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Philippines holds bloody crucifixions on Good Friday despite Catholic church objection(Video)


A province in the Philippines held bloody crucifixions to uphold a local Good Friday tradition despite the objection of the Catholic church.

The religious tradition saw eight people nailed to wooden crosses wearing thorny crowns of twigs as they reenacted the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, according to The Associated Press.

Good Friday is a Christian holiday that commemorates the crucifixion and death of Christ before his resurrection on Easter Sunday.


The crucifixions, which were held in San Pedro Cutud, Pampanga, are the province’s first display of religious devotion after a three-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prior to the crucifixions, devotees carried heavy crosses on their backs for more than half a mile to the top of a hill. Hundreds of others also walked barefoot and whipped their bare backs with sharp bamboo sticks.

Villagers dressed as Roman centurions later hammered 4-inch stainless steel nails through the eight men’s palms and feet. They were then left on the cross under the sun for about 10 minutes.

One of the men was 62-year-old sign painter Ruben Enaje, who has now reportedly participated in the crucifixions a total of 34 times.


“To be honest, I always feel nervous because I could end up dead on the cross,” Enaje told The Associated Press before his crucifixion. “When I’m laid down on the cross, my body begins to feel cold. When my hands are tied, I just close my eyes and tell myself, ‘I can do this. I can do this.’”


While on the cross, Enaje said he prayed to God for the end of the COVID-19 virus and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The 62-year-old reportedly chose to devote his life to Christ after surviving what he described as a miracle. Enaje said he survived uninjured after falling from a three-story building in 1985. He then extended the ritual after his loved ones recovered from serious illnesses.



Enaje became a village celebrity known as the “Christ” in the Lenten reenactment of the Way of the Cross.


Wilfredo Salvador, a 66-year-old former fisherman who played the role of Jesus Christ, said he began participating in the crucifixion 15 years ago after suffering a mental breakdown.

“[God] gives me physical strength unlike others who cannot bear it,” said Salvador, according to Digital Journal. “I do this by choice. I thank Him for giving me a second life.”


The bloody tradition draws thousands of devotees and tourists to the Philippines.

This year, organizers said more than 15,000 Filipino and foreign tourists gathered in Cutud and two other nearby villages.


Johnson Gareth, a British tour organizer, reportedly brought 15 tourists from eight countries to watch the crucifixions.

“They like this because there is really nothing like this on earth. It’s less gruesome than people think. They think it’s going to be very macabre or very disgusting but it’s not. It’s done in a very respectful way,” Gareth told The Associated Press, adding that the tourists were “genuinely inspired.”

“For me, it is an exceptional experience and chance to see such a cultural thing, which is unique in the world,” said Milan Dostal, a tourist from the Czech Republic. “I respect it, I’m very open-minded.”

However, church leaders in the country have objected to the crucifixions in the past, noting that devotees can express their devotion by doing charity work instead.

“It’s very clear that the crucifixion of Christ is more than enough to save humanity from sin,” said Father Jerome Secillano, executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ public affairs committee. “If you want your sins to be forgiven, go to confession.”

The health department had also warned participants of getting infections from being whipped and nailed.

Catholic priest Robert Reyes, who is also a human rights activist in the country, said the bloody practice is a reflection of the church’s failure to educate Filipinos regarding Christian tenets, which then prompts many to explore alternative ways of seeking divine help.

“The question is, where were we church people when they started doing this?” Reyes asked. “If we judge them, we’ll just alienate them.”

Reyes suggested that the clergy should immerse themselves in the communities and regularly engage in conversations with the villagers.


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Good day,

My name is Stella. I came across your blog recently and I must say, I wish I discovered Lively Stones earlier. I see what you are doing to advice people…well done. This life is full of ups and downs and sometimes, life challenges hit you so hard, you begin to question your morals and beliefs in life. I am a 46 years old married woman. I have been married to the love of my life for 13 years. If you do the math, you will see that I married when I was over thirty, so some of the challenges I faced in my marriage, I attributed it to not marrying on time not knowing I was wrong, as in totally wrong.

When I married my husband Fidel, like I said, he was the love of my life. He did not have much but he was the sweetest and most romantic guy I ever met. I fell head over heels in love. And we were determined to make it together. I had some money of my own. We invested and started businesses…we built our small empire. By the grace of God, we have properties, cars and businesses. But the problem was, I couldn’t conceive. Even with all the resources we had, IVF did not work for us.

My husband was very sweet and supportive. Always telling me to trust in God, that God will bless us with our own child one day. By the eight year of our marriage, I suggested that we should adopt a child while we were still waiting….my husband said, lets wait a bit. That if we don’t conceive by the time he clocks 45, we can adopt. The idea was, let us wait a little more but before the end of that year, tragedy struck. I caught my husband cheating with my own secretary. I was hurt. My husband cried and begged for forgiveness. We went to counselling and we worked it out.


After counselling, I noticed my husband was not happy as before. Our communication broke down…it was like, something died in the marriage. I think he started facing depression. I followed the advice of our therapist and told him lets adopt a child, perhaps, a child will heal whatever is broken in our marriage. My husband said, he does not want to adopt cos adoption feels like we do not trust God and that we have given up. I again listened to him and forgot about the adoption.


A few months later, my husband came to me, and said he wanted to tell me how he was feeling. That he loves me and does not want to hurt or betray me but that he had been struggling with the idea that he may never have a child because I cannot give him one. My husband said, if I agree, that he would like to try another woman, to see if the woman can conceive. I was numb. My husband was telling me…asking me to give him permission to f*ck another woman , so he can have a child.

Well, I told him no way, that if he does that, then we are done. He kept silent but then, he stopped talking to me altogether….we would not speak to me for weeks. Then he started keeping late nights. He was getting drunk. He blamed me for his depression. I thought long and hard…I cried and prayed….and then I eventually called him and told him I have agreed for him to try and impregnant another woman. He was grateful and told me that he would never love any other woman but me, no matter if the woman gives him a child.

So, I asked him, who will the woman be…he said said my former secretary. I should have known but my husband explained that it would be better with her cos he knows her and that when he was having an affair with her, she got pregnant but they had to abort cos of me….but I should have known that the fact that he suggested her meant he had not gotten over her. I agreed reluctantly and told him that he can sleep with her but I will not allow him to marry her. He agreed. My husband became himself again. He was lively and happy. Infact, our s3x life improved.

A few months later, he told me the secretary was pregnant. I was so full of regret but happy that my husband would not be without his heir. My husband then said we can now adopt. I adopted a baby girl while the secretary gave birth to a baby boy. It was an unusual arrangement but at least, we managed to be happy by it. I started noticing that my husband loved to spend a lot of time with his baby mama instead of our adopted daughter. I was pained with jealousy but I kept calm.

Then I started seeing the secretary’s social media pictures of her and my husband and the baby, like a perfect family.

…TO BE CONTINUED BY 8PM TODAY—


Anonymous

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Good evening,

Please hide my identity. I need your advice on this matter. Before I start, I want to say I know that I made a mistake and I know I am wrong for my part in this story I want to share but then, I have asked God for forgiveness and I know His grace is sufficient for me. So, I am a single mother of three. I have been struggling since my husband passed in the year 2018. Before he passed, he was sick, very sick and could not work for almost two years.

