“My husband is the firstborn of five children. Three of his siblings are still in school, one in high school and two in primary school,” she begins.
, she feels that her husband spends too much money on his family, money they could invest as a couple.
“My mother-in-law lives in a small farm where she keeps chickens, goats and cows, yet she constantly asks for money to buy animal feed, pay the farmhand, repair a leaking roof… her financial demands are endless,” Jacqueline laments.
What’s more, her husband pays school fees for his two siblings in primary school, which comes to about Sh60,000 a year.
“I have no problem with him supporting his family, but I feel he spends too much money on them at the expense of our growth as a family,” she says.
Due to this, she points out, they have been unable to invest.
“By now we should have bought a piece of land somewhere and started saving for our children’s education. At the very least, we should own a car, but my husband is always broke, yet he has the money to send back home.”
She adds that even though she has never asked him to stop supporting his family financially, she once requested him to review the amount he spends on them so that they can progress, but he did not take it kindly.
Jacqueline now fears that the dreams and plans she had for her family will never come to be.