The Manica Post

How do I tell him that I bleached my skin

- Barbara Vhengedza

FROM My Heart is a platform created for you to share your issues and get practical assistance. Together we can create brighter lives and happier people, transformi­ng mindsets one day at a time. Send your heart to heart message to Tete Barbara and read her responses. How do I tell him that I bleached my skin

Dear Tete

My boyfriend and I have been dating for a few months. Of late, he has been talking about marriage. I am really afraid because he always says he wants yellow bone babies. Naturally, I am a very dark girl who just happened to have found a good bleach. Should I tell him now or later?

Tete Responds:

You need to come clean not just for yourself, but for the sake of your relationsh­ip. You are living a lie and unfortunat­ely you are taking this man down with you. Yes, if he loves you, he will love you. You owe him the truth. The man wants yellow bones! Lol, give him the truth then let him decide. Also think about yourself and the reasons that have pushed you into bleaching your skin. You are putting yourself at risk of getting skin cancer.

Be Smart!

I think I contracted HIV Dear Tete

I have a boil on my private parts that keeps recurring. I cannot tell my parents because I have been misbehavin­g with girls. My worst fear is that I have a sexually transmitte­d disease. I was intimate with a girl who works at a brothel and soon afterwards the boils appeared. I am afraid that I may have contracted HIV. Help me!

Tete Responds:

You need to get in touch with an organisati­on that deals with young people as soon as possible. Youth Alive and SAYWHAT are there to give you informatio­n about your sexual and reproducti­ve health. Do not suffer in silence. Find help today and change your behaviour.

My mother-in-law is evil Dear Tete

My mother-in-law is a very stingy woman. She is so nasty that she cannot even give my children a slice of stale bread. My mother died when I was seven and now I know why people say you should never go where your mother is absent. I love my husband, but my mother-in-law is wicked. I cannot even pray at night without crying over her evil deeds. Help me. Tete Responds:

My dear, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade and drink it like a queen! You have the power to change the way you feel by revisiting your emotions. Do not look too much into the expectatio­ns, but adjust to reality. Do not be one to expect all the time. Instead work hard and give. Love those who do not love you, difficult as it may be. Cry to relieve yourself, meditate and go out to work. Be a better person, a wiser woman and a loving daughterin-law.

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