HIV positive and in love

hivDear Gracey
Im a single lady aged 32. I have been married twice but never had kids. My last husband was very abusive (verbally, emotionally and physically.) I never thought I would fall in love again when I left him. I stayed alone for four years and fell sick.

I went for HIV testing and the results came out positive. Now there is a guy who is crazy about me, he is 6 years younger than me. I told him about my status and he insists he still loves me. Should I remarry or move on alone. Im so afraid of him dumping me in future. Im so confused please help. – Confused

Dear Confused

There is no problem in your boyfriend insisting he still loves an HIV positive woman. That is his decision and at his age (26) he must be mature enough to know what he has chosen. As for you – you need to thank God for finding you true love and stop wondering why he is loving you.

But my biggest concern though is that you have been married and divorced twice already, your last marriage was a very bad experience and Im sure with that trauma you suffered you will not be able to handle any more heartbreak or abuse.

You need to make sure that your man believed you when you told him about your status. The whole situation will turn ugly if he feels that he was tricked into marrying you unaware you are positive, or if he took it as one of those crazy jokes. After that you need to make sure that he is mature enough for you in terms of decision making and reasoning capacity though we all are tempted to believe love is all that matters.

Men do not like women who are much more intelligent than they are as a wife. Your reasoning capacity may even be too much for him if he is not mature enough; then you will end up being his source of advice always.

Men have that sensitive male pride, which they dont like hurt and women hurt it in so many ways unaware. Showing them that you know more than they do – even when you do – can easily hurt them and sometimes get them fall out of love. – Gracey

Pregnant and confused

Dear Gracey

Im 24-year-old single mother. I have been single for three years now. Last January I broke up with a man of my age whom I dated for two years after he told me that his mother doesnt like me. But I have just found out that Im pregnant for him and Im confused. What do I do? – Anonymous

Dear Anonymous

I understand what you are going through. Its sad that on top of being a single mother with all those responsibilities, now you get pregnant and are left all alone again.

The man you are pregnant for dumped you because he didnt want to disappoint his mother and not because he no longer loved you. It was a bit unreasonable for him to do that. When we are in love, we need to follow our hearts – despite having to consider what other close people think of our relationships.

I am not blaming you for the break up, but at times like that you need to stand and fight for what you believe in. You should have stood by your man, stay stuck on him and if he loved you as much as true lovers do, Im positive he was going to fight together with you. But now the question is: how do you fix it especially when you are pregnant by him?

Your major challenge is that its been two months since you broke up. I dont know how you have been communicating with him but a lot can happen in two months. He may have moved on and for him to accept back a pregnant ex-girlfriend will not be an easy decision for him.

If you are one principled lady, one who has always been faithful to him and one he always believed in, he has no reason not to believe you. You dont deserve being alone. Make every experience in your life educational. You need to treat whatever led to you being a single mother as a mistake that you learnt from and avoid any casual relationship that will leave you alone and pregnant.

Go sit down with your ex and tell him about the baby you are carrying, have him plan the way forward for you all – or at least for the child if he is so dependent on his mother that he wont follow his heart. Good Luck! – Gracey

No longer in love

Dear Gracey

I got married three months ago but Im afraid my husband seems to be losing interests in me already. Our love is no longer as it was before we married. Sometimes I feel like Im left all alone in this marriage and he is no longer in love with me.

He is an accountant by profession. Sometimes he brings his work home and he is just a workaholic. I never knew this until now. Im always telling him not to bring work home as if he is married to his job – but the more I do that the more I seem to upset him and he works more.

I love him so much and wish he loved me too. Is marriage the mistake that I made? Why is he falling out of love? – Felly

Dear Felly

I commend you for loving your husband the way you do. I feel sad that you are going through what you are experiencing so soon after marriage.

You may wonder how relationships change once people get married. How people get to know the real person after the I DOs.

Some men believe that working hard and providing for their family is a way of showing love. It works with other people but that does not seem to work with you. But you need to accept him and know that he is working hard for the sake of your future.

On a day that you are both relaxed, play a game with him. Give him a piece of paper and ask him to list things that show him that you love him and vice versa. Have him list the ways he thinks he shows love to you. You could also just talk about it instead of writing – depending on what type of person he is. You may be surprised by the answers he will give. I think he loves you so much but he is just not showing you in a way you expect him to.

Men do not like to be pressured about anything. Your relationship may improve if you start to show an interest in his work. When he gets home from work, its good for him to find you waiting for him, and showing that you are happy to see him. Dont look at the watch the moment he walks in. Remember to keep loving. – Gracey

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