Relationships

When I met George, there was nothing about him to warn me that he was a married man—no ring on the finger and he lived his life like a bachelor. When he proposed to me, I had a feeling he had a girlfriend but I still thought of giving it...

When he walked into the store that day, I cast a weird glance at him. It was the first time I was seeing him around and something about him made it obvious that he wasn’t from the town. He looked like a stranger trying to find his way around.He spoke...

I was going through my boyfriend’s phone when I saw that he saved someone’s number with a love emoji. Meanwhile, my number on his phone is as dry as a desert, there’s no emoji attached to it. So you can understand why I got curious and went to their chats....

When I met him the first time, if I knew he was living in his parent’s house at that age, I wouldn’t have accepted his proposal. Recently, I told him this and he said I was being hard on him but that is the truth. I wouldn’t have looked at...

A few months after marriage, I realized my husband had lost interest in shuperu. He wouldn’t touch me like he used to and wouldn’t kiss me even when I tried to kiss him. I made excuses on his behalf; “Maybe it’s tiredness. That man works too hard for too long....

I had my first boyfriend when I was seventeen. The guy was good to me but deep down I didn’t feel right being with him. I realized that I would be wasting his time if I continued to be with him, so I let him go. After him, I tried...

Frank and I lived in the same neighbourhood. We only saw each other around but there was no communication between us. I noticed him because of his quiet and calm demeanour. It gave off the impression that he didn’t like people. One day he walked into my mum’s supermarket with...

I have always prized loyalty in all forms of relationships. This is because I was raised in a very strict Christian home. I lived my life by biblical principles. I criticized anyone who fell short of these principles. Yes, I used to be a self-righteous person. I got married when...

I am a thirty-six-year-old woman who has been married for eight years with two kids. My husband and I met after I had completed training school. Our entire relationship was a long-distance one. Whatever I knew about him, I knew based on our phone interactions, and the few times we...

I completed High school in March 2015. I had a lot of time on my hands after school so I decided to visit my paternal grandparents and get to see them for the first time. I spent a weekend with them and it was a very wonderful time. From there...

I’ve been married for thirteen years. Thirteen years isn’t a lifetime but thirteen years is long enough to change a lot of things in a man’s life, including the texture of his marriage. Thirteen years ago when our marriage was new, everything was beautiful. We didn’t have kids. It was...

For four years I’d been lonely. There were opportunities where I could have proposed to some women in my life and made them mine but I let those opportunities pass me by because I was focused on building my life. The last girl that left my life left because she...

“Marry me.” That’s how he proposed. It wasn’t a question. It sounded like a command—a command I was willing to freely follow. Our love was new so everything he did pleased me. He was the man I wanted to marry. But instead of giving him a straight answer, I decided...

My story began in my second year at the university. I was a committed member of a campus church denomination. There was no program or service that I missed. On that fateful day, as I left my hostel for yet another program, I did not know that my life was...

I knew he had an interest in me when he started calling me at odd hours. He could call at 10pm talking about nothing meaningful except, “I was checking on you. I wanted to be sure you didn’t go and sleep next to your boyfriend.” When I was in the...

We met on Snapchat. Of all the places people meet their halves, I met mine at a place where posts last for only twenty-four hours and it is gone. It wasn’t love at first. Both of us needed each other for sex and we met and gave it to each...