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Ask A Man 23 Oct '24: 'My step daughter is mean and it's affecting my marriage.'
Anonymous says she’s having problems with her step daughter, who’s her husband’s daughter, and doesn’t know what to do. Anonymous says her step daughter has a bad attitude and is mean and rude towards her. Anonymous says her step daughter also goes around the neighbourhood lying to neighbours about her. Anonymous also adds that they have a 10 year age gap. Anonymous says she’s also confronted her husband about this but he doesn’t seem to be able to resolve the matter. Anonymous says she doesn’t know what to do now as this situation is affecting her relationship with her husband, anonymous and her husband have two kids together.

Ask A Man 22 Oct '24: 'My wife has been abusing me since I became disabled'
Anonymous says him and his partner have 2 kids together and their relationship was generally fine until he became wheel chair bound 6 months ago. Anonymous says she changed on him and on one occasion she went out partying and he confronted her about that and it turned into a fight that turned abusive, anonymous says his partner beat him up, damaged his electrical wheel chair. Anonymous says he pressed charges against her for this and she was arrested. She now doesn’t live with anonymous and their kids anymore. Anonymous says she has now said to him that for them to get back together, and for her to fix his wheel chair and maintain their kids financially, he has to drop the charges. Anonymous says he doesn't know what to do as he still loves her.

Ask A Man 21 Oct '24: 'What's the reason some men don't want a vasectomy?"
Anonymous says she’s been married for 18 years now and they have 3 kids with her husband and don’t want any more kids. Anonymous says after turning 40, she wants to get off the pill. Anonymous says her and her partner have explored other birth control methods and the best one for them is for him to get a vasectomy but her partner is not keen and seems like he’s not interested in getting a vasectomy. Anonymous says she doesn’t get why her husband doesn’t want to get a vasectomy and wants a man’s perspective on whether she’s asking for too much.

Ask A Man 18 Oct '24: 'Was he only into me because he was broke?'
Anonymous says she has three kids and lost her partner in 2021. Anonymous says she met a new guy while she was grieving and they started dating. Anonymous says the guy was unemployed when they met and he moved in with her, and anonymous says she tried to help him get a job and he eventually got one last year. Anonymous says the guy changed on her after getting employed and they were fighting a lot. Anonymous says he wasn’t communicating much with her but was busy chatting to other women on social media, something he’s been doing since they met. Anonymous says she’s never proven that things got physical with those women. Anonymous says he’s emotionally unavailable, and he’s kinda on and off in their relationship. Anonymous is wondering if his behaviour in the beginning was great because he was unemployed and whether she’s now forcing things.

Ask A Man 17 Oct '24: 'My partner has secret meetings with OUR friend.'
Anonymous says she feels like there’s a third person in their relationship. Anonymous says her and her partner have a mutual friend who is the person that introduced them to each other. Anonymous says over the last year her and this third person drifted apart but she’s now realised that this friend and her partner have become closer. Anonymous says her partner now hides when he meets up with the friend and they even go on dates without her, which is something they used to do together. Anonymous says there’s also been incidences where her partner comments on how good the friend is looking. Anonymous says she doesn’t get the sense that her partner is cheating on her with their friend and wonders if she’s just insecure and unreasonable about their relationship. Anonymous says she’s not sure what to do about this situation.

Ask A Man 16 Oct '24: 'Why is my love life messy?'
Anonymous says back in 2021 he was in a relationship and ready to get engaged to guy no.1, however around that time he met someone else, guy no.2, in a club and they had a one night stand. Anonymous says two weeks after the incident, he ghosted guy no.2 as he was confused and he continued with his engagement. Anonymous says a few weeks went by and he reached out to guy no.2 again and they eventually met, and during this meet up guy no.2 opened up about his HIV positive status and anonymous says that wasn’t a problem for him. Anonymous says he ended his engagement with guy no.1 and continued with a relationship with guy no.2, however things got rocky between them and anonymous found himself back on a hook up app which caused problems in their relationship. Anonymous says guy no.2 also had financial issues and that, and his own infidelity led to their break up in September last year. Anonymous says they were not speaking for a while however reconnected, became friends and they even car pooled together in anonymous car to go to work and gym. Anonymous says he then started dating someone else and guy no.2 became jealous of the relationship and eventually anonymous says guy no.2 ghosted him after meeting another guy. Anonymous says guy no.2 then returned and even seduced him despite the fact that they are now friends and have partners. Anonymous doesn’t understand why he’s still in this messy situation with guy no.2.