During that time, I had only my two children. It was very hard on us cos my husband had to quit his job and I became the breadwinner. I had a provision shop that was doing well but as mu husband got sicker, it became harder to focus on the shop. Anyone I put in the shop to help me, were just stealing my money or mismanaging the shop. You know, the margins in retail provision shop is not so much. With time, I could barely sustain even paying rent for the shop.

Then my husband passed. It was devastating cos after all the struggle, debts we owed to try to save him, he eventually died. Well, we owed so much, from hospital bill to food to rent to school fees….we were owing everyone. My friend Ona was my rock. This woman stood by me, gave my children and I a home when we had no option but to return home. Ona gave me and my children, a room in her ground floor in her duplex.


Ona and I became friend from her supplying provision to me. She has a big ware house where she supplies customers in wholesale. When she found out about my husband’s sickness, she took interest in me. She eventually took me into her home when I had no where to go to. She employed me as one of her sales officers. I was very happy. But then, devil struck. Ona’s husband started to make passes at me behind Ona’s back.

I resisted the passes and hide it from Ona for one who year. I did not want to be the cause of any marital problems they would have cos Ona has been so good to me. Eventually, after a year plus….the husband had worn me out…I too had not been with a man for almost four years cos when my husband was sick, we were not sleeping together. The temptation was great….I know I was wrong and I h*te myself for this but that is how Ona’s husband and I started sleeping with each other behind her back.

The affair continued for a while, several months until Ona caught us red handed. I almost wanted to die cos I know I have betrayed someone who only helped me when no one else did. Ona threw me out of her house of course. I took my children back to the village and stayed back in Lagos. A month later, I discovered I was pregnant. I told Ona’s husband about it and he told me to keep the pregnancy. I told him no cos I cannot just sleep with someone’s husband….to have a child is too much betrayal…if someone did that to me…I don’t think I will take that.

Ona’s husband refused to give me money for the abortion. I tried to take local abortion pills but they did not work. I went to a nurse to do the abortion, I saved up 6k but the nurse said it was not enough but I promised to pay back the remaining 8k later. The abortion went very badly. I bleed a lot and I was in pains for days. When I could not bear the pains again, I was rushed to the hospital. It was at the hospital I was told that the abortion had failed. The baby had survived. The doctor warned me not to try any further plan to abort else I might loose my life.

That was how I had no choice but to keep the baby. I told Ona’s husband. He started sending me small money as upkeep for the baby. I had a baby boy. Of course, he still wanted us to..

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What Happened After My Husband Pressured Me To Seek Spiritual Help To Get Pregnant

Good day,

I have been looking for your number for a few days now. Please keep me anonymous. My name is Kate (not real name). I am 36 years old. I have been married for six years, to a divorcee. My husband has two children from his first marriage but the children live with their mother. The mother of the children had sole custody of the children. Infact, they said she ran away with the children. After we got married, things were alright but I started getting pressure to get pregnant after two years of marriage.

Myself, I became worried and I told my husband that we need to go to the hospital. My husband reminded me that he has fathered two children and so he does not have any concern about him being fertile, that I should go and sort myself in the hospital alone. So, I went for fertility checks and did every known fertility test in the medical world. I was proven very fine and nothing wrong with me to have children. By the third year, not only me became worried, my husband's family started becoming curious as to why we were not yet having children.

Eventually, things went out of hand, my own family started asking me to go and consult spiritualists while my husband's people wanted me to consult Juju priests. My husband and I started having serious quarrels. Everyone assumed that the problem was with me. My husband started asking me what was my body counts, have I had any abortions in the past, etc. I felt attacked cos it seemed like I was the cause of the not being pregnant.

It did not help that my husband started cheating on me. I used to cry everyday. I started going from church to church, from prayer house to prayer house. I received several visions....that it was my husband's ex wife....some said it was my own grand father....some said it was me....that I stole someone's boyfriend in the past and all these were all lies. Then, by the sixth year, my husband threatened me that I had to start using the juju charms that his Aunty was suggested....he said the juju was very effective and it has helped many women get pregnant.

The Auntie brought the charms to our house and I refused to use it. This caused serious fight in my home. I got so upset and moved out of my our house. I stayed with my friend, in her father's guest house for a month. Later, my husband came and we resolved the matter and he agreed that we try native herbs that is not charms. So, one herbalist was contacted and the baba explained that his portions are purely herbal, nothing fetish about it.

The baba gave me some herbs to bath and some to drink. We took the herbs home and prepared it the way the baba advised us but as I tried to drink the herbs, I could not....I don't know why....I kept trying ....I really wanted to....I just could not....I was able to bath with the other herbs but the one to drink...I could not. So, I pretended to drink it and told my husband that I drank it but I was throwing it away.

Then that faithful day happened. I had gone to attend a wedding of one of my colleagues, I was having running stomach while at the wedding so I decided to go back home. On getting home, I caught my husband and my neighbor's daughter having s3x. I was so angry and embarrassed that I took off from the house. I went to my friend's family guest house. That had become a place I to go, when I need somewhere to rest and get away from all the troubles in the world.

When I got there, I could not sleep...I was in pain from all the heartbreak....I wanted to end my life...the thought suddenly came and I wanted to do it...but I wanted to get drunk so I can have the courage to go through the plan to end my life. I ordered for so much alcohol and started drinking at the bar. That was when the manager of the bar came to me and advised me to stop drinking. The manager knows me as their oga's daughter's friend....he knew something was wrong.

This man tried to stop me from drinking and I started crying. He had to call the hotel room service to take me to my room. I was helped to my room. I was still crying and vomiting by this time. They tried to call my friend but she was out of town. My friend then told the manager to make sure I am not left alone for one minute....that he must watch over me all through the night. I could not sleep that night until like 3am. I was able to sleep after though.

When I woke up, my friend and I spoke and she counselled me. We agreed that it was time to end the marriage cos I have had enough of abuse and disrespect all because I could not get pregnant. I was to stay at the guest room for a few more days before we decided to go to my place and pack my things. It was one of those days at the guest house, that the..

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Relocating Abroad Without Your Spouse Is Not Advisable-See How Temptation Is Affecting My Marriage



I want to share my story cos I do not know what to do…my marriage is shaking….I made a mistake in the moments of loneliness and weakness. Let me start from the beginning….so I am a medical doctor. When I did my houseman ship, I fell in love with a light skinned, handsome young doctor (Dozie, not real name, he is a half cast) at the time. We were discreet at work about the affair cos the management will not allow doctors date student doctors at the time…but we were really in love at the time. It lasted for eight months until I had to go to another hospital to continue my houseman ship. Nothing made us break up, just the very busy schedules of doctors.

That was six years ago. I got married three years later. I have a daughter now. A year after my daughter was born, I relocated to Ukraine for greener pastures but then, the war broke out and I had to relocate to the UK. I have been studying for my medical school because you have to study to pass their exams here before you can practice being a doctor. The plan was for me to study, get a job and my husband and daughter will join me.

I got attached to a teaching hospital here in UK and I found out that Dozie was working at the teaching hospital. I was happy to see him cos UK can be lonely. Seeing a familiar face from home can be very comforting. Dozie told me he has a fiancé in UK with him and so I felt ok around him. I took him as a friend but working with him at the hospital started brining back memories and feelings which God knows that I have been trying to suppress.

