Wicked ambition backfires on spouse

Wicked ambition backfires on spouse

In Christian arithmetic, one plus one is equal to one. In other words, once a couple are joined together in holy matrimony, they become one body with the husband as the head. The head rules over the body which the wife represents. Under normal circumstances, the couple should flow together and share whatever blessings that come their way. In fact, a couple that obey the biblical injunction that a man shall leave his parents and fuse into his wife and become one, will even maintain a joint bank account. I can see a disgusted you flipping up your nose and hissing at the idea. Tufiakwa, you will scream. There are many reasons why some women would never agree to share a common purse with their husbands. This is because men usually abuse such spirit of oneness. It is like the woman is supplying her man the ammunition with which to chase after mistresses that are swarming all over the place.

A spouse who lives with her man in Enugu is a lousy arithmetician. She got married to her man a little over three years ago in a Catholic church. And they have a son to show for their conjugal effort. She is a very pretty woman, so delectable that even a monk would turn in her direction if she passes him by. Apparently aware of the physical endowment of his wife, the husband who deals in building materials decided to set up a buying and selling business for her instead of working in an environment where her bosses would be tempted.

She is doing well in her trading. So also is her man’s business. However, she did not see her husband’s business growth as her own progress as well. Her self-centred nature that was her hallmark as a spinster stuck to her like a leech. Like the leopard that cannot shed the spots on its skin, she brought the selfish mentality to bear on her marriage. She became envious of her man’s progress and wished that the riches that are coming her husband’s way should be her portion, even though her man was ever ready to support her business financially so that her trading could flourish as well.

One day, her inherent selfish temperament boiled over. In her barefaced desire to overtake her man in her senseless race to prosperity, she went diabolical. Not wanting to be seen with any juju man, she enlisted the assistance of some folks to serve as linkmen. The juju man named his price and the woman had to collect the money from her spouse on the pretext that she wanted to diversify her business. In actual fact, it is the money taken directly from the husband that would be needed for the charm as it would directly affect his business, consequent upon which her own trading would surpass her man’s business.

Three or so months down the road, the husband’s business recorded a phenomenal upsurge instead. Disgusted by the inefficacy of the juju, the wife confronted her linkmen and declared that either they had tricked her of “hard-earned” cash or the juju man was a fraudster. It was in the course of the heated argument with the linkmen that a friend of her husband passed by. Shocked by his discovery, he went and unfolded the drama to the woman’s husband.

Pissed off by the startling revelation, the man confronted his spouse with the drama. She was too shocked to deny the accusation. He hit the roof and threw the ingrate out of their matrimonial home along with their only son. Panicked, the woman began to run from pillar to post for help to save her marriage. First she ran to her husband’s parents and told them that it was the devil that pushed her into what she did. She was reprimanded and sent away. Her friends then advised her to go and confess her sin to her parish priest. She did and pleaded with him to intervene in the matter. Catholics revere their priests a lot. After forgiving the woman of her iniquity, the reverend father sent for her husband, anchoring his plea on the time-honoured saying: “To err is human, but to forgive is divine”. Reluctantly, the husband backed down and took her in. But things have not remained the same again. The couple now live like strangers as the man now regards his wife as an enemy within, refusing to eat the meals she prepares. He could not fathom what kind of jealousy came upon her even as he tried all he could to make her happy, take care of her needs as well as make her financially buoyant.

Although the relationship is being papered presently, the man’s parents are not comfortable with the development and have advised their son to be extra careful. The wife is facing rejection and her man has refused to give her money for house-keeping talk less of supporting her business financially. The measure is to ensure that his money is not used as a weapon to cause his downfall. At the rate the duo are going, it is a matter of time before the wife would ship out on her own.