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Editorial disclosure: This article discusses relationships, money pressure, family expectations, digital behaviour and intimate-partner violence. It is an educational analysis of documented Nigerian conditions, not a diagnosis of any individual relationship. Where a relationship involves violence, coercion, threats or immediate danger, safety takes priority over relationship preservation. Before you read further: do not begin this article by asking, “Who is the bad person in my relationship?” Begin with a better question: “What pattern are we repeatedly creating, and is that pattern actually changeable?” This distinction matters because relationships can fail through incompatibility, poor communication, financial pressure, family interference, digital comparison, unresolved expectations or unsafe behaviour. Those causes require different responses. Treating all of them as “lack of love” is one of the fastest ways to misunderstand what is happening. ...