If you live in UK, all people do here is work work or school…that is those of us who are immigrants….I miss my husband and cant wait for him to come, we talk every day but the feelings for Dozie is beginning to mess with my head. Dozie has tried to take me out severally but I have been refusing. I never wanted him to think there was any hope of us getting back together.

And then I fell ill in the thick of the cold in February. I could not go to work or school for two days. Dozie kept calling to check in on me and when it felt like I was getting weaker, he had to come see me. I was sick and vulnerable, feeling so lonely. I could not resist Dozie’s cuddling and we ended up having s3x when I was sick. I told myself that it was because I was sick and lonely that made that to happen. But when I got better, we continued.

Like I said, this place is cold and lonely and the temptation is high. Not even when the person is someone you have feelings for. Every day I speak to my husband back in Naija, I feel so guilty. But I tell myself, I don’t know what my husband is doing behind my back too. In fact, I wish he would cheat so I can feel that we are even. So, I started to tease him with some questions, I usually ask him how he is handling his desires since am not there, he will jokingly say he went to visit oloshos. We used to laugh about it.

However, since I have been with Dozie, I really want my husband to find someone to sleep with, so he can’t accuse me of cheating. That would only be fair for both of us….its not that we dont love each other but we are not together, so it can be explained. So for his birthday which was March 1st, I got this crazy idea to arrange a hook up girl for him. I actually paid for him to spend his birthday at a five star hotel with a spar and massage. I paid for a lady to spend the night with him too.

Unfortunately, this husband of mine refused the hook up. Eventually, my husband had to ask me if I was the one that arranged the hook up….I had to admit…he asked why…I said cos I know he had not had s3x since I travelled and he said and so what…that what about me….have I had s3x since? That why will I arrange commercial s3x for my husband…then it hit him….he then asked me to tell him the truth…that did something happen…he asked if I slept with anyone….I said no…but he knew I lied.

After hubby asked me several times and I said no…he went off the call and for several days, refused to take my call. He then sent me a long text to say he knows I cheated and that has been his greatest fear when I told him I was going abroad but he chose to trust me but that if I have cheated ….its either I confess or we file for divorce. I called him….since March 8th to 20th, he refused to pick my call.

On the 20th, he picked my call….by this time, I was ready to confess…I cried and confessed to him about what was happening and I told him I am sorry. He cried too…he then asked who is the guy….is he someone I know before or a stranger….I had to lie that its a stranger cos if I tell him its an ex…then it will be game over. After everything, he painfully told me that he forgives me. That was on the 20th. But things have not been the same.

When I call…he hardly respond and when he respond….he barely talks to me. When I asked him why he is barely speaking to me, he said he is still trying to process and heal. Then on the 25th, hubby sent me a text and said we should divorce, that..

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Foodqueen:
Someone was asking you out, and u went in with him to see a movie.

Oloriburuku somebody.

Good evening...

Please I need your advise. I made a mistake last year during the ASSU strike of last year and no one wants to believe my side of the story that is why I want to share my side here. I was at home most of the time. I noticed we have a new neighbors who met me once on our street, he introduced himself to me and asked me to give him my no. I gave him honestly, not thinking anything. But after that, this man started chatting me, telling me how struck he was by my beauty and intelligence.

Initially, when I gave him my no, I did not expect him as a married man to be running after me but he kept chasing me with calls, chats, love messages, he sent me recharge even though I never asked him. I told him that I cannot date him cos he is married. He then went on to tell me how his wife has been denying him s3x since they had their last child five years ago. That the wife is dry and he is s3x starved.

To make things worse, this man’s wife goes to work while he works at home. So, most time, the compound is empty and he will be begging me to come over to his house. He lured me finally with watching a series move which made me come over to their apartment. From there, he started persuading me to suck him and had s3x eventually with him. I swear, every time we had s3x, I felt so dirty and condemned but you know with s3x, once you start, the temptation takes over you.

Eventually, I went back to school and this man continued texting me, we had phone s3x alot of times…before I knew it, I became like a s3x addict to him. He started controlling me, telling me what to do to myself and send him the video. He was also spending alot of money on me. He came over to my school and he lodged in a hotel for 3 days where we were having marathon s3x. I thought I was in love…this man even started wishing the man’s wife will die so I can be with him.

This man practically made me his s3x slave….anything he wanted, I did…he made me get a tatoo of his name on my breast….I could not concentrate at school. My school work was suffering. He placed me on permanent contraceptive so I would not get pregnant. This affair went on until last December. I was on holiday and this man would f*ck me at any slightest opportunity. And then one day, we were f*cking and his wife burst in and caught us red handed. The shame that came upon me, I ran away to our apartment and prayed to God to take my life.

The next thing that followed was, this woman called the whole compound and told them that I used jazz on her husband. That she noticed her husband has been behaving strangely for some time and she has been praying and when she caught us, the husband’s eyes became clear….that he said he did not know what he will be doing with someone like me, that I am not even pretty. My parents were so angry and disappointed but they refused to accept that I jazzed the man. My dad has not been himself since that day…infact, my parents have not been the same.

Me, too…I have not been the same. The man lied….that the whole affair was my fault and his wife and the entire compound is blaming me. My parents curse the day they gave birth to me. I can’t seem to concentrate at school. My life seems to be over and I do not know what to do. Sometimes, I have the urge to..

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Falling in love is one of the most beautiful experiences a person can have. It is a complex process that involves a variety of emotions, behaviors, and psychological factors. While every person has their own unique set of preferences and qualities that they find attractive, there are some universal things that tend to make a man fall in love with a woman. In this article, we will explore seven of these things.

Confidence
Confidence is an attractive quality that can make a man fall in love with a woman. When a woman is confident, it shows that she is comfortable in her own skin and doesn’t need external validation to feel good about herself. This can be a huge turn-on for a man, as it suggests that the woman is secure in herself and won’t be overly dependent on him for her happiness.

Sense of humor
A good sense of humor can go a long way in making a man fall in love with a woman. Laughter is an important part of any relationship, and a woman who can make a man laugh is likely to be seen as more approachable and desirable. Humor also shows that a woman doesn’t take herself too seriously and can find joy in even the most mundane situations

Intelligence

Intelligence is another quality that can make a man fall in love with a woman. A woman who is intelligent can hold her own in conversations and offer insights that he may not have considered. Intelligence also suggests that a woman is capable of handling complex situations and solving problems, which can be a huge asset in a relationship.

Kindness

Kindness is an important quality that can make a man fall in love with a woman. A woman who is kind and compassionate shows that she is empathetic and caring, which can be very attractive to a man. Kindness also suggests that a woman is willing to put others’ needs before her own, which can be a valuable trait in a partner.

Independence

Independence is an important quality that can make a man fall in love with a woman. A woman who is independent shows that she has her own life and interests, which can be very attractive to a man. Independence also suggests that a woman is self-sufficient and can take care of herself, which can be a reassuring quality in a partner.

Independence

Independence is an important quality that can make a man fall in love with a woman. A woman who is independent shows that she has her own life and interests, which can be very attractive to a man. Independence also suggests that a woman is self-sufficient and can take care of herself, which can be a reassuring quality in a partner.

