Dear GhanaWeb: I'm tired of my marriage and I want to divorce my wife

Dear GhanaWeb,

I’m a 40-year-old doctor. I got married recently, barely 6 months and I’m tired already.

I want to be single again. Never wanted to marry because I felt I’d be limited to only one woman. I’m a gentleman who sleeps with as many women as I want in a week.

I have everything and the women want me. I’m good-looking, even at my age. People don’t even believe I’m 40 already.

I want to just have kids, but someone advised that marriage would look good on me. He even said it would make me change and be a better person, giving me also stability.

I believed all those things but not anymore. It’s just me returning to the same nagging woman every day. She’s insecure and wants to prevent me from living my life. Going through my phone always and ending up crying as if she wants me to be with her alone.

Aside that, I don’t want to have to deal with all those questions about other women and ‘we need to talk‘.

I just want my peace of mind. I want to have kids and take care of them from a distance. I didn’t marry my wife under the law so I can send her packing but I don’t know why I feel it would be inappropriate to do so.

She is a midwife in one facility I work part-time. She’s one of the ladies who never fell for my traps. I was never able to get her to sleep with. So when I thought of marriage, I felt it would be best if I used that to trap her and it worked.

She agreed to date me only after she realised I was serious about her and pushing to see her family. So, I only got to sleep with her three months before we got married.

She’s not pregnant yet, though I really want kids. My reason is, I’m not sure if I want this marriage thing. I lost interest the moment I slept with her but I continued with the marriage and I don’t even know why.

I just want to be alone and to do what I used to do to make me happy. It’s barely six months of marriage, she’s done nothing so I have no grounds to send her away.

I can’t keep her here when I’m unhappy. What better way can I get myself out of this without hurting her? She does everything a good wife should for her husband so I don’t know what to use against her. What should I do now?

FG/EB

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