LifeStyle of 2026-10-01
Dear GhanaWeb: I left my husband because he refused to put my name on his properties
Dear GhanaWeb,
I got married to my husband five months ago, and I am currently about three months pregnant. But sadly, I'm no longer living with him, and I honestly don't know what to do with my marriage.
About two months ago, I left our matrimonial home after we had a misunderstanding over some of the things we wanted in our marriage. My husband has been putting up apartments in Accra to rent. He has about five apartments in the complex, three of which are completed while the other two are still under construction.
As his wife, I started thinking about the future and what could happen if something unexpected happened to him. I suggested that he put my name on the documents for the apartments and some of his other properties so that I would also have some security as his wife.
But my husband did not agree. He told me I was rushing and reminded me that he acquired those properties before he met me, so according to him, I had no right to tell him what to do with them.
That response really hurt me because I am his wife and I am carrying his child. I kept thinking about what would happen to me and our child if anything happened to him. Men can die at any time, and I felt I was only asking him to think about the future and protect the family he had created.
The disagreement became so serious that I decided to leave the house. I thought that if I stayed away for some time, he would think about what I had said or realize that I was only concerned about our future and come for me.
But almost two months have passed, and he has not called me or even come to check on me. What hurts me the most is that he doesn't even know that I am pregnant. I have been carrying his child all this time, yet my husband has not bothered to find out how I am doing.
At this point, I have started questioning whether this man truly loves me. I feel he is being selfish and only cares about protecting his property for his own children. If he really loved me, how could he allow his wife to stay away from home for almost two months without even checking on her?
I am also angry because I wasn't asking him to give me everything he owned. I only wanted some security as his wife and the mother of his unborn child. Now I don't even know how to go back to that house.
I love my husband, but I also don't want to keep forcing myself into a marriage where I feel unwanted. Should I go back to my husband and try to fix this marriage, or should I stay away and wait for him to make the first move? What should I do now?
FG/EB
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