At the age of twenty-six, I was promoted to the position of director of an elite beauty salon.

From real life. "My father and grandfather warned me about this marriage, but I didn't listen": They were right that he wanted my money

Both my parents and I have significantly improved our standard of living. I have my own apartment and car. When I introduced my young husband, Artur, to my parents, both my father and grandfather immediately said that he needed my money, not me.

I didn't believe them, and now we've been married for two years and live in my apartment. I have a special bank account, some call it a safety cushion, others call it an emergency fund, but the point is the same. I put a certain amount of money into it every month, but I don't take anything out. Artur knows about my savings, which just sit in the bank account and aren't used. It's my financial cushion, which I don't touch, but I keep adding to it.

I wish he knew about it, but recently he offered to invest all my savings in his business idea, but I declined. He thought that all the money I had was his money too. I explained to him that my savings were untouchable and kept for emergencies.

Don't think I begrudge the money I gave Arthur to support his ventures, but the problem is that he had business ideas before and I gave him money for them, but they all failed. Most of them never even got off the ground. And here I am again. He has an idea, he doesn't even know where to start or what steps to take to develop the business.

He called me a stingy idiot and said that if I didn't give him at least some of my savings, he would file for divorce. After saying that, the next day I filed for divorce myself. My father and grandfather were right. I realized this after two years of family life.

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Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116