Ask A Man 15 Oct '24: 'I'm living at my controlling partner's place.'
Anonymous says he’s known his partner for 3 years and things were mostly fine until he faced some financial struggles. Anonymous says he moved to another country overseas for work purposes, but when things didn’t workout, he made his way back to the country but had nowhere to stay. His things were at his partner’s home, and so the partner took him in to live with her. Anonymous says in the time that he’s lived with her, she’s become controlling and doesn’t seem to have any regard for him or anything he has to say. Anonymous says he’s not surprised by this behaviour as she was a bit offish when it comes to communication while he was overseas. Anonymous says he’s not sure if she should continue to stay with her.

Ask A Man 14 Oct '24: 'My partner wants to be with me but is also in love with his side chick'
Anonymous says she’s been in a relationship with the father of her child for 7 years and things were ok until earlier this year when she realised he was cheating on her. Anonymous says when she confronted him about it he confessed that he was cheating and was in love with the other lady and he intended to keep seeing the other lady. Anonymous stuck around but eventually moved out of their place because of his affair. Anonymous says they are now sort of back together and he’s treating her amazingly and their relationship is good, however, her partner still says he still wants to be with the other lady as well.

Ask A Man 11 Oct '24: 'How do I deal with my narcissist partner?'
Anonymous says her boyfriend is a married man and they’ve been together for 2 years. Anonymous says their relationship is generally fine and he’s a good partner but he seems to be a narcissist. Anonymous says he tends to look down on her and can be patronising, and he wasn’t like that at the beginning of their relationship. Anonymous says he’s even suggested she lose weight. Anonymous says he’s promised to take her in as a second wife, however, at this point she’s not understanding his personality and why he sometimes treats her negatively.

Ask A Man 10 Oct '24: 'Struggling to leave my abusive partner.'
Anonymous says she has known her partner for about 12 years now, since her first year in varsity. Anonymous says after her partner’s aunt passed away, they took in the children and raised them till they moved out in 2019. Anonymous says she had a child with him in 2019 & 2020, but the first child unfortunately died two years ago due to illness. Anonymous says they got married around 2019, however over a couple of years his behaviour changed. Anonymous says he started looking down on her, complaining about her weight and how she runs their household. Anonymous also describes how he goes out drinking and comes back home demanding sex from her, he has also cheated on anonymous but is not remorseful for any of his behaviour. Anonymous says she’s tried to complain to his family but they are not able to talk to him as he’s the breadwinner at home. Anonymous says she’s had enough and doesn’t know what’s holding her back.

Ask A Man 09 Oct '24: 'I don't know why I'm with my serial cheating husband.'
Anonymous says she’s been married to her husband for 6 years now. She says when they initially met he was married, they hooked up, but he disappeared and came back months later after breaking up with his wife. Anonymous says they then dated and about 3 months into their relationship, she found out he was cheating, she forgave him and they moved on and got married. Anonymous says last year while she was pregnant and visiting her child who lives with her parents, she tried to contact him but couldn’t reach him, she returned back to their place only to find the place trashed and an open condom wrapper in one of the rooms. Anonymous says her partner later confessed that he had come back home with some girls who drugged him and stole from them. Anonymous says a similar incident has now taken place again,, she visited her family and he was busy with his shenanigans again.

Ask A Man 08 Oct '24: 'Why do I keep losing partners after giving birth?'
Anonymous says she married her husband last year November and she gave birth to their child in August of this year. Anonymous says she came into the relationship with one child, so did her husband, and says less than a year into their relationship her partner wants a divorce. Anonymous says she’s taken aback by this as the father of her first child also broke up with her a month after she gave birth. Anonymous is wondering what she’s doing that’s causing history to repeat itself. Anonymous adds that the current fight with her partner is based on how often her first daughter can visit their house, her husband wants the visits to be less frequent. Anonymous also says there was a change in how they communicate and time spent together when they got married.

