Readers want Peter to go to God in prayers

But 35 years later, and four divorces later, he believes the curse placed on him by Ruth is catching up with him as he has not been able to have another child.

Read his story here:

"My name is Peter, a 58-year-old man who is spending his last stretch of life in regret, agony, and remorse.

The reason for my current state is about a son I abandoned 35 years ago. I am not proud of what I did and I have prayed to God for forgiveness, begged for restitution from the woman I hurt so much and pleaded with my son to forgive me but everything seems to have turned against me.

I was 23-year-old in 1982 and had just gained admission into a university when I met Ruth. I did not know Ruth for the first time but after gaining admission, the people in my community saw me in a different kind of light.

I was treated with respect and girls who never wanted to have anything with me now flocked to my house under one guise or the other.

I was basking in my new-found limelight and I used it to my advantage, not knowing it would come to haunt me for the rest of my life.

I was in my second year when Ruth wrote me that she was pregnant, a result of several sex bouts I had with her.

I was aghast and blasted her for being so stupid and not protecting herself. I told her to abort the baby as I was not ready to be saddled with the responsibility of being a father.

I knew my father would practically stop my education and even disowned me if he found out that I had gotten a girl pregnant.

But Ruth told me that her parents were already aware of the pregnancy and that they would be visiting my parents to tell them.

When my father summoned me home, I knew there was going to be trouble. When I got home and my father asked if I was responsible for Ruth's pregnancy, I denied outrightly.

I even mentioned some imaginary boys she had also slept with and how they regaled me with the stories of their sex escapades.

Ruth was crying bitterly and asked why I was doing that to her but I had my future to think of. I denied her in the presence of everyone and made her look like a cheap girl who had slept with every boy in the area.

As she was being taken home by her dejected parents, Ruth turned and looked at me and with tears in her eyes, she told me that if I was the man who got her pregnant and denied her, I will never have the joy of a child for the rest of my life.

I did not care about her curse back then but today, I wished I had acted differently.

It seems the curse she placed on me has worked perfectly because all through my life, I have been married to five different women without a child to show for it.

I have carried out tests and the doctors keep telling me there is nothing biologically wrong with me. The men of God I have gone to have all told me I am under a very potent curse and that the only person that can reverse it is the person who laid the curse on me.

All efforts to get Ruth to forgive me have been futile while the son I rejected does not want to have anything to do with me.

I managed to get his phone number from someone and called him and when I introduced myself, he told me he does not want to ever talk to me.

I want to use this medium to tell him and Ruth that I am very sorry and they should forgive me.

Peter."

The teaser for the day was:

What would you advise Peter to do in this situation?

How Nigeria voted:

He should continue begging Ruth and his son to forgive him - 24%

He should involve elders to intervene in the situation - 14%

He should pray that God should intervene - 45%

He should just forget the past and live with the situation - 17%

How would you vote on this issue?