Shared values
Shared values are an important factor in making a man fall in love with a woman. When a woman shares a man’s values and beliefs, it creates a sense of connection and understanding that can be very attractive. This can include things like political views, religious beliefs, or ethical principles.

In conclusion, there are many things that can make a man fall in love with a woman. While every person has their own unique preferences and qualities that they find attractive, confidence, sense of humor, intelligence, kindness, independence, physical attraction, and shared values are all factors that tend to be universally appealing. By embodying these qualities, a woman can increase her chances of attracting and keeping the love of a man

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The woman wan cash out before the man die

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is engaged for the fifth time, less than a year after his divorce from Jerry Hall.

The 92-year billionaire revealed he had proposed to Ann Lesley Smith, 66, a former San Francisco police chaplain.

Mr Murdoch told the New York Post, one of his own newspapers, that he hoped this would be his last marriage after four previous unions ended in divorce.

He said: “I was very nervous. I dreaded falling in love, but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I’m happy.”

Mr Murdoch, who owns titles including The Times and The Sun, as well as Fox News, met Ms Smith just six months ago after his divorce from Jerry Hall was finalised.

She attended a 200-person event at his vineyard in Bel Air, California, and he called her two weeks later.

Ms Smith, who was previously married to country music singer and TV executive Chester Smith, described the engagement as a “gift from God”.

She said: “I’m a widow 14 years. Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman. Worked for local papers, developed radio and TV stations and helped promote Univision.

“So I speak Rupert’s language. We share the same beliefs.”

Mr Murdoch proposed in New York on St Patrick’s Day, joking that he is “one-fourth Irish”.  The billionaire told the New York Post he personally selected an Asscher cut diamond for the engagement ring.

The wedding is scheduled to take place this summer. The couple will divide their time between the UK, California, New York and Montana.

Mr Murdoch’s six-year marriage to former supermodel Jerry Hall ended last year. Ms Hall was reportedly handed the keys to an £11m Oxfordshire mansion and a home in the south of France, as well as a cash sum, as part of the divorce settlement.

The businessman’s first marriage to Patricia Booker, an Australian flight attendant, lasted nine years.

In 1967 he married Anna Torv, a Glasgow-born journalist, and the pair remained together for 32 years. She received a reported $1.7bn payout following their divorce in 1999.

He then married Wendi Deng, who is 37 years his junior, on his yacht just 17 days later. That marriage lasted 14 years until their divorce in 2013.

The tycoon has six children from his previous marriages, including daughter Elisabeth – a top TV executive – and sons James and Lachlan.

He is now preparing to hand over control of his media empire to chosen heir Lachlan, who is executive chairman of Fox Corporation and co-chairman of News Corp.

However, Mr Murdoch’s children retain interests in the business and there is a speculation that there could be a battle for control, sparking comparisons to hit TV series Succession.

In January, the patriarch was forced to call off a planned merger between Fox and News Corp – a deal widely seen as a way of consolidating power under Lachlan – following fierce opposition from shareholders

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Hi,

I want to remain anonymous. I need advise because I am at a cross road. I got married in 2020 to someone I dated for just seven months. Before I dated my husband, I was in a relationship with someone for three years. This man was the love of my life. We were in the same church and he is a philanthropist. This man is a business man and he has a kid from a lady that got pregnant for him.

When we started dating, my parents were against the relationship because he is has a baby mama with a kid and also because he is not a graduate. Ken, lets call him Ken was a self made man. He went into business when he dropped out of school and became successful business man. We loved each other alot but my parents felt I was being overshadowed by his wealth and that, as a virgin, I deserve to marry someone without a child and someone that is a graduate as I am a graduate.

For two years, Ken tried to convince my parents to allow him marry me but they refused. He got frustrated and broke up with me. I was so sad....we did not speak for three months. Then, my husband, David started coming for me. I did not really like David cos he was very different from Ken...he was a little too proud for my liking, we disagreed a lot but he kept telling me he loves me and he will change.

While I was dating David, I noticed Ken had stopped coming to church. When I tried to find out why, I was told he got someone pregnant in church and he has stopped coming to church. I found out the person he got pregnant was someone in choir with me, she pretended to be friendly but did not know she had eyes for Ken. Soon as she saw I was out of the way, she went after him....and got pregnant thinking he would marry her but Ken has said if its not me, he is not getting married.

Ken getting another woman pregnant pissed me off more...but you cant blame him...single guy with a lot of money. But in my anger, I married David...in my heart...I knew I was marrying a man I did not love but I needed David to help me revenge Ken and move on from him. My parents too were like, Ken is a serial baby daddy...having children here and there.

After marriage, David got a job in Abuja and we had to relocate. I got pregnant but lost the baby. That made me very sad. David, my husband did not understand me....he started acting strangely....we did not seem to like each other anymore....he constantly found faults with everything I did, he began to insult me at every given opportunity. I would cry and cry. I regretted ever marrying David. I also saw that David was cheating with one of his colleagues.

I reported David to our pastors and parents. They talked to him but he got angry that I reported him and he started avoiding me totally in the marriage. He refused to sleep with me or talk to me or eat my food. I had to ask him one day that why did he marry me when he knew he did not want me? David said, he thought I would be a good wife cos I was a good girl, a virgin but he has seen that I am a spoiled brat who does not respect her husband.

What my husband means is, when he is insulting me, I should not talk back. He wants to eat fresh food everyday so he wants me to cook everyday and I was not raised that way. My mom cooks in bulk and heat up food in my house...no, my husband wants fresh food everyday. And he wants s3x only when he is in the mood....when I am in the mood, he will ignore me. I tried to talk to him about how he treats me but he says I am rude and spoilt. That wives should be seen and not heard. That my job is to cook for him, give him s3x when he wants and have his children.

My husband feels like love is by providing for the family and not showing love to his wife by being caring or emotionally supportive. I got tired of everything, I then told him I wanted to travel to see my parents. I came back to Lagos to rest and think about my marriage. It was one of those days I was at home, I started thinking that I still love Ken. Ken has made me have high expectations for marriage and I cannot accept the maltreatment my husband was dishing me.

READ: These Qualities Will Makes You An Attractive Wife

Ken and I met up one of the days I was in Lagos. It was very emotional. He was crying and I was crying. We missed each other so much. Ken kissed me and my eyes opened. I knew I had to divorce David and marry Ken. Ken and I just do not want to be with anyone else. I have told my parents of my intention to divorce David. I have refused to go back to Abuja....my parents are still against Ken and have said they will wash their hands off me if I go against their wish.

My parents asked me to leave their house and return to my husband's house. I could not. I went to Ken's place and I have been living with him since. I have filed for a divorce too. But my husband is against the divorce. He is fighting it in court, saying he loves me and that he wants the court to give us 3 years to work things out. I refused...I don't want to marry again. My parents are very upset. And now, I just found out that I am pregnant for Ken.

Ken was so happy when I told him I was pregnant. Because he thought this will make my parents accept our relationship but my parents stood their ground. Ken was so sad, he then said, that we should abort the child since I am still married to another man. He says it will be an abomination for me to.

https://livelystones.ng/true-life-story-will-my-unborn-child-bring-bad-luck-if-we-are-not-allowed-to-marry/

Wife

Gloriagee:
Wife or girlfriend?

