WHY SOME WOMEN STEAL FROM THEIR HUSBANDS AND PARTNERS?
My first response: The Uncomfortable Truths
Some wives steal from their husbands not because they are naturally dishonest, but because they feel abandoned in responsibility. A man can be physically present yet emotionally and financially absent—selfish, indifferent to his wife, the children, and even hostile toward her family. In such homes, survival replaces trust, and desperation sometimes pushes people into wrong decisions.
Others steal because the husband freely spends family resources to sponsor an unwholesome lifestyle outside the home—other women, reckless pleasures, and ego-driven excesses—while the household struggles. To such wives, stealing feels like “recovering what was already lost,” even though wrong can never correct wrong.
My second response: When Character, Not Circumstance, Is the Issue
Some wives steal not out of need, but out of vanity—funding appearances, competition, and lifestyles they cannot sustain. Others steal to finance secret lovers and flirtatious partners, betraying both trust and covenant. And then, we must admit the hardest truth: some steal simply because they are thieves—colorful thieves, but thieves nonetheless.
Stealing is not defined by the amount stolen, who was stolen from, or the cleverness used. Once you steal, you become a thief. Circumstances may explain actions, but they do not excuse character.
My third response: A Short Storyline
There was a home where money never stayed long. The husband blamed the wife; the wife blamed neglect. Unknown to the children, both parents were secretly taking from the same purse—he for pleasure, she for compensation. Over time, trust collapsed, love thinned, and respect evaporated.
One day, when nothing was left to steal, they realized the greatest loss was not money, but integrity. By then, the children had learned the lesson too: that when honesty leaves a home, poverty—of values, peace, and purpose—moves in.
Stealing in marriage is not just a financial crime; it is a moral wound. Homes are not destroyed by lack of money alone, but by lack of character, accountability, and mutual responsibility.
Let me know what you think?
-OdogwuGNR
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