Dear Lively Stones,

So I see you are about helping marriages abi relationships right? Lets see f you can help me with this.

My name is Frank (Not real name). My parents always wanted to control my life. They decided what schools I went to. What friends I had,etc. Because of their political positions,they kept a certain lifestyle and maintained that all their kids maintained that too. I did not like this lifestyle but I had to comply. They said it was for our own good and protection of our future.

This continued until I met a young lady in my finals at university in London. I met NK at a friend’s birthday party. She came for holidays and we clicked immediately. When I returned back to Nigeria after my program,I connected with her and we started dating. I was so in love. This was my soul mate, But right from the day my parents found out about her,they told me to end it as NK was not from a high class society family. I rebelled and fought against it but my parents would not agree. Eventually,NK couldnt take it anymore,she broke up with me. I refused to date anyone. I was getting close to 40 and my parents began to worry.

One day,they called me into a meeting and told me I had to get married or they cut me off my inheritance. I didnt have anyone I was dating so my parents arranged for me to marry their political associate’s daughter,Joselyn. I didnt like the idea but they told me to just marry her and if I liked,I could keep mistresses. I was to marry her just to have kids with her as I was not getting any younger. The day I met Joselyn,she took me to a corner and told me she is okay with the arrangee marriage. Her parents were making her do this too.She asked me if it was ok for me to keep

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