I told my boyfriend that his mother doesn't like me and he said that I worried too much and he is not going to leave me because nobody can tell him whom to choose. He never wanted me to abort the pregnancy when he realised that I was pregnant and I suggested that I do an abortion. He told me no. He says when he was growing up, he told himself that any woman who gets pregnant for him will be his wife.

He treats me very well. He stopped eating from his mother since I am living with him and she doesn't like that. She doesn't like me but I like her. But she believes that I am too poor and uneducated. My boyfriend went to university but I don't have any subjects.

L.P.,

Dear L.P.,

I hope that very soon your boyfriend and yourself would get married and go and live on your own. I am sure it's difficult living in the home of your mother-in-law, knowing that she does not love you as a daughter-in-law. But take heart. You won't be there forever. Make sure that you are respectful to her at all times. And when she is 'throwing words,' pretend as if you haven't heard what she said.

I am glad that you are helping your child's father in the business. He seems to be a good man, so don't give him up. Don't be discouraged. Some adults have had to send themselves to school, because when they were younger their parents did not give them a good start by sending them to school.

Pastor