Admin Lusaka man can make you cry. I’m a lady who hustles every day selling wigs and dresses at Down Town Regional Trade village.
I’ve been in a relationship with this guy for about a year and a half. From the beginning, he told me he was doing an internship at a well known institution in Lusaka its a government institution. He said it was unpaid and that things were hard on his side. I believed him and stood by him.
Even with the little I make from my business, I would still support him whenever I could. Sometimes I would send him K2000, sometimes K3500, just to help him manage. I never complained, because I cared about him and believed we were building something real together.
But a few weeks ago, everything changed. I found out from someone who works at the same company that he was never an intern. He was actually employed there and has been earning around K13,000 gross pay every month.
That truth broke me. All those times I sacrificed from my own small earnings just to support him he was living a completely different life behind my back. I felt used.
And as if that wasn’t enough, I later discovered he has another girlfriend. Not only have they been together for months, but they are now even engaged. I saw the pictures myself on Facebook smiling, happy, like I never existed.
I cried for days. Not because of the money, but because I was genuine. I was loyal. I gave my support, my love, and my time to someone who was lying to me from the very beginning.
Sometimes I just sit and wonder how someone can pretend so perfectly without any guilt, while I was out here giving my heart and hoping for a future together.
Now, trusting again feels like a very heavy thing.
