Lucky fights men abuse

He is one of the men at the Caswell Men Against Men Abuse Movement.

Lucky says that he suffered abuse in silence for years at the hands of his ex-wife.

“When I met my wife we were happy and I believed that I had met my Juliet.

“She was everything I wanted in a wife – she loved going to church and respected me and my family.

“Things changed when she started working and she would come back home in the early hours of the morning,” he says.

“She would get angry and violent when I asked her about her whereabouts.”

Read: Stop men abuse

Lucky says that – because he didn’t believe in hitting a woman – he suffered her violence in silence.

He was embarrassed to speak out about being abused, he says.

“I feared that my friends and family would think that I was weak.

“I also feared raising my hand against her because I would be arrested.

“She would threaten to have me arrested when I refused to give her money.

“One day when I refused to give her money she cut her arm and called the police.

“She told them that I stabbed her – I had to spend a weekend in prison,” he says.

Lucky says that he only tasted the benefits of being a good husband at the end of the month.

“I was only good enough to pay bills and afford her material needs,” he says.

Lucky says that being part of Men Against Men Abuse has helped him to speak out about his history of abuse.

Read: Caswel Stop Men Abuse organization

“There are other men who are trapped in the same situation.

“They don’t have anyone in their corner and they believe that ending their lives is the only solution.

“I am encouraging them to get out of that environment before it is too late.

“The situation not only affects them as a couple, but also the children.

“They grow up believing that violence is the solution to their problems because this is what they learned from their parents,” he says.