{"id":180649,"date":"2017-03-22T10:18:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T14:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=180649"},"modified":"2017-03-22T10:18:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T14:18:20","slug":"dear-bella-i-married-someone-i-dont-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/columns\/dear-bella\/dear-bella-i-married-someone-i-dont-love\/","title":{"rendered":"DEAR BELLA: I married someone I don&#8217;t love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55633\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/new-dear-bella.png\" alt=\"Dear Bella\" width=\"225\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/new-dear-bella.png 225w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/new-dear-bella-150x53.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Dear Bella,<\/p>\n<p>I am in trouble. I married someone I don\u2019t love. At least not in a romantic way.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is I was raised poor and I didn\u2019t have much to go around. I always dreamt of living a life where I could eat and afford anything I wanted and I made a vow never to marry someone who cannot provide for me.<\/p>\n<p>Well there came a man who is -as we say in Dominica- \u201cwell off\u201d. He fell in love with me. During the time, we dated he gave me all and sundry. I was never broke and I transformed from looking trashy to classy.<\/p>\n<p>He asked me to marry him about nine months after we met and I said yes.<\/p>\n<p>Now we live together. He provides everything for me but I sometimes look at him and realize I have no real attraction for him.<\/p>\n<p>Bella, I think I don\u2019t really love him. Now I am stuck in a marriage and I am not happy although I have everything I want. Oh by the way, he is 60 and I am 35.<\/p>\n<p>What should I do?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haunted<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\nDear Haunted,<\/p>\n<p>It hurts to get letters like yours. When I started reading, all I could hear was \u201cmoney can\u2019t buy you love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That old saying still proves to be true today and in your case, you will never be happy, regardless of the amount of material things you possess, or how much money your husband can give to you.<\/p>\n<p>You feel like you made a smart decision by marrying this man for his money but you knew there\u2019d be compromises. So brace yourself for some tough decisions. It\u2019s your fault.<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re reading that and wincing because it seems like I\u2019m placing the blame squarely on our decision, guess what? I am.<\/p>\n<p>You need to be honest with your husband. Let him know exactly what you just wrote &#8211; that you married him because you felt he was a form of security and not because of love.<\/p>\n<p>If you fail to do this, then you run the risk of being a bored, miserable housewife, stuck with someone you don\u2019t love, while depriving yourself and your husband of real happiness.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you can find the willpower to talk to your husband.<\/p>\n<p>I pray he\u2019s one of those men who can face the truth and move on in peace because if he\u2019s not, then you may want to prepare for some backlash. As I said early-brace yourself.<\/p>\n<p>These endings are never happy.<\/p>\n<p>Best,<br \/>\n<strong>Bella<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have a problem? Write to Dear Bella at news@dominicanewsonline.com. Dear Bella is published every Wednesday. All letters are subject to editing and the editor has the right to not publish an article if it does not meet the company\u2019s editorial standards. Also, the advice given is not necessarily expert advice, and is basically an opinion, therefore we accept no liability that result from giving any opinion. As such we encourage you to seek the advice of a professional counselor.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dear Bella, I am in trouble. I married someone I don\u2019t love. At least not in a romantic way. The thing is I was raised poor and I didn\u2019t have much to go around. 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