He Only Married His Wife Because Her Family Gave Him $100,000, And He Doesn’t Love Her Romantically

If you’ve been in a series of romantic relationships, did you ever enter one with someone because you felt like you owed them something?
One man has been married to his wife for four years, and while he deeply cares about her, he originally only married her because her family gave him $100,000 during his teenage years, and he never knew how to repay them.
He grew up in a very cold and neglectful home with parents who hardly cared about him. He was a very lonely child and didn’t have anyone in his corner until he was 11 and his family moved to a new city.
At his new school, he met a little girl who would one day be his future wife. As a child, his wife was often bullied, but she was still one of the nicest people he had ever met.
After a heroic day where he defended his wife from some middle school bullies, they became fast friends. It was a great arrangement they had, as he was able to help her stand up to her bullies, and she gave him a sweet friendship that helped him escape his lonely household.
“I started to hang out at her place almost every afternoon to play video games or swim in her pool, and at night [and] I would have dinner with her family,” he recalled.
“It was the closest thing I had to having a loving family. Hanging out with her was also pretty fun. Her family, consisting of her mother and aunt, warmly welcomed me, and I was almost instantly a part of their family.”
His wife’s family was always extremely rich, and once they sort of unofficially adopted him, they showered him with lots of gifts and opportunities he never had at home.
They even began inviting him to their Christmases and gave him Christmas gifts, which is something his parents never did.

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When they were teenagers, he began to notice that his wife was crushing on him.
“I figured out that she was in love with me, but I didn’t reciprocate because I only liked her if you know what that feels like,” he said.
“I also didn’t want to ruin our friendship and have her family stop treating me so well. In high school, the bullying fully stopped. She was much more confident and less awkward.”
His wife became prettier and more charming over time, and she continued to fall in love with him. While he wasn’t feeling romantic toward her, he still valued her so much as a friend.
Then, things became more complicated when money came into the mix.
When he was 17, he got his driver’s license but was in no position to have a car of his own. So, without him asking, his wife’s mom bought him a $40,000 car, just like she did for her daughter.
Then, a few months later, when it was time to apply for college, he wasn’t sure if he could go because he’d be bogged down in student loans.
Then, his wife’s mom insisted on paying his college tuition. By the end of his teenage years, his wife’s family had given him $100,000.
While they went toward amazing things that helped him as a fully functioning adult, he couldn’t help but feel tremendous pressure, as he thought he’d never be able to repay his wife’s mom.
“At that moment, I realized the only way I could pay her back was by taking care of her daughter, and that’s what I did,” he added.
“I opened my heart to her. She was so happy, and her family and friends were too.”
He and his wife have been married for four years and have been officially together for 10. They have a gorgeous home and plan to have a baby soon.
His mother-in-law won’t accept any money from him, so he doesn’t have to worry about paying her back.
However, he still feels worried and guilty, as while his wife is madly in love with him, he simply likes her. He appreciates his wife as a friend; she is his life partner, but he doesn’t love her romantically.
For the last few years, he’s been wondering if he’s a terrible person, as he thinks he may be holding his wife back from being with someone who loves her as much as she does him.
While he doesn’t want his marriage to end, he doesn’t know when his guilt will end.
Should he feel guilty or accept his happy life with his wife?
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