My sister Lisa is three years older than me. She has been married for five years. I thought she was happy in her marriage until yesterday when my sister called me. I still can’t believe what she told me.
Lisa has always been a real beauty: she knew how to take care of herself and dressed stylishly. My sister married Alex five years ago. They have been together since university. After graduation, they got married and started living together.
They were in no hurry to have children. My sister assured me that they wanted to live for themselves. I was happy for my sister. After the wedding, they started living in Alex’s apartment.
I thought that my husband respected Liza and carried her in his arms, because she definitely deserved it.
But after yesterday’s conversation with her, I realized that not everything is as beautiful as it seems at first glance. At first I could not believe her words, I thought my sister was just joking. But no…
Yesterday she had a headache, and her sister stayed in bed all day, so she didn’t cook dinner.
When Alex came home from work, instead of supporting her, he started calling Lisa all kinds of names. He said that he was sorry for marrying her. He said he had wanted to tell her everything for a long time, and now was the time.
At first, Lisa thought that Alex had had too much to drink at work. Then she began to justify herself to her husband, explaining that she was sick, so she didn’t cook dinner one day. But he didn’t listen to her, saying that being sick didn’t relieve Lisa of her household duties. She has to be a wife, and then everything else.
In anger, Alex threw his dirty pants at Lisa. And then, slamming the door, he left the house. He returned home only in the morning. The sister could not believe that the man she had chosen for her life was actually so insensitive. After all, she was, without exaggeration, the perfect wife: she cooked first and second courses every day, baked on weekends, Alex’s clothes were washed and ironed, and his shoes were shined.
After this incident, Lisa decided that she was not going to tolerate this kind of treatment. Instead of supporting his wife, Alex behaved so horribly. She took care of him, gave so many years of her life to this man, and he turned out to be insensitive and ungrateful.
I talked to her. After our conversation, Lisa came to the conclusion that a woman should respect herself first and foremost. She decided to file for divorce. It was good that my sister did not have time to have children with him.
“Our father has always been an example of an ideal man for us: wise, decisive, polite. Compared to him, Liza really has nothing to lose. I’m sure my sister will still have a happy family life, just not with Alex.
