Married for Womb
She was married with hope stitched into her heart. Every morning she woke up believing that love would one day be enough. But in her husband’s house, her womb became her only identity. Because she did not give birth, she was treated as a mistake that refused to disappear. Her husband’s mother reminded her daily. “Of what use is a woman who cannot give a child?” The sisters-in-law laughed behind her back. Sometimes they laughed in her face. Her husband, the man who once held her hands and promised forever, slowly became her judge. He stopped defending her. He stopped touching her. He stopped seeing her as his wife. Then one day, his mother brought another woman into the house—young, smiling, and fertile. “She will give us children,” she said proudly. Within a year, the new wife gave birth to twins. That was the day her world collapsed. The new wife demanded to stay in the main house. Her husband did not argue. Instead, he looked at his first wife and said coldly, “You will stay at ...