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Mrs. Lufuno

Matsepane

off, he started other debts again. I was
suspicious of his reckless spending and I
asked him for the bank statements so
that I could see exactly what was
happening with his finances. I found out
that he was making airtime transfers
several times in a month to his sister and
other phone numbers that I did not
recognize. When I approached him
regarding the matter, he told me to give
back his cards, which I returned to him.

In 2010, we broke-up and we did not see
each other for the whole year. He had a
girlfriend who would sleep over at his
mother’s place. His mother could not say
anything as he was the one who was
working and providing for them. My
family did not know that we were not
together anymore. He had paid Lobola
for me and at the villages this is regarded
as a marriage. My boyfriend one day
called my grandmother and told her that
he does not know where I was, and they
were surprised to hear that, and they
called me to find out what was
happening. That was when I had to
explain to my grandmother the whole
story. I ended up telling the elders that
we were not together anymore, and
they sat us down and we sorted out our
problems. I felt that I had no choice
because we had two children together,
after the meeting we got back together.

MARRYING MY

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