Dear GhanaWeb,

I'm a very humble and peaceful lady and wanted a guy with whom I shared similar traits, so it took me many years before I began a relationship.

I met such a guy after I had completed school and had become an established CEO. I loved him very much because he possessed the features of my ideal man, and losing him was one of my biggest regrets.

We had a healthy relationship, but I began to lose trust in him when he asked me to abort a baby. The relationship wasn't a haven anymore after I aborted my third pregnancy.

The scars from that relationship made me develop a different perspective on men, and for close to three years, I shut the door to any guy who asked me out.

I met a guy who, despite the number of times I told him I wasn't interested, kept pursuing me until I agreed to go out with him. He proposed marriage to me in the fifth month after we started dating, and I accepted.

Not to conceal my past, I told him about the abortions.

As I am typing this, I haven't heard from him since the confession.

I have received criticism from friends because, from their perspective, I shouldn't have opened up to him.

Should I have kept that part of me a secret from him?

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