the family and still serve her husband who does not bring home anything but instead collects from her. She stopped serving his meals and asked him to go to the kitchen and dish his food himself. She left the house chores for him and would not miss a single opportunity to rain abuses on Ikenna without minding who is around. The children were too small to know what was happening between their parents.

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Ikenna, who had noticed changes in the behaviour of his beloved wife towards him, called her and talked to her but words are cheap, she needed a man who would take care of her and maintain the fabulous lifestyle she once lived.

This is an overview of what is going on in Ikenna's home and any form of advice would be welcome to help solve this situation and bring back the love in this home.

Note that real names were not used to conceal the identity of the people involved.

How would you solve this issue without any change in Ikenna's financial status?
How would you get Ikenna to forgive his wife for the numerous misdeeds she had done to him?
How could something that was supposed to bring joy end up bringing so much pain?

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