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Dear GhanaWeb,
I’ve been dating this man for over five months. He’s not Ghanaian; he told me he was here for work and would eventually return to the United States, where he’s from. He always had a lot of dollars on him and would frequently ask me to exchange them for him.
Sometimes, he’d give me $1,000 or $2,000 to buy whatever I wanted. Even the hotel he was staying at was expensive, and he seemed to be spending a lot. He never mentioned what kind of work he was here for, but it was clear he had plenty of money.
Whenever I went to his place and we made love, he would clean me up. He had almost a bag full of white handkerchiefs, which he liked to use.
He said he wanted his women to feel good down there after sex so he prefers cleaning them with a new white handkerchief himself.
He would throw it in the bin right after, so I didn’t think much of it. I recently mentioned it to a friend, and she asked if I was the one disposing of the bin, to which I replied no.
She then suggested that he might be taking the handkerchief back after I leave and using it for something, so I should try to find out.
One time, after we were done and I was about to leave, I asked if I could take the handkerchief. He refused, asking why I needed it.
I told him I wanted to wash it and use it, but he still declined. Instead, he gave me $500 to go buy as many handkerchiefs as I wanted if that was my need.
I also asked him to give me one of his new handkerchiefs, but he insisted I use the money he gave me to buy a new set.
I became really scared, though I didn’t know why. I went home and told my mother about it, and she came with me to the hotel to see him. When we arrived, we were told he had checked out a few hours earlier.
Is it possible that he may have already done something to me? It’s been over a week, and I keep thinking,
‘What if something happens to me?’ I can’t reach him, and he is not reaching out either. Five months of a relationship down the drain? I’m really hurt because I thought he was being genuine.
Why would he check out of the hotel right after our first argument about a handkerchief?
I’m terrified and restless. I keep feeling like something is going to happen to me, or that I might die. What should I do now?
FG/EB
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