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My name is Sarah, and I come from Masaka, Uganda. For years, I believed I had a happy marriage and a loving family. My husband and I had dreams of raising children together and building a comfortable life. However, everything changed when he began blaming me for giving birth to girls instead of a boy.
After the birth of our second daughter, my husband started behaving differently. He repeatedly complained that he wanted a son to carry on his family name. At first, I thought he was simply expressing disappointment, but his comments gradually became more hurtful.
Whenever we discussed having another child, he insisted that I should give him a boy. I tried explaining that the sex of a baby is not something a woman can choose, but he refused to listen. His attitude made me feel unwanted and unappreciated.
The situation became worse when he started accusing me of failing him as a wife. He compared me with other women who had given birth to boys and made it seem as though having daughters was a personal failure on my part.
I continued taking care of our children and doing everything I could to keep the marriage together. I hoped that one day he would understand that our daughters deserved the same love and respect as any son.
Unfortunately, my efforts did not change his mind. After years of tension and arguments, my husband eventually abandoned me and our daughters. He left our home, saying that he wanted a woman who could give him a son.
His departure broke my heart. I was left raising my girls while dealing with the pain of rejection. What hurt me most was knowing that my children were being treated as though they were not good enough simply because they were girls.
For a long time, I struggled emotionally. I wondered how someone who had promised to love me could walk away from our family over something neither I nor our daughters could control.
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