Marriage Gist #13

Have I lost a good man?

Disclaimer: I am not an expert, so feel free to comment, contribute wisdom, and hopefully encourage others to share.

Anonymous:

Hey Suli, since I've been following you for quite some time and I've seen you tweet about your marriage experiences, I need your help, and I'd be so grateful if you could give me any advice.

So there's this guy I've been in a relationship with for seven months; we were planning to have an engagement and get married. But his overcontrol and jealousy over me are making me feel unsafe. He asked me not to talk to men at all under any circumstances and, of course, to end any male friendships I had. I understood where he was coming from and obeyed his request. Later he asked me to cut off my friendship with my girlfriends and threatened they won’t be invited to our wedding and I won’t be seeing them ever again or else he would br…