After 9 months of dating, Khuong and I discussed marriage. Both families agreed and considered us as daughter-in-law and son-in-law in the family. Khuong was a jealous man and always asked about my past. But I didn’t want anyone to know about that past, and I didn’t want to think about it anymore. It was a humiliation and pain that I had to try very hard to overcome.
In my first year of university, when I first arrived in the city, I received special attention from a senior. He found me a place to stay and arranged my things. During my first days of school, he helped me with my homework and found me a part-time job after school…
His thoughtfulness quickly won my heart. We dated for a year, then he asked me to live together with the reason of saving on rent, living expenses and being close to each other to conveniently take care of each other.
After a month of thinking, I also had a high fever and my boyfriend was the one taking care of me, so I agreed to move in with him.
But then my boyfriend quickly “turned his back”, not only was he cold but also dependent, letting me do all the housework, and even using the money my family sent me and the money I earned from my part-time job. Because I loved him so much, and had foolishly given myself to my boyfriend, I didn’t dare to break up.
In my third year of college, I got pregnant and he forced me to abort the baby. As the last straw, I angrily broke up and moved out of the boarding house. At that time, I thought that no matter how hard it was, I would keep the baby. But then the baby left me after an accident. I was devastated for a long time and struggled to regain my spirit.
After graduating from college, I applied for a job in another city and started my life over, determined to forget my painful past. But my fiancé kept asking questions, and even hinted that if he found out I was hiding anything, he would leave me immediately. In the face of those threats, I still did not say a word about my past.
Last week, my boyfriend took me for a prenatal checkup.
According to the plan, we will have the wedding next month. The wedding photos have been taken, the invitations have been drafted, just waiting for the printing date. There is no reason to refuse, so I have to go with Khuong.
As a result, the doctor told me that it would be difficult for me to get pregnant because the previous miscarriage had severely affected my uterine lining. When Khuong found out, he was furious and did not say a word to me all the way home. I could not justify or explain anything. I just did not expect that the past would continue to affect my future, in one way or another.
When I got home, my boyfriend told me to choose between two options: One was to cancel the wedding; two was that I had to compensate him for his “self-respect and injury” with 500 million VND. And if after 2 years of marriage I still couldn’t get pregnant, I would have to agree to a divorce and leave empty-handed.
My boyfriend said it was all because I hid it, lied to him, and tried to trick him.
I cried at my fiancé’s calculation. He gave me 3 days to think about it but now I don’t know what to decide. I hope everyone can give me advice.