Age is not on my side

Growing up, i wasn’t the prettiest but i was book smart..I had lost my father at a very tender age..I have 5 older sisters and we all lived in a two bedroom apartment with our mum in a rural area..we attended a public school and helped our mother at her shop after school..my sister started getting married and I was just my self and mum at some point..I didn’t have experience with boys and my sisters never really put me through that part of life because the age gap was much..I gained admission into the university and during registration I meet this tall, dark handsome guy..he was calm and he had a bright smile..I didn’t know that he had noticed me..for days we struggled with our registration and after a week i discovered that we were actually in the same department..we got into that same play group and as a theatre art student there was no room for shyness..i quickly adjusted.. we became friends and started coming to school together because we actually lived close to each other..back at home, my sister were being beaten by their husbands..one was maltreated, the other had to adjust for a new wife..o didn’t know all of this but I noticed that most times when I spoke to my mum, my sisters would always be around..two years later i started dating the cute guy but he promised nothing intimate was going to happen and we were fine..he helped me a lot in school, financial and otherwise..I didn’t know much about him until after school..he was from a wealthy home but he lived like someone from an average family..we both came out with good grades and it was time for NYSC..we both wanted to serve in Abuja but i didn’t have anyone to help me..so he promised to help and I was posted to Abuja along side with him..it was the best year of my life.. after service we both returned home and i started job hunting..he on the other side got a job immediately after service..I was home with my mum,3 of my sisters and their children and my mother was responsible for them..I needed to get a job to assist the family..my boyfriend new everything so he offered to help and I got a job in a firm in Abuja so I had to leave home..he invited me over to his family house and wha I got there I was wowed..they were rich..I felt like I wouldn’t be accepted but they loved me..I was sending more than half of my salary home but my boyfriend made sure I was comfortable..he wanted to travel for his masters and he asked if I was also interested..who wouldn’t be..lol I agreed and we had a small wedding..we are now in Canada and I still take full responsibility of my mum, sisters and their children..it’s overwhelming right now because they have decided not to work..I’m stressed right now and I don’t even know how to get my self out of it..I’m pregnant now and it’s not been easy..I can’t work as much as I used to before and I don’t know if they would understand when I tell them..

Posted 31 March