JB

In 2020, all I had was ₦20,000 I made from my days of playing Bet9ja. My girlfriend at the time, who is now my wife, was a fresher at the University of Ibadan and needed some money to start a business. I honestly didn’t think twice. I sent her the money and supported her as she started her perfume business. Later that same year, I made some really bad decisions. A friend and I took money from some friends to trade with, and we lost everything. We ran into serious debts, and things became crazy. I had to sell almost everything I had. I was depressed. I got to a point where I considered selling one of my kidneys just to pay off the debts. I even considered suicide. Yeah, it was that terrible. But while all of this was happening, something else was happening too. My girlfriend’s business was growing. And not just growing a little. It was doing really well. She was young. Beautiful. A student. She had her own money. She had every reason to walk away from a man who had nothing to offer at that point. But she stayed. She took care of me. She fed me. She clothed me. She supported me. She stood by me through what was probably the lowest point of my life. Looking back now, I realise that she could have left. There were probably many women who would have. She had enough reasons to choose herself and walk away. But she didn’t. She stayed. Today, when I think about the woman I have beside me, I don’t just see my wife. I see the young girl who believed in me when I had nothing. I remember those sacrifices. I remember those difficult days. And I just want to say: Thank you, my woman. ❤️ Thank you for staying. Thank you for believing. Thank you for loving me when loving me wasn’t convenient. I will never forget.