19/08/2026
I met my husband in 2015. We started as friends, and at that time, I was still a virgin.
Because I was having problems with accommodation, I eventually started living with him. Along the line, I got pregnant, but he asked me to terminate the pregnancy, and I did.
Later, I became pregnant again. This time, he told me his mother would be angry if she found out, so I ended that pregnancy too.
The third time I got pregnant, he asked me to do the same thing, but I refused. I had reached my limit. I told him I wanted to leave, but he started begging me and promised that he was finally ready to take responsibility.
He took me to meet his mother, but the first thing she said to me was, “So you have come to scatter my plans for my son.”
From that moment, I knew she didn't want me in her son's life.
Fast-forward to the day of our traditional marriage. There was a serious fight, and even after I became his wife and gave birth to our children, my mother-in-law's hatred toward me never stopped.
There were times members of his family would beat me whenever they saw me on the road because we lived close to each other. Even my husband would beat me, then apologize afterward and beg me to forgive him.
My mother-in-law always found a way to turn my husband against me. She would come to our house without notice and sometimes stay for months, making life extremely difficult for me.
This is now 19 years of marriage, and we have three children.
Just last week, everything happened again. My husband beat me and sent me out of the house. He took some of the children, while I am currently with two of them.
But for the past four days, he has been begging me to come back.
My family has told me not to return immediately. They want me to come to the village first and for my husband to come there and apologize properly before any decision is made.
The painful part is that my husband is actually a good man in many ways. He loves me, and I know he cares about me. But I feel like his mother's influence has continued to come between us and destroy our marriage.
After everything that has happened, I am confused.
Should I listen to my husband and go back, or should I stand my ground and let him prove that things will truly change?
What would you do if you were in my shoes?