Ask A Man 07 Oct '24: 'My girlfriend cheated, should I marry her?'
Anonymous says he’s been with his partner since 2014 and they each came into the relationship with a child. Anonymous says they started lobola proceedings in 2016, however he still needs to complete the process and they now have two kids together. Anonymous says they then started working together at the same place for a few years and everything was fine until he started working somewhere else, far from home, and their relationship became more of a long distance relationship. Anonymous says he found out that she was cheating on him with someone from work and when he confronted her about it, she explained that she was feeling lonely because she wasn’t seeing him as often as she used to. Anonymous believes she’s cheated on him again and again and thinks she’s back it again right now. Anonymous says he was planning on completing the lobola this year but he’s now wondering if he should just let go of the relationship.

Ask A Man 03 Oct '24: 'Was I wrong for snapping at him?'
Anonymous says she’s in her early twenties and in a relationship with a man in his mid-thirties. She fell in love instantly and they started dating. Anonymous says he found conversations on his phone that indicated that he was chatting with other ladies and she snapped and confronted him about this and it caused a rift between them. Anonymous says he is now not even taking her calls and she wonders if she overreacted and wants him back in her life.

Ask A Man 02 Oct '24: 'I'm a side, and he now won't let go of his other side'
Anonymous says when she first her current partner, he made it clear that he had someone else. Anonymous says she was ok with this as long as he doesn’t treat her like “the other woman”. Anonymous says there was then an incident while they were dating where she caught him red handed cheating, which led to her damaging his car, but they got back together after this incident. Anonymous says he then came to her asking for money and she refused. Following that he pressed charges against her for damaging his car and she was arrested. Anonymous says they didn’t chat for a while after this but they ended up getting back together and she fell pregnant. She says he was initially disinterested in their child but after a while he warmed up to the child. Anonymous says despite them being together, the other girl he cheated on her with is still in the picture.

Ask A Man 01 Oct '24: "Why do I keep going back?'
Anonymous says she’s been with the father of her child for about 15 years and says their relationship has been turbulent during this period, especially after she gave birth. Anonymous says they’ve broken up and made up many times over the years because of multiple conflicts in their relationship, and they’ve both been with other people but keep finding themselves coming back to each other. Anonymous says one of the bigger issues is that her family doesn’t approve of her partner and she doesn’t know how to get out of this cycle.

Ask A Man 30 Sep '24: 'My partner is financially irresponsible.'
Anonymous says he’s been with his partner for 6 years and says their relationship is generally good but he feels like his partner is financially irresponsible. Anonymous says his partner doesn’t budget properly and has accumulated a lot of debt. He says she also seems to be an impulse buyer. Anonymous says he’s confronted her about this and he advised her to change her behaviour however she hasn’t changed her spending habits. Anonymous says he’s frustrated by this and feels like he’s not progressing in life because of this behaviour.

Ask A Man 27 Sep '24: 'Not sure I can help my partner as he mourns his late wife.'
Anonymous says she’s been dating her current partner for about 6 months and says from the start of the relationship, her partner told her that he had lost his wife about 3 years ago, however, he said he was ready to be in a relationship. Anonymous says in the 6 months they’ve dated, they’ve only been with each other 6 times. Anonymous says she addressed this with him, and he revealed to her that he is in fact still grieving his loss and was afraid to admit to her when they met. Anonymous says when she questioned him about making time for her, he explained that he doesn’t have much time as he is a single parent and doesn’t have much time - anonymous is a single parent herself. Anonymous says she’s not sure if she should stay in this relationship.

