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I no longer love my ‘illiterate,’ broke hubby

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My husband was doing very well in his transport business before it collapsed leaving him deep in debt. Were it not for my cousin, we would have been auctioned. His problem is that when he has money he worships it and treats us like rubbish. For the last few months, I have been taking care of all the responsibilities including paying school fees for my son and sister. Besides that, I have no feelings for him because of the bad things he has done to me over the years. We live in the same house but in different worlds. Sex is history because I’m no longer attracted to him and to make it worse, he is illiterate so we cannot even reason together. I am not happy in this marriage and have tried to leave several times only to keep going back. I need your advice on this, especially on how I can leave and just not come back. I want to be happy in life.
{Jackie}

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