My wife’s junior sister came to live with us after SHS. I thought it was just a visit but by the time I realized, she was living with us permanently. She isn’t somebody I talk to or play with or engage in any way. She would say good morning and I’ll respond. Sometimes she would serve my food or ask what I would eat. I don’t hate her or hate her presence but there’s nothing to talk about with her.
We go to work in the morning and leave the whole house to her. We don’t have children she will take care of, so she eats, watches movies, and sleeps while we are away.
All of a sudden, I heard my wife and her sister speaking in an undertone. They would be talking and quickly stop when they see me coming. I wondered but didn’t let it bother me. One night my wife told me her sister was pregnant and she had been pressing her to mention the name of the one who got her pregnant but the girl was not saying anything.
She expected me to be shocked or act in a certain way which I didn’t because I’d always suspected that girl was up to something. I told my wife, “Don’t push her too much. Give her space. She’ll come clean when she wants to.”
My wife’s response was “Or you know something about it? She’s not talking but you’re telling me not to push her. Is there something you know that I don’t know?”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“I mean what I mean. You’re a man. If it’s you say it so we know what to do before it gets out of hand.”
Her sister later mentioned the guy’s name. A guy she goes to church with. She went to the guy’s house to cause a scene. The guy accepted responsibility.
My problem is how easily my wife suspected me. It hurts more when she doesn’t want to accept her mistake. I don’t think I will forgive. A husband should be doing something wrong for a wife to suspect him this way. And the fact that I was the first person she suspected makes me see how low she thinks of me when it comes to cheating.
When I tried registering my displeasure she said, “As if it’s impossible. Don’t we hear such stories all the time?”
I don’t deserve such disrespect but she doesn’t see anything wrong with her assertion. I don’t back down easily so I will pay back. I will wait until we get pregnant and ask her, “Who did you sleep with to get pregnant?” I will make a scene, call for DNA and later tell her, “As if it’s impossible. Don’t we hear such stories all the time?”
I hope she enjoys it as much as she dished it out to me.