Ask A Man 26 Sep '24: 'My partner finds me financially unattractive.'
Anonymous says he’s been with his current partner for about a year now and says when they started he was dating someone else but that relationship was complicated. Anonymous says a couple of months into their relationship he discovered that his partner was having suspicious conversations with other people on her phone and she would never explain who the people are. Anonymous says his partner celebrated her birthday last week, however, anonymous told his partner that he was broke and he’ll only be able to celebrate her at the end of the month. Anonymous says his girlfriend later told him that she was going on a get-away with her friends and told anonymous that these are the things she enjoys and that she doesn’t respect him because he doesn’t have much money for her. Anonymous says he loves his partner and has sacrificed for her, he’s not sure how to navigate this situation.

Ask A Man 25 Sep '24: 'I'm struggling with polygamy.'
Anonymous says he has two partners and initially he dated both of them and they were not aware of this situation. Anonymous says he eventually married lady no.1 and after the marriage he confessed to the ladies that he was seeing both of them. Anonymous says lady no.1 was initially resistant to the idea of being in a polygamous relationship but accepted it. Anonymous says he is now in a polygamous relationship and has bought homes for both his partners and has kids with both of them. Anonymous says the issue he has now is that the partners get upset with him when he visits the other and he’s not sure how to navigate that.

Ask A Man 23 Sep '24: "Uncomfortable with ex introducing our child to his new girlfrriend.'
Anonymous says she was in a relationship for 6 years with her ex until they broke up two years ago and they have a child together. Anonymous says they’ve been co-parenting well during that time however anonymous says a week ago, her daughter shared that she’d been spending time with her new mommy while visiting her dad. Anonymous says she was confused by this as she wasn’t told by her ex that he’s in a relationship now and that his new partner has access to their daughter. Anonymous says she hasn’t been introduced to her ex’s new partner and feels like she’s being disrespected in this situation. Anonymous says she also has a partner but that partner hasn’t met her daughter out of respect. Anonymous says she’s not sure if she’s overreacting or whether she should speak to ex about this.

Ask A Man 20 Sep '24: 'How do I get closure from my ex who had a baby with someone else?'
Anonymous says he was dating his partner for 9 years and they have two kids. Anonymous says their relationship was toxic and they broke things off. Anonymous says after they broke up his ex wouldn’t allow him to see his kids and he took her to court to force her to allow him and in that process he ended up requesting a paternity test and found out that the first child is not his. Anonymous says in the middle of all this she damaged his property, assaulted him and also told people that he wasn’t supporting his children. Anonymous says she’s still hostile towards him and is not remorseful. Anonymous says he’s not sure if his ex has told the first child that he’s not his father. Anonymous says he feels like she owes him an apology, so he can get closure and doesn’t know how to move on without one.

Ask A Man 19 Sep '24: 'She's rude to me when she gets drunk.'
Anonymous says he broke up with his previous partner in April this year and after a 3 month break he went back on Instagram ready to re enter the dating game. Anonymous says one of the first people he saw on Instagram was his high school crush, they reconnected and started chatting in the DMs and eventually exchanged numbers, they hit off and would be on the phone with each other for hours. Anonymous says his crush still lives in their home province and he lives somewhere else but when he returned home they met up and went out and this is when she got drunk and started behaving “unruly” & rude towards him. Anonymous says this has happened a couple of times when they are out. Anonymous says he’s now back where he lives and is wondering if she has the character of someone he would want to be with.

Ask A Man 18 Sep '24: 'Should I wait for my ex who's still getting over her ex.'
Anonymous says he dated his now ex partner for about 6 months, a couple of months after she got out of a long term relationship in which her partner cheated on her with her best friend. Anonymous says they went on a dinner date about two days ago and while on the date she confessed to him that she had recently seen pictures of her ex and felt something for her ex, and feels like it’s a lot for her and she doesn’t want to continue dating anonymous for now, as she feels like she needs time to find herself. Anonymous says they broke up and he spoke to his now ex’s mom who said she agrees that her daughter needs time, but advised anonymous to be patient with her and wait as he’s been a good influence on her. Anonymous is not sure if he should wait for her.