Good day,

The day after valentine, I was cleaning up our room and saw a strange package. It was folded neatly. I opened it and saw it was a valentine’s day card, teddy bear and a pack of s3xy lingerie. I was wondering how this got to our room. I had to wait till my wife got out of the shower to ask her who had those things.

When she got out, I asked her. My wife just laughed and said, they did exchange of gifts in their office on valentine’s day. And one of her colleagues that she follows home sometimes from the island was the one that picked her for gift exchange …and so, he was the one that bought her those items.

First of all, I did not buy my wife valentine gifts cos I don’t believe only one day should be valentine, I try to appreciate my wife when I can, not on February 14th. So for her to receive a gift from another man really baffled me. I asked her if she chose anyone in her office to gift and she said yes. I asked her what she bought for the person, she said she bought a book. So, all these happened in my wife’s office and she did not tell me.


I told her that a man that picked her as office val and got her card, teddy and lingerie is out of line and so she must return it. My wife said its just an office thing and that I should not think too much about it. To me, I cannot accept that…why will a man buy my wife undies? What is the meaning of that. My wife said its because I am feeling guilty for not buying her gift that I am getting worked up on the gift another man got her.

ALSO READ: True Story: My Girlfriend Broke Up With Me Because I Didn’t Propose On Valentine’s Day

My wife is laughing about this but I am serious. I told her to take this back to her colleague and tell him she cannot accept it. She said if she takes it back, the man might feel somehow….and she does not want to make him start looking at her suspiciously cos he helps give her a ride from work sometimes. I asked what will the man’s wife think and she said, the man bought the items from his wife who has a boutique.


Hian….that kind of thing really got me wondering…which kind of wife will get underwear for her husband to gift another woman….all in the name of innocent office valentine? Well, I think the man is lying about how he got the items or him and his wife are up to no good. I then told my wife that not only will she return the gift, she must stop joining the man in his car home. My wife is still laughing thinking I am not serious but I am dead serious.

My wife is saying I should trust her that the man means no harm, if not…she would not have brought the gift home but my wife does not know that us men are like hunters….now he is gifting her such things…he may just be starting to seduce her and my wife is calling it innocent. Even now, I am afraid that this man is giving my wife rides…even though she is not the only one he gives rides but I am feeling pressured now to get my wife a car cos I am worried about this man.

Abi my people….how una see this matter? Am I over reacting? Am I old school or is this not a serious red flag? Please you people should chuk mouth into this matter.

Anonymous

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I did not sleep a wink last night. I have never been so worried in all my life. The matter is such that I cannot even confide in anyone cos it is that delicate. Let me start from the beginning: I am a married woman of 37 years old. I got married four years ago. When I met my husband, he was a student lecturer at the university. It was love at first sight. I was doing my masters then.

So we got married a year later. He told me that his dream was to become a professor and said even though we get married, he wants us to wait until he has done his PHD before we start having children. I was 32 at the time, so I thought, I can wait 3 more years, we can have one or maximum of three children cos we were not planning to have more than two children.

Our marriage was ok…the only thing I battled with was constant calls from young girls trying to seduce husband but he seemed to be in control. He never let any girl pass their boundaries. And then he started his PHD but it was in Ibadan. That meant, from school sometimes, he would travel from Iwo to Ibadan almost every week…from lecturing to classes. It was tough, cos that meant I saw him less and less…..but I tired to manage.


Just before my husband finished his PHD in U.I….he was offered a job as full lecturer in U.I….we were so happy. that meant better pay and better prospects in a federal university. The plan was for us to move permanently to Ibadan following his resumption. But I needed sometime to finalize a few thing here in Iwo so, only hubby moved to Ibadan first. He did not even have a place, he was squatting with a ‘fellow’ lecturer.

Eventually, I was ready to move and told him I was ready. My husband told me to wait a little…that he did not have money to get a place for us yet….so I should be patient while he keeps squatting with his lecturer friend. I told him to let me borrow him money for our new apartment in Ibadan but he said no need…that he will settle it the next month. From month to month, he found excuses for me not to join him.

ALSO READ: True Life Story: I Have Been Having Sleepless Nights About My Marriage-Pt 2


So I asked him to allow me come visit at weekends…he said no…that its not wise to come and inconvenience someone he is squatting with by bringing his wife. But my husband also stopped coming home for weekends…two months will pass before he will visit and he will stay none day and next day ….he is in rush…saying he has to teach part time students over the weekend. This made me unhappy and I decided to surprise him one weekend.

I showed up in Ibadan and called him that I was around. He asked me to go back to Iwo, saying he was not expecting me. He hung up the phone. I could not believe my ears. So, I decided to track him down. I went to the department in U.I and started asking questions to anyone who knew him and where he stays. It was hard but eventually, someone gave me his address.


So, I traced his place and showed up in Bodija estate. For those of you who know Ibadan, Bodija is a nice estate in Ibadan. When I rang the bell of the duplex they described as where my husband was staying….a lady answered the door. I told her I was looking for Tunde my husband (not real name). She looked at me and was shocked….she said the only Tunde she knows is her partner….she called his name and behold….my own husband showed up behind her.

The shock Tunde had on his face was small compared to the one I had when I realized what was happening…my husband Tunde was living with a fellow colleague and they are in a relationship. I did not say anything….I just walked away….cos I promised myself….I will never fight over any man in my life. I left crying, lost and confused and pained and angry….Tunde kept calling my phone all through as I travelled back home….he sent many texts and said he will explain later.


When I got back home…I locked myself indoors for three days and cried. It was my neighbors that started banging on my door that made me open. They were afraid something was wrong. Cos Tunde told them to check on me since he was calling and I was not speaking. I opened the door and told them I was ok. The next weekend..Tunde showed up at home…all his explanation fell on deaf ears….the only thing I asked him was if he was sleeping with the woman…he said yes but he is sorry…that it was the devil’s work.

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Apparently the woman helped him get the job in U.I with her influence. She is a single mother and things went out of hand…they started having s3x and he has been living with her…she knows hes married but she is not looking for a husband but just a companion. Tunde told me he was getting his apartment by the end of December and we would move in together. After everything…I forgave him…he is my husband and I love him.

Tunde went back to Ibadan on Monday morning and he did not call me all through the week. I called and he did not pick up…only at night…he will say he is tired….he had a long day lecturing. I felt hurt cos I was suspecting he was still with that woman. But I did not want to accept that I may have lost my husband to a side chick yet. I was in denial.

One evening, I went out to the supermarket to get a few items and I ran into a former colleague and we exchanged pleasantries….this guy used to toast me back in the day…seeing him that day…he paid for my groceries…we chatted and he offered to drop me….on getting to my place…he kissed me….and I did not resist. I was not thinking….I have him my no and he invited me to his place the next day. The next day…I went to his place and we had s3x.

Immediately after…I regretted it. But before then, I really wanted to have s3x cos not only was I hurting from lack of care, communication from my husband…we had not had s3x in months….I was very Hot. So, I cheated on my husband. I told myself I needed to get my revenge too. That was the only time though. My husband eventually called three weeks later and told me he got a place of his own. In January this year, I moved to Ibadan to join my husband.

