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If I divorce him, will I have to pay him upkeep?

Gavel and wedding rings, for divorce concept.

Dear Harold,
I am tired of being the sole bread winner with a husband who has refused to be a responsible head of the family. Besides laziness, he has had a string of extra-marital affairs.

He does not even make efforts to look for another job and sulks whenever I do not subscribe to DSTV for him to watch football with his working friends over the weekends.

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