Woman threatens suicide after hubby squanders pens...

Woman threatens suicide after hubby squanders pension

Zim Now Writer

A woman from Mutare is threatening to kill herself as her husband is abandoning his family after squandering his pension with his sister.

Trust Chimbuya and Cynthia Marerwa appeared before Mutare magistrate, Xavier Chipato where the husband, Chimbuya is applying for a protection order against his wife whom he accuses of threatening to commit suicide.

However, the magistrate dismissed the application, saying Chimbuya should use proper channels to solve his marital challenges.

Marerwa said they have been married for 22 years, but her husband saw it fit to spend his pension with his sister.

“I am the one who would wake up early in the morning to heat water for his bath. I would cook for him for all those years when he was gainfully employed, but he did the unthinkable and squandered all his pension with his sister. This is a bitter pill for me to swallow.

“What about me, am I not his wife? Don’t I deserve the privilege of enjoying the fruits of my husband’s labour? My children are now suffering because of the two’s selfishness,” charged Marerwa.

She also said Chimbuya usually disappears from home without divulging his whereabouts.

“He no longer sleeps at home. I do not know where he sleeps and when he comes back, he accuses me of being moody, but how can I be happy when my husband is behaving like a teenager due to the money he has?

“Money comes and goes. We have been a better family without money. I wish they hadn’t given him that lump sum as pension,” said Marerwa.

She added: “He is keeping part of the pension at his sister’s house. I tried to reason with her, but she turned a deaf ear to me. I do not know what to do now.

“I have been harbouring suicide thoughts for a long time now. I am his wife and the mother to his children and I deserve some respect,” she said.

In response, the husband, Chimbuya said he no longer have peace of mind due to his wife’s endless suicide threats.

“Ever since I received my pension, my wife has been threatening to commit suicide.

“The day I received the money, I went home and there was no one there. I met my sister on my way to the bar and gave her the money for safekeeping. I was afraid to lose it at the bar,” he said.

Chimbuya said he is always forgetting to collect the money from his sister.