Moving to Ibadan made no difference….I hardly saw my husband…we were not even having s3x when we saw….he was refusing to touch me….always saying he was tired from work….he touch me once in December and he was wearing a condom. I know that my husband is still seeing that woman but I am trying to live in denial cos it hurts so much. I fell sick in February. I was treated twice for malaria yet I did not get better….I kept loosing weight and vomiting.

The doctor eventually recommended a pregnancy test …I refused to do the test at first cos I know me and hubby are not sexually active….since January till date…we have not been intimate….more than twice and those two times was with condom. The test was done and it came out positive. I am almost three months pregnant. By that calculation….I took in ….in December and in December….the only s3x I had was with that my former colleague.

That is why I have not slept a wink. All manner of thought is going through my mind….what am I going to do? Abortion would have been a nice idea but with the way hubby is behaving….looks like our marriage is heading to divorce cos if he keeps cheating….only God knows what tomorrow hold….clearly, another woman has captured my husband’s heart….cos even though I stay in Ibadan…I hardly see my husband and sometimes, he does not come home for two days.

At 37 years old….married for four years with no child….and then I get pregnant for another man after a one night stand….what if….that is God’s plan…I stopped using birth control since last year when husband finished his PHD….but husband has been too busy f*cking another woman to have time to give me belle….so imagine the irony of having a one night s3x with a stranger at my age and getting pregnant? What am I supposed to do?

Please do not judge me for cheating on my husband….I regret it….I was raised better than that but circumstances beyond my control happened. I am totally confused right now…I do not know what next to do….will husband accept this baby…what if I don’t tell him I cheated….will he know…he knows I am off my birth control cos I have been telling him I am ready for a baby ….what if this baby is what will bind me and husband…I forgave him cheating…will he not forgive me too….its just one night stand….he has been cheating for almost 8 months now? But I fear that if I tell him….then I have just driven him right into the arms of that woman…and our marriage will be over.

Please tell me what to do….

Anonymous

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Lance Reddick, actor known for roles in The Wire and the John Wick franchise, has died at the age of 60.

According to multiple outlets, his representative confirmed that he died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles. The actor had been recently doing interviews for his role in John Wick: Chapter 4, released next week. Earlier this week, he chose not to attend the film’s New York premiere.

Reddick’s best-known role was playing Baltimore police lieutenant Cedric Daniels in HBO’s hit crime drama The Wire. He had originally auditioned for the roles of Bubbles and Bunk Moreland. It was a rare prestige show to have a largely black cast at a time when television was mostly white. “It wasn’t until I got off The Wire that I realised that wasn’t the normal experience,” Reddick said to the Guardian.” In retrospect I see that it was really extraordinary.”

In a 2019 interview, he referred to it as “an iconic piece of history” and that he felt “very fortunate and proud of the work we did”.

Reddick’s TV roles also included Oz, Lost, Bosch and a lead role in sci-fi drama Fringe. Before his death he also filmed the part of Zeus for the upcoming TV adaptation of Percy Jackson.

On the big screen, Reddick’s credits included White House Down, Sylvie’s Love, Brother to Brother and a role in the blockbusting John Wick franchise. As well as his posthumous performance in the fourth film, he is believed to have filmed a role for a spin-off, Ballerina, led by Ana de Armas. He will also be seen in the upcoming remake of White Men Can’t Jump.

The Wire creator David Simon released a statement to the Hollywood Reporter to express his grief. “A consummate professional, a devoted collaborator, a lovely soul and a friend,” he wrote. “This is just gutting and way, way, way too soon for any of us who knew and loved him to contemplate.”

Wendell Pierce, Reddick’s co-star in the show paid tribute to him on Twitter. “A man of great strength and grace,” he wrote. “As talented a musician as he was an actor. The epitome of class. A sudden unexpected sharp painful grief for our artistic family. An unimaginable suffering for his personal family and loved ones. Godspeed my friend. You made your mark here. RIP”

Another fellow cast member Isiah Whitlock Jr wrote: “Shocked and saddened by the news that Lance Reddick has passed away. Truly heartbreaking. R.I.P. My friend. You will be missed. God speed.”

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn also tweeted: “Lance Reddick was an incredibly nice guy, and an incredibly talented actor,” he wrote. “This is heartbreaking. My love goes out to all his family, friends and collaborators.” Stephen King tweeted that he was a “wonderful actor; wonderful man”.

Reddick is survived by his wife, Stephanie, and children, Yvonne Nicole and Christopher.

Source: https://livelystones.ng/lance-reddick-star-of-the-wire-and-john-wick-dies-aged-60/

Hi......,

Please help me look into this. I know some people are into exciting s3x and all that. My husband is like that. We are newly weds, just like seven months into marriage. When we dated, hubby already told me the kind of thing he likes, he likes wild s3x and he said he wants me to always be ready to try new things with him.

And to be candid, we have tried all kinds of s3x except with other people. I told him, its not my style. But we have done everything else possible with exploring our s3x life. To tell you how this is important to my hubby, he said he does not want us to have children for the first two years of marriage. I am ok with that as I am still young. I am 24. So, we can start by the time I am age 26.

Some of the type of s3x we have done is, role play. One of my husband’s favorite role play is me acting like a prostitute or a dirty nun. What I do is, if he wants me to be a prostitute…I dress up scandalous and go to a roundabout at night…he picks me up,pays me like 2k or 5k and then we f*ck at the back of the car before we go home. If he wants me to be a dirty nun…I dress up in nun costumes and I confess my sins to him and he punishes me with rough s3x.

So, these and many others are the kind of things he does. I do not complain…cos I find them quite fun too. Until recently, we went for a baby shower for one of our friends and we were playing these couple games. We were asking what pet names couples call each other and most people were saying sweet names like honey, sweetheart, baby, etc. But when they asked me, I had to.......

https://livelystones.ng/true-life-story-my-husband-calls-me-olosho-whenever-he-is-in-the-mood/

hmnnnnn retaliation not the best option. What if one person dies in the process?

JASONjnr:
I don't support violence but if any woman tries nonsense with me, I will beat the living hell out of her.... Then we settle this anywhere!

You slap me, I beat you
You punch me, I beat you
You kick me, I slap you
You pinch me, I slap you
You do anyhow, you see anyhow...

“I wore make-up to hide bruises my wife gave me” Man opens up about the years of abuse he suffered in his marriage

A husband who suffered abuse at this hands of his wife for 20 years has opened up about the harrowing years.

Sheree Spencer, a mother of three little girls and a senior manager at the Ministry of Justice, was sentenced last week to four years in prison at Hull Court.

The judge said it was “the worst case of controlling and coercive behaviour”.


Speaking later about the sentencing, Richard Spencer said in an interview with Dailmail correspondent Rebecca Hardy: ” felt absolutely nothing the few times I glanced across at Sheree. I didn’t feel anger. I didn’t feel scared. I didn’t have any emotion.

“But I was hyper-conscious of how my family was reacting when the judge described the horrific things she’d done.

“To hear the judge use the same language Sheree used — the f-word and the c-word — the things she called me like ‘bitch’ and knowing my family were hearing those things was . . .” He stops as he struggles to find the words.

“When I think about those memories, I don’t feel associated to them. It’s like they happened to someone else. I know it was me but, in my mind, I can’t understand how I could have allowed that to happen.”