Ask A Man 17 Sept '24: 'My partner is not giving me attention'
Anonymous says she started dating her current partner after meeting him at her child’s school and adds that he has a good relationship with her child. Anonymous says they went on with their relationship and she fell pregnant unintentionally as they were relying on the “pull-out” method. Anonymous says she terminated her pregnancy because she felt like they were not financially prepared at the time. Anonymous says they met around the Covid period, and he he wasn’t working at the time and was available for her. He’s back at work now and anonymous says she feels like he’s not making time for her and has said to her that he’s just currently really hectic. Anonymous says she has no reason to suspect that he’s cheating and just feels like their relationship is stagnant. She loves him and doesn’t know what to do.

Ask A Man 16 Sep '24: 'My partner doesn't contribute when he stays over t my place'
Anonymous says she’s been dating her current partner for the last year and says the relationship has been good for the most part. Anonymous says her partner told her he was being evicted from his place and was cagy about the information when he needed to move, but anonymous later realised that he actually used to live with someone at that place and the lease was under that partners name, hence he needed to leave. Anonymous says she overlooked this and they continued with their relationship, anonymous even allowed him to move in with her and her kids while he finds a place. Anonymous says during the time he lived with her he was not contributing in the household. He has now moved out to his own place but anonymous says he visits a lot and still doesn’t contribute to the household. Anonymous says she also caught him speaking on the phone with another lady and suspects that he might be cheating but he says that’s not the case.

Ask A Man 13 Sep '24: 'Is my partner taking our relationship seriously?'
Anonymous says he’s been dating his partner for 9 months and says they keep getting into conflicts and he doesn’t understand why this keeps happening. Anonymous says his partner is slightly older than him in her thirties and he’s in his twenties, anonymous adds that she has a child. Anonymous says one of the things is that he’s an indoors kind of person and she likes to go out, which has created tension between them. Anonymous says he once caught her cheating on him and she lied about it. Anonymous says he’s not sure if she’s present in the relationship and wants to be in it or not.

Ask A Man 12 Sep '24: 'Can he love me despite all the things he's done to me?'
Anonymous says she’s been with her partner for 5 years now and they have a child together. Anonymous says the relationship was great however she realised about two years ago that he had been cheating on her throughout their relationship. Anonymous says she confronted him about this, he apologised and they moved on with their relationship. Anonymous says she then found out that he was cheating again, and they separated but later got back together. Anonymous says fast forward to this year, she met a new guy and says he treats her well and they’ve built something. Anonymous says her partner found out that she has someone new and she told her partner that she wants to break up with him because she doesn’t trust him anymore. Anonymous says she wants to leave her partner but he doesn’t want to break up with her and says he’s stopped cheating. Anonymous is not sure if he really does love her after all he’s done to her.

Ask A Man 11 Sept '24: 'Am I demanding for too much?'
Anonymous says her relationship with guy no.1 lasted about 6 months. Anonymous says she has a son and because of this she gave the guy ground rules to say they’d be spending time outside and he could never sleep over. Anonymous says these limitations seem to have caused tension in their relationship and they eventually broke things off. Anonymous says her most recent relationship, guy no.2, is someone she dated 10 years ago and they got back together. Anonymous says she feels like the guy doesn’t give her much attention, especially when they are spending time together, and when she brings this up, he doesn’t respond positively to her. Anonymous says she is not sure if maybe she is the problem in these relationships.

Ask A Man 10 Sep '24: 'I love her but her mother is the problem.'
Anonymous says he’s dating his current girlfriend for a second time, after initially dating for a year and breaking up. Anonymous says they’ve now been dating for several years and their relationship is fine however the problem is his girlfriend’s mother. He says recently his girlfriend and her mother asked him to come pick them up and while he was driving with them in the car, they overheard him talking to a friend about colleagues that are taking advantage of him, but misunderstood and thought that he was talking about them. That created a rift, with the mother saying they don’t need him and suggesting that they are not his charity case. Anonymous says the mother told him not to contact them and now anonymous and his girlfriend are not on speaking terms. Anonymous says when they got back together he was told that his girlfriend has someone and he’s just friend.

