Actress Chika Ike Finally Opens Up On Why She Left Her Marriage (LOOK)
Actress Chike Ike finally pens an open letter to her
fans, opening up about the physical abuse she
suffered in the hands of the man she called her
husband for five years. Find her story below...
The past three years has been a very
emotional period for me. I focused my
energy on work and to build back my self
esteem. its been really hard for me to come
out straight and talk about this because
sometimes I pinch myself to wake up and
not believe that I was a victim of domestic
violence. I've been through a lot in my life,
faced a lot of challenges but this is one
topic I've tried so hard to avoid and have
been waiting for the right time but I have
come to a resolve that there's really no
right time because every second of the
day,lives are being lost due to domestic
violence. I was a victiim of domestic
violence in my marriage and that was the
singular reason I left my marriage, aside
other reasons.
Growing up as a girl. I was always known as
the sweetest kid on the block, before I got
married, I have been through some
relationships and for once no man had ever
laid a finger on me. The first time it
happened in my marriage I didn't
understand it because I am not the type of
woman a man beats but I guess there are
no types. It just happens and no woman
deserves it. As a young girl I thought it was
love or his way of expressing his
emotions,after every beating he pleads ,
cries and says it won't happen again, once
again I thought it was love and made
excuses for him. Over the years when it
kept happening consistently I started
looking for other definitions for it. I started
loosing my self pride,self esteem , self
worth, and most painfully i lost a pregnancy
(Miscarriage) I almost lost my life in the
process then I realised how serious and
abnormal it really was.
I have heard and read a lot of accusations
from ignorant people who don't know my
story,I guess that's why they are ignorant. I
was 20yrs old and very naïve to the world
when I got married .“ They said I married
for money“ LOL. I was married to a
corporate guy,who had a 9_5 job in a bank,
Lives in a rented 2 bedroom apartment at
Egbe.. So do the maths! . I married for
love. I did a traditional wedding. A white
wedding and a court wedding. So that's
how much I wanted to be married forever.
For five years I hoped, prayed & wished
that one day it will all change. But the last
straw that broke the carmels back was
during a heated argument he threw a glass
jug to my face and I dogged it and it
shattered on d wall. I saw death flash
before me and I made a decision to save my
life. I left my marriage.
Am not saying this to draw pity from
anyone because we are entitled to our
opinions and believes. I am not also saying
this to discourage people from falling in
love because its a beautiful feeling and I
still believe in it. I am saying this to
educate, share and talk about my
experience as a victim of domestic violence
because it is real.
fans, opening up about the physical abuse she
suffered in the hands of the man she called her
husband for five years. Find her story below...
The past three years has been a very
emotional period for me. I focused my
energy on work and to build back my self
esteem. its been really hard for me to come
out straight and talk about this because
sometimes I pinch myself to wake up and
not believe that I was a victim of domestic
violence. I've been through a lot in my life,
faced a lot of challenges but this is one
topic I've tried so hard to avoid and have
been waiting for the right time but I have
come to a resolve that there's really no
right time because every second of the
day,lives are being lost due to domestic
violence. I was a victiim of domestic
violence in my marriage and that was the
singular reason I left my marriage, aside
other reasons.
Growing up as a girl. I was always known as
the sweetest kid on the block, before I got
married, I have been through some
relationships and for once no man had ever
laid a finger on me. The first time it
happened in my marriage I didn't
understand it because I am not the type of
woman a man beats but I guess there are
no types. It just happens and no woman
deserves it. As a young girl I thought it was
love or his way of expressing his
emotions,after every beating he pleads ,
cries and says it won't happen again, once
again I thought it was love and made
excuses for him. Over the years when it
kept happening consistently I started
looking for other definitions for it. I started
loosing my self pride,self esteem , self
worth, and most painfully i lost a pregnancy
(Miscarriage) I almost lost my life in the
process then I realised how serious and
abnormal it really was.
I have heard and read a lot of accusations
from ignorant people who don't know my
story,I guess that's why they are ignorant. I
was 20yrs old and very naïve to the world
when I got married .“ They said I married
for money“ LOL. I was married to a
corporate guy,who had a 9_5 job in a bank,
Lives in a rented 2 bedroom apartment at
Egbe.. So do the maths! . I married for
love. I did a traditional wedding. A white
wedding and a court wedding. So that's
how much I wanted to be married forever.
For five years I hoped, prayed & wished
that one day it will all change. But the last
straw that broke the carmels back was
during a heated argument he threw a glass
jug to my face and I dogged it and it
shattered on d wall. I saw death flash
before me and I made a decision to save my
life. I left my marriage.
Am not saying this to draw pity from
anyone because we are entitled to our
opinions and believes. I am not also saying
this to discourage people from falling in
love because its a beautiful feeling and I
still believe in it. I am saying this to
educate, share and talk about my
experience as a victim of domestic violence
because it is real.
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