During the two decades of abuse, he was subjected to daily beatings and verbal attacks that left him cowering on the floor in the foetal position.

This is the first time Richard has relived his 20-year ordeal at the hands of his wife Sheree, a senior project manager for HM Prison and Probation Service who boasted to friends of meetings with former prime minister Boris Johnson.

Last week, she was sentenced to four years in prison at Hull Crown Court after pleading guilty to coercive and controlling behaviour and three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Her campaign of violence and intimidation is almost too shocking to catalogue. She spat in his face. Hit him with whatever she had to hand — a bottle, a mobile phone, a TV remote control.

On one occasion, she defecated on the floor, then forced him to clear it up. On another, she beat him with a wine bottle so hard it permanently disfigured his ear.

Richard, 46, has a degree in computing at Leeds Metropolitan University and a position at BT in network design that soon saw him addressing global conferences as an expert in his field. Yet, that didn’t stop him from suffering extreme abuse.


He shared videos of abuse which were captured on a security camera in the children’s playroom.....

https://livelystones.ng/i-wore-make-up-to-hide-bruises-my-wife-gave-me-man-opens-up-about-the-years-of-abuse-he-suffered-in-his-marriage/

Oga vote your conscience

RtrevEzeugo1:
Let him fail with our vote, but remember you attract what you wish others, you are not his God. Please let us be careful what we say all in the name of politics.

The more I want to vote sanwo olu the more his supporters provoke me.

Everyone keep saying he is a good man among bad people

Lets give him a chance, if he fails we take him out. You cannot be judging him from afar without giving him opportunity to prove himself. This is because, for most of you, governance is like rocket science that is why we(Africans countries) are still under developed. Why should Lagos still have bad roads, with the kind of money it generate?

ballydankkf:
I doubt if he understand what Governance is all about, tho i love what he tends to achieve but as soon as he get there now after 100 days in office we begin to hear series of excuse while he couldn't meet up.

I thought the blue rail already commission by Buhari few week ago?

Dapagun:
11. How do you want to reinvent the wheel. I mean, the Blue and red rail already exist and are at different stages of completion

This picture is when I was married, I saw h*ll until in 2021.
I decided to quit the toxic marriage
My parents actually led me into this marriage because I wasn’t allowed to make my own choice.
I got married to the worst man on earth, we have two kids, it all started when I gave birth to our second baby. He started maltreating me for no just cause, complaining how my physical appearance have changed and that he no longer finds me attractive, saying he picked me from the village and I should go back to my retched parent’s house. This man put me through h*ll, he wouldn’t touch me for months but instead he will bring in different women to the house and sleep with before my presence

I kept enduring all these things because I was brought up from a Christian home and i believe marriage is for better and for worse, hoping and praying also that he will change someday but instead it got worse
He started abusing me the more, that’s just when I realized that I could no longer endure. So, I opted for a divorce and he quickly signed the papers because he wanted me out of his life so fast.
I left the marriage taking my kids along. Guess what!

just few months later, I met the love of my life. Yes, I met the man that was meant for me Who showed me the true meaning of love and above all, he accepted my kids and treats them like his own.. Few months later, we did our traditional marriage and relocated to Canada. It’s been more than a year and we are doing just fine.. So basically, I want to thank my ex husband so much for all the torment he put me through and for letting me go so I can meet the true love of my life.
I wish him the best of life as well. See before and after picture

https://livelystones.ng/i-decided-to-quit-the-toxic-marriage-lady-shared-her-before-and-after-picture/

There comes a time when a relationship may hit a rough patch. It’s quite common and natural in the course of a relationship. However, things might take a sudden turn.

Is the current state of your marriage making you wonder, “How to save my marriage by myself?” Then this article is for you.

Instead of waiting for your partner to make changes or for things to resolve naturally, you can figure out steps to save marriage and implement them to reconcile things between you and your partner.

Why do marriages fall apart?

Marriages are a lot of hard work, so it is no surprise that some marriages fall apart. But how do marriages fail despite the hopeful note on which most of them start?

There are several reasons why marriages fail. It indicates a breakdown in the intimacy and bond that the couple share due to factors that may include:

Breakdown in communication
Infidelity
Loss of respect and understanding in the relationship
Constant arguments and fights
Lack of intimacy or sexual satisfaction
Incompatibility due to different life approaches, life goals and temperament
Stress-related to financial pressures
Pent up frustrations leading to permanent resentment
Religious differences
Pressures linked with disputes with extended family members
How to assess whether your marriage is worth saving
Before you ask yourself, “How can I save my marriage by myself,” it is critical to assess whether you have genuine reasons and desire to do so.

Some relationships are beyond the point of repair and have no life left in them. Trying to save these hopeless marriages would be a waste of time and energy for both parties. Additionally, it can cause further emotional pain and frustration.

You should assess whether your marriage is worth saving before taking any steps to save your marriage.

30 ways to learn how to save my marriage by myself

It’s indeed challenging to answer the question, ‘How to fix myself to save my marriage?’ Although it is possible but it is certainly not an easy task.

You will have to assess your behavior and be open to making changes. But if you really love your partner and want to make things work, you will be highly motivated to make these changes.

Listed below are tips on how to save a marriage when only one is trying, that may be of help to you:

https://livelystones.ng/30-ways-to-save-my-marriage-by-myself/

We dont post fake stories oga mi

imagrg:
Na fake.

Dear Lively,

Please people should help me look into this matter. This issue is between my friend and her and her sister’s husband. My friend, Ruth (not real name) is being faced by asking for my advice and so, I decided to ask here. My friend’s younger sister got married to a man that is 60 years old three years ago. This man has grown up children but the wife had died several years ago. The wife died while giving birth to the man’s last child.

When her sister started seeing this 60 year old man, everyone was against it cos her sister was 35 and the man is 60 years but the sister insisted. That age is just a no. They married and next thing, they were unable to get pregnant because of course, the man was old and they started trying IVF for three years and it did not work. The sister was desperate and since the man’s sperm was not ok due to his age, she arranged with the doctor to use a sperm donor without the man’s knowledge.

Ruth’s sister eventually got pregnant, with twins. Unfortunately, the pregnancy was high risk and Ruth’s sister passed on two days after giving birth to the twins. One of the twins did not make it. It was on her death bed that the sister confided in Ruth that she used a sperm donor for the children. Now, Ruth decided not to tell the sister’s husband, because.....

https://livelystones.ng/true-life-story-pls-advise-can-my-friend-marry-her-late-sisters-husband/

Definitely!

PoliteActivist:
Wow!
And your people almost spoilt it for you!
But you both need A LOT of tolerance for it to last. Because as you get to know each other there'd be definitely things you don't like

I met my husband on Facebook. He proposed online, he gave me $2,000 to buy a ring — and we married a week later.


My younger brother called me when I was about to order a coffee and a bagel from Dunkin’ Donuts before my flight to the Middle East.

He’d been calling me ever since I’d bought the plane tickets. This time, he begged me to leave the airport and wait for my dad.

“He’ll get in the car right now and pick you up,” my brother said.

I’d already checked my four bags — I had to pay a $300 excess-baggage fee — and my brother was ruining my mood even more. We argued for a while and then I hung up. Nobody was going to stop me from going to Dubai, not my family, my friends, or even my pastor.