Ask a Man 09 Sep '24: 'Is it ok to be ok with being a side chick.'
Anonymous says she’s in her mid thirties and has three kids from three different men. Anonymous says the first child was as a result of being young. She was in love with the second guy but he didn’t love her, and then with the third guy she didn’t love him but fell pregnant by accident with his child and she tried to develop something with him but it didn’t work. Anonymous says she’s now in the talking stage with a fourth guy, who’s dating someone else, and says he’s in love with her and she likes him too but she doesn’t want anything too deep with him, and has explained to him that she’s ok being a sidekick. Anonymous wonders if she’s selling herself short with this request.

Ask A Man 06 Sept '24: 'My partner of 4 months is a social media stalker.'
Anonymous says he’s been dating a lady for the last four months and things have been good, however, he says she’s constantly stalking his social media pages. Anonymous says he’s an entrepreneur and posts to promote his business and she’s always asking him about people commenting on his pages. Anonymous says it’s too much for him and doesn’t know if he should move forward with her.

Ask A Man 05 Sep '24: 'I tried monogamy and it's not for me.'
Anonymous says she’s been with her partner for 2 years and says when they met each other she told the guy at the time that she’s not really into monogamy and wasn’t looking for anything serious. He told her that he’s not into that and wants something serious. Despite their differences they continued with their relationship and anonymous says she fell for him and she enjoyed the relationship. However, anonymous says she’s enjoying the relationship a lot but still feels like she doesn’t want to be monogamous. Anonymous doesn’t know how to move forward.

Ask A Man 04 Sep '24: 'My two partners have partners and one of them is pregnant.'
Anonymous says he’s in his late twenties and says he’s known girl no.1 since they were really young and says after going through somethings they broke up and he moved on with his life but over the years he and girl no.1 kept up with each other and would hook up here and there. Anonymous says he met girl no.2 at work and it was love at first sight, however, after becoming a couple she told anonymous that she’s actually in a long distance relationship with a guy from her hometown, however, they continued and anonymous says he fell deeply for her. Anonymous says time has gone by and she was still with the guy from back home. Anonymous says this has caused a rift and he ended up finding himself in the arms of girl no.1 again, who is also in a relationship with someone else. Anonymous says girl no.1 is now pregnant and is not sure if anonymous is the father.

Ask A Man 30 Aug '24: 'My partner cheated on me with his cousin'
Anonymous says he’s been dating his partner since high school and they were each other’s neighbours. Anonymous says their relationship really took off when they were in varsity and they even came out to their families. Anonymous says their relationship has been great and says his partner has been a very supportive partner. However, anonymous says recently he came back home unexpectedly and found his partner having sex with his own cousin and anonymous says after confronting his partner, the partner told him that he had resorted to cheating on him because anonymous’ sex drive is low. Anonymous is not sure if he should continue with the relationship.

Ask A Man 02 Sep '24: 'When culture clashes come in the way.'
Anonymous says she met her now ex fiancé back in 2018 while working together. Anonymous says things got off to a rocky start and they broke up because he was dealing with another women that he had impregnated. Anonymous says they dated again years later, while she was pregnant with her first child. Anonymous says a problem in their relationship is that her partner wanted more sexual intimacy than anonymous could offer, and that caused a rift between them. Anonymous says she fell pregnant with his child and things got even more rocky during pregnancy and they experienced a lot of conflict during that time. Anonymous says he’s family paid lobola for her, however she struggled with the up keep of his family’s cultural traditions, some of which clashed with her religion and that’s what has led to them now breaking up. Anonymous says she’s struggling to let him go.

Ask A Man 30 Aug '24: 'How do I navigate the dating game after 12 years in a relationship?'
Anonymous says he’s back on the market after 12 years in a relationship and says he’s just made his return into the dating game and he says he’s not understanding dating these days, he feels like the game has changed. Anonymous says he’s an indoors kind of person but feels like the people he keeps meeting are just all over the place, always going out, something he doesn’t get. Anonymous needs help dating again.

