STORIES

THE BROKEN HEDGE

      When Miriam and I got married, everything was perfect. It was obvious to everyone we were in love. She was wonderful to me and so beautiful. The sex was great and very frequent. In fact, wondered why I'd been afraid to get married since. My marriage was so great that I began to advise my single friends to get married. Little did I know that my joy would be cut short in no time.

       Well, our first baby came two years after our wedding and we were both over the moon with happiness. Jenny was such a cute baby girl. Things were still great between Miriam and I, though the sex wasn't as often as it used to be but it didn't really matter because the baby was really exciting to me, and Miriam and I still managed to have it like three times a week. Then came our second baby, a boy, and that was when everything changed. Miriam stopped having sex altogether. She pleaded tiredness or headache every time I wanted it. At first, I didn't make any case out of it but one morning, I woke up to realize I hadn't had sex with my wife for two whole months. I tried to reason with her many times but she just wouldn't budge. She said she hardly felt like having sex these days, she had no sex drive, she didn't feel sexy anymore as her breasts weren't as dancy as before and her tummy was not as flat as it used to be. I assured her that those things didn't matter to me because I loved her, not her body. I used every line known to man, just to have her, my own wife, give in and have sex with me but she refused, saying I needed to quit whining and concentrate on my job. Well, I tried a few more times to reason with her but she was adamant, so I left her alone and accepted my fate. I'd never been one to cheat so I just believed my day was gone. Life became a drag, I would get angry at the slightest provocation and my friends and colleagues began to avoid me. I was sexually frustrated and I couldn't talk to anyone because of the way I'd boasted earlier in my marriage. I continued life as I saw it, resigned to the fact that I was never going to have sex again. Then, Angelina came into my life. And everything changed.....................
                                                      

                                                                             By
                                                                   Ochuwa Abubakar