We planned our wedding during our WhatsApp conversations
It was not an arranged marriage. I’d chosen my future husband — who I’d met only on Facebook and WhatsApp — myself. It didn’t matter to us that we hadn’t seen each other in real life. He proposed in April 2021, a month after we started direct-messaging each other. We were in love.

We decided to meet in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on November 25, 2021, because it was about halfway between the US and Kazakhstan, where Precious lived. We planned to stay in Dubai for three days, then have the wedding in Nigeria, where he grew up.

Most of the arrangements were done on WhatsApp. We chose our rings and the hotel for the honeymoon. I sent my dress measurements to his sister-in-law Chika to hand to a seamstress. I wanted my outfits to be custom-made in Nigeria.

Our story began in spring 2018. Precious randomly sent me a friend request on Facebook. He said he liked the scriptures and encouragement that I posted on my feed. We talked a bit about what it meant to be Christian, but that was it. It was never romantic. We got on with our lives and lost touch.

But three years later, he sent me a direct message out of the blue. I’d been wondering whether I’d ever find the right guy to settle down with. This time, Precious told me his feelings from the start. He said he loved me ever since the day we became Facebook friends.

We did a video chat because it was important to know he wasn’t a scam artist
He said he knew I was the right woman for him. But I don’t believe in marrying someone just because you want to get married. I wanted us to get to know each other.....

https://livelystones.ng/i-met-my-husband-on-facebook-he-proposed-online-he-gave-me-2000-to-buy-a-ring-and-we-married-a-week-later/

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Naira20:
Too long to read...

But if Valentine is about sex for you, wait till Valentine na...Abi Valentine don reach?

Hello Lively Stones,

You see that song that says valentine is coming, where is your boyfriend….that song should also sing: where is your husband. My marriage has been a very difficult one. Sometimes I wish I was still single. Cos if I was single, I will enjoy attention especially on lovers day like valentine. Let me explain what happened. While me and my husband were dating, I got pregnant, and we had to get married because my religious parents would disown me if I had an abortion.

My parents are knights in the church and my boyfriend’s parents are elders in our church too. Both of us even faced disciplinary panel by the church for one year. We were not allowed to sit anywhere in the church except at the back of the church. My boyfriend and I were still in school. My mom was the one that helped raised our daughter when I gave birth. So, after the marriage, we were both still living in our parents’ homes.

When we finished school, we both went for our youth service. As God would have it, I got a job in my service station after my service year ended. We agreed that I stay in Port Harcourt since its easier to get a job in the city, rather than coming back home. I was also able to get a one room apartment. My husband was not so lucky. He did not have a job even after service. So I was the only one working and sending money home.

Sometimes, my husband would come and stay with me in PH. We then decided that he should start up a business in PH too. With my five months’ salary, we opened a shop where we were selling exotic drinks. My husband was managing it. But soon as the business was about to pick up, the pandemic hit. It affected our business seriously.

Then my husband got a bank job back home in Uyo. He had to leave me in PH. That is how our marriage suddenly turned to long distance marriage. We tried to travel to see each other once or twice a month. One thing that was lacking in our marriage was romance. My husband felt forced to marry me so he stopped showing any form of romance throughout the marriage. Even on valentine day, he cannot even send text or buy me anything. I used to look at other couples and wish I was still single where a guy will still be all over me.

Last year valentine….I slept with a fellow colleague. It just was very wrong of me but I just needed to feel alive again….someone to make me feel wanted….I am only 26 years old. This colleague is single and since that last year, he has been chasing me. I told him I cannot leave my marriage but every time I reject him, I am reminded by my husband that he does not want me…that we are only married because of our religious parents.

Around July last year, I went to Uyo to see my husband and met another woman in his apartment. We quarreled over this. He told me he does not love me…that since its marriage I want….I have gotten the marriage but that he is not going to be tied down by marriage. that he is still a young man and he can do whatever he likes. that if I don’t want to accept….I should leave or do as I like too.

Both families got involved…they tried to counsel us …they mostly advised me to endure and be patient as the woman involved. They even told me to return home to my husband so we can be close….so, I left my good paying job and came back to stay with my husband yet nothing changed between us. He hardly sleeps at home and when he does, he will refuse to sleep with me. That is how I have been enduring. Even tried my best not to cheat again cos I felt I was getting punished for cheating first. But now, another valentine is coming. I have men who want to take me out and have a good time with me. And because I am following the advise of my family, I am turning down all these advances.

Yet, my supposed husband is not even talking to me except is about the baby. Its been months since I had s3x…..I am tired of waiting for my husband to change and love me….I told him yesterday that I want us to spend valentine together. That I miss him and I want him to make love to me….He said no, that he has his own plans…that I should go and find a man that will f*ck me cos he has no plans to have s3x with me ever again.


When I told his sister and mother….they said I should continue being prayerful….that there is nothing God can not do. I believe God can change a man’s heart but this man we are talking about, has not touched his wife for a year and one month….I don’t think I can keep myself any long. I do not want sin against God anymore by having sleeping with another man but since my husband is the one that said I should go and find someone to f*ck me….can it still be considered wrong?

And if it is so wrong….what am I supposed to do with the s3xual urges that I have been struggling with? Valentine is coming again….the pressure and desire is so strong. My husband is denying me s3x….Please advise me.

https://livelystones.ng/true-life-story-valentine-is-coming-but-my-husband-is-denying-me-s3x/

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Very Super indeed!

Aboks:
This is super story

Hi Lively Stones,

In 2015, I was dating a married man. At first, I did not know he was married. When I found out, he lied to me that he was no longer in love with his wife, only me and he will do anything to prove it to him. He encouraged me to get pregnant for him and I did. He gave me money, rented apartment for me etc. He said he was in love with me. Now, next thing I know…he changed….he said he wants to work things out with his wife and that he wants to break up.
I cried and begged him…he told me to abort the pregnancy….gave me money to about a pregnancy that is almost four months. I nearly died and the pregnancy did not remove. I was in coma for three days. The baby lived. This man denied me…told me to forget about him…to remove the baby by any means possible. My family was mad at me, even stopped talking to me. Only my mom had mercy on me.

With no choice than to give birth to the baby, I discovered this man had relocated with his wife and family. I had a baby girl and she is the sweetest. I suffered…remembered those days I had nothing to feed my baby ….talk less of buy clothes. I swore that I will make sure that my baby daddy never sets eyes on her. So, anyone who asks me….I tell them the baby’s father is dead.
Gradually with God on my side….I was able to get back on my feet and in 2019, I met my husband. I told him when we were dating, that my baby daddy is dead. We got married in a small ceremony in 2020 due to pandemic. I have two children more with my husband. Last Christmas, we travelled home and met most of my husband’s people.

One of my husband’s aunties that I met did not seem to like me,….I don’t know why. No matter how I tried to be friendly and respectful to her, she just was mean to me. I told my husband and he said, that is how she is. This woman kept asking me questions about my first daughter, and I told her her father is dead….she continued to ask questions and I tried to answer but she was just being mean I must say.

Then towards end of January, this Auntie calls me….https://livelystones.ng/true-life-story-my-husbands-aunty-is-threatening-to-expose-my-secret/


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