Ask A Man 29 Aug '24: 'Am I selfish for not wanting another baby with my partner?'
Anonymous says she’s been with her partner since high school, however, in their matric year he impregnated another girl, she also fell pregnant around the same time and they continued with their relationship. Anonymous says they’ve been together for 24 years now but he did have an affair with another woman for about 2 years 10 years ago, but they’ve since moved on from that. Anonymous says they had agreed they would not have more kids, however, he has now changed his mind and as a result of family pressure, he wants to have another child, but she’s not interested. Anonymous says she doesn’t want another child as she feels like she doesn’t have the capacity to raise another child. Anonymous says this has now caused a rift in their relationship and she’s not sure if she’s being selfish for not wanting to have another child.

Ask A Man 28 Aug '24: 'The mother of my partner's baby is always visiting his family home'
Anonymous says she’s been with her partner since November last year and says the relationship was fine until her partner introduced her to his family. Anonymous says her partner lives with his family and says the mother of his child is always there with his family. Anonymous says she brought up that she’s not comfortable with how often his ex visits but that only ended up causing a rift between her and his family and led to tension within their relationship. Anonymous says they also have other issues in their relationship, however she feels like he never wants to address any conflicts they run into in their relationship. Anonymous says he tends to go quiet and she’s always the one to reach out to him to try and resolve the conflict. Anonymous is not sure if she should remain in this relationship and wonders if she might be the problem.

Ask A Man 27 Aug '24: 'My partner is always discussing our issues on his radio show.'
Anonymous says she’s been dating her partner for 10 months and he is a radio presenter. Anonymous says she’s noticed a pattern in their relationship, she says overtime they have a relationship quarrel he takes it to air on his show, even tough he refuses to discuss those things with her when she brings them up. Anonymous says another issue is that he is not earning much and says she’s tried to motivate him to make career moves that would lead him to doing better financially, however, anonymous says he doesn’t really take her advice and has gone on air speaking about partners that try to control you. Anonymous doesn’t know how to feel about all this.

Ask A Man 26 Aug '24: 'My ex partner is focused on us and not the kids.'
Anonymous says she’s been with her partner for 12 years and says she was a side chick for the first two years of their relationship. Anonymous says while in the relationship she had a one night stand and fell pregnant. Anonymous says her partner found out that the child wasn’t his, something he wasn’t happy about but decided to remain in a relationship with anonymous because he loved her. Anonymous says years later they now have two children together. Anonymous says her partner has been emotionally abusive towards her over the years. She adds that he lost his job at some point and stopped supporting her and the children. Anonymous says over the last year he started cheating on her and despite having money now, he is not supporting the children. Anonymous is not sure how to move forward.

Ask A Man 23 Aug '24: 'Should I return to my cheating ex?'
Anonymous says she dated her ex for 5 years and he cheated on her multiple times. Anonymous says she eventually broke up with him because of his cheating ways. Anonymous says before she broke things off with him, he revealed that he was HIV positive. Anonymous says she moved on and dated someone else but ended that relationship because the guy was a bit dodgy. Anonymous says her ex now wants her back and she’s not sure if she should get back together with him because despite he’s cheating ways, he used to be good to her as a partne

Ask A Man 22 Aug '24: 'Is my partner still committed to his baby mama or me?
Anonymous says she met a guy last year while she was in a relationship and that guy was also in a relationship. Anonymous says they wanted to break up with their partners but she made him delay his break as his partner at the time was pregnant and she advised that he wait until she gives birth. Anonymous says they kept their relationship a secret until his parents caught her with him. Anonymous says he’s still kind of with the baby mama, who lives with him and his parents, and says she’s not sure if he’s fooling her. Anonymous says he tends to not communicate when he’s not with her and says when he is with her, the mother of his child is always calling needing things from him. Anonymous says she’s not sure if she should hold on and wait on him to commit fully to her or just move on.

