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My boyfriend was forced to marry someone he does not love

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Hi Guys I met and fell in love with this amazing guy and he also fell in love with me at first sight. We were very happy during the course of our relationship until he was told by the pastor at their church that he's to marry another woman as that was apparently God's instruction. Our relationship was not known by the people at his church and when I ask him why he agreed to go ahead he tells me that he could not go against the word of the pastor. I was very hurt and disappointed as he really went through with the wedding and got married last year December. However, through it all, (even before he got married) he never stopped telling me how he still loves me and wish there was something he could do about it. Here is the issue though: A week before his wedding, he came over to my place for a weekend and told me how he was having doubts about going through with the wedding and we had sexual intercourse for the FIRST time that night. This has been going on for a while since then (he has been cheating on his wife with me) and although I do feel bad for her, I can not help it because I honestly speaking love this guy and I keep thinking that his church robbed me of my happiness when they took him from me. Also, I am the only person that he is really open to so I have just discovered that he's planning to divorce his wife (not for me but for reasons known only to them, they are already having marital problems). Any sort of advice will really help because I am not sure whether to put my life on hold for him and move on.

My boyfriend was forced to marry someone he does not love

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First off NO ONE is forced to marry another person (not in my country anyway). It was his decision to go through with the marriage. Has he been sexless in the marriage? I bet not. He has been using both of you for sex. The church didn't rob you, he did. He could have told them of his relationship with you and problem solved. He didn't. Move on. You are not number one with him. He will always choose something more important that you. His church, another woman, whatever. I cant believe you actually stayed with him after he married someone else. Love has nothing to do with it. Self respect has every thing to do with it. Respect you because he wont.

My boyfriend was forced to marry someone he does not love

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Thank you very much guys for your advice.I guess I was really blinded by all this that the thought of him "using me" never popped up in my head. I guess there is a reason for everything after all and my soul mate is still out there.

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