Dear Maurice,
I am 33 years old and I have been dating my boyfriend who I love so much for nine years. I had my dream day all figured out but hurdles are slowly making my dream life a nightmare. We were to get married last year
but we did not have enough money and were unable to formalize our relationship as planned. Last year I suspected he was cheating after reading a message on his phone. It was from a lady saying: “You are an impatient man. When I decide to love someone I love him with all my heart”. I confronted my boyfriend, who denied the accusation and our relationship soured. We later made up and he told me I had misunderstood the SMS, but since then he does not treat me as well as he used to and I don’t trust him as much. Should we shelve our wedding plans or go ahead with them?

Maurice replies,
In my opinion there are a few things that stand out and need clarification. I have understood that you were planning to wed however did you not have a planned and saved budget for your wedding? Which leads me to my next question, from the message you found on your boyfriend’s phone, it seems to indicate that he may have had plans to wed the other woman but she was hesitant to oblige. It is speculation for now but it begs the question. I believe that your boyfriend may be living a double life for one reason or another hence your wedding plans that never materialised.
You have clearly invested many years in this relationship and for you to seek counsel instead of leave him you must believe that there’s some hope for things to work out positively in the future. That said, I can not give you false hope. I strongly suggest that you postpone any wedding plans and seek the
truth from your boyfriend. For him to open up he needs to feel that you will not attack him with the truth when he tells you ‘now and in the future’ if at all you decide to stay together. Your predicament is not easy to settle but if you both listen to each other and digest the information you will be one step ahead of resolving your issues. The biggest problem is that people listen but they do not ‘hear’ each other out. They allow personal egos to get in the way of salvaging their relationship. You then find pointing fingers becomes the order of the day and taking people down guilt trip lane has never solved anything. A civil non malicious approach is highly recommended for both of you to adopt so as to move forward.

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