Ask A Man 21 Aug '24: 'Should I marry him despite finding him physically unattractive?'
Anonymous says she met guy on a dating app three years ago and they ended up meeting up. Anonymous says she wasn’t attracted to some of his physical attributes when they first met and therefore didn’t continue anything with him. Anonymous says now, 3 years later, he reached out to her asking her to assist him in planning his mother’s birthday party, anonymous says they met up and even ended up having sex despite him being uncircumcised, something she has a problem with. It’s been 3 weeks since they reconnected and she even met his family. He now wants to marry her in the next two months but anonymous doesn’t know if she should marry him, especially because she’s not physically attracted to him and he’s still uncircumcised. She wonders if she can change his look.

Ask A Man 20 Aug ‘24: ‘He broke up with me, engaged someone else & now wants me back.’
Anonymous says her and her partner have been together for the last few years but she says last year he started changing his behaviour towards her and anonymous says he eventually told her that he was uncomfortable living with her as his family were not happy with that and they were scared he might impregnate her which would mean he would have 4 children with 4 different women out of wedlock. Anonymous says she moved out but went back after he called her saying he misses her. Anonymous says their relationship wasn’t great after she moved back and he confessed that he had fallen out of love with her. Anonymous says she moved out after this but he called again saying he misses her. Anonymous says they were meant to meet up but he didn't show up and he ghosted her. Anonymous says she then heard from his sister who revealed that he announced to the family that he's marrying another woman. Anonymous says a few weeks after hearing about the engagement he reached out to her and they met and he told her that he wants to be in a polygamous relationship, something anonymous didn’t show a keen interest in. Anonymous says he has now said to her that he doesn’t want his fiancé anymore and wants to be with her, he’s still together Anonymous is confused by all this.

Ask A Man 16 Aug '24: 'Should I leave my inconsistent partner?'
Anonymous says she’s been with her partner for about a year and a half now and things have been good, however they got into a serious fight in the last few months and things became really sour but they resolved the issue. Anonymous says since then she’s noticed that his behaviour is on and off and she never knows which version of him she’s going to get. Anonymous says she wonders if she can carry on with him like that, she says she loves him and is scared of losing him as he’s her first really serious relationship.

Ask A Man 19 Aug '24: 'I feel like my partner is not very helpful post baby''
Anonymous says she’s been with her partner for about 8 years now and they moved in together a year into their relationship. Anonymous says they couldn’t agree on buying property but she eventually bought a place in 2021 and they live together there. Anonymous says she gave birth to their child this year and they are now married but she feels like she’s carrying all the weight in the relationship in various aspects. Anonymous says he’s not there for her and their family in the way that she expected.

Ask A Man 15 Aug '24: 'My boyfriend married someone else but still wants me.
Anonymous has a child and has been with her partner for about 3 years now and things have been good. The problem is that the guy wants to have a child with anonymous but anonymous says she’s not ready to have another child, especially out of wedlock. Anonymous says he then tried to hire a surrogate for them but which persuaded her to try and have a baby with him, however they were not able to conceive, something that frustrated her partner and he needed up getting married to someone else. He now wants to be with her and engage in a polygamous marriage but she’s not interested.

Ask A Man 14 Aug '24: 'My married boyfriend is great but I'm not sure I want to continue.'
Anonymous says she broke with her ex after finding out that he had been cheating on her with multiple women. Anonymous says she realised months after they broke up that she was pregnant, however she miscarried but never told him about this. Anonymous is wondering if she should tell him about this. Anonymous says another situation is that she’s in a relationship with a married man. Anonymous says they did break up at some point with this guy as she realised they don’t have a bright future together, however, they got back together a couple of months ago. Anonymous says she’s not sure if she wants to carry on with the guy, as she’s uncomfortable in the relationship, but she doesn’t know how to break up with him.

Ask A Man 13 Aug '24: 'Is my partner with me for money?'
Anonymous says he’s been dating his partner since the beginning of this year and things have become weird since her birthday. Anonymous says when it was his birthday she didn’t do much for him but on her birthday she expected him to take her out but he couldn’t because of his finances, which led to her going out with friends and not communicating with him while she’s out and about. Anonymous says she’s very financially demanding and doesn’t he doesn’t understand her behaviour, especially because they’ve only been dating for 6 months. Anonymous adds that she’s a bully and he’s struggling to date her but he loves her.