Marriage

Many people are often told, “Don’t marry for potential.” I’ve heard this said many times and quite agree with it. The idea is that entering marriage hoping someone will change can lead to disappointment, especially because those changes might never come. It’s a fact that just because someone is now a husband or a wife …

Marriage is beautiful. However, it is not a stroll in the park. Every marriage has its highs and lows, even the successful ones. What makes a marriage successful is how the tough times are handled. Some marriages, however, usually face more than their fair share of low periods. An example of such a marriage is …

No reasonable woman steps into marriage, planning to walk away. When she walks in, she doesn’t think about an exit door. She walks down the aisle with a heart full of hope, dreams, and a desire to build a life with the man she loves. She’s ready to face the ups and downs, to give …

People usually think cheating is something that happens on the spur of the moment. Like you just somehow find yourself in a hotel room, making love to someone else. Cheaters especially love to talk about their cheating as an accident. Well, I don’t buy that narrative at all. Slipping on a slippery floor is an …

Right now, there is a pandemic we should be worried about. It is the worrying trend of some ladies preferring to be side chicks to married men or even attempting to replace their wives instead of dating fellow single men. Just the other day, I came across a podcast that was extolling the merits of …

After a decade of marriage, I found myself at a crossroads, feeling more like an exhausted traveler than a happy wife. In the midst of my cocktail of responsibilities, routines, and the occasional argument here and there over things like who left the cap off the toothpaste, I realized that something fundