01/02/2026
This may sting a little but it needs to be said.
When someone loves you they don't gamble with you because they can't afford losing you. They take every opportunity to make you feel important, appreciated, and special through considerate acts and affectionate words.
When someone doesn't love you, however, they show you that they're only tolerating you. They'll even say it verbatim that they're doing you a favor being with you.
It's because of the children or the situation or whatever. It's not their love for you.
Now, here's the question. If they're saying this to you when you're healthy and well, what will happen when you're sick and in need of support?
If they're contemptuous of you during sunshine, what will happen when storms come?
This is how married people die preventable deaths and succumb to situations that could have been salvaged. They stayed with a person who they knew didn't like them and wouldn't go out of their way to help them.
Remember the position of a spouse is the most powerful in your life. Your spouse can hold your life in their hands by simply rushing you to hospital when you're unconscious or administering first aid when you have a medical emergency. If they don't do it fast enough, you're gone.
Because of proximity alone, your partner can whisper courage or fear and take your life either upwards or downwards.
Or they could wield untold control through small acts like watching the children while you attend the life changing interview, sitting up late with you as you submit the applications.
Lastly, your spouse is the de facto backup parent to the children you cherish so much in case you were absent or incapacitated.
Given all these facts, how careful must you be with the person you allow to occupy that position?
If you know someone doesn't like you and you allow them to continue sitting in that position, you're not managing the situation or persisting to keep the marriage intact. You're risking your life and that of your generations after you.
Learn to accept people for who they are and then place them where they belong, even if that means far away from you.
(©️ Benjamin Zulu Global)