did that man you married with such love and hope turn into a monster who couldn’t stick to his vow to ‘protect’ you because he’s now the one actually violating you? You hear about rape cases and how victims are viciously treated without recourse to any form of redress; without giving a thought to the likelihood of the perpetrator being the man you share your marital bed with.
“Over the years of our marriage, this was a phrase I heard a lot. If I refused to have sex with Gabby, he’d pin me down and take what he wanted anyway. “It’s my right,’ he’d tell me and this made me mad. This went on even after we went on to have two more children, both boys. Whenever I asked Gabby for money for the house or for the children’s needs, he would say ‘later in the morning.” If I didn’t deliver the night before, I got nothing.
“When I came to take my daughter home, mum was distant and I wondered what was on her mind. I didn’t have long to wait. She was at the house later in the evening and called our daughter to repeat what she told her about needing earphones. She did so without batting an eyelid, giving her father a look of pure hatred! I was so ashamed that I burst into tears. I didn’t realize to what extent my putting up with the beast I called a husband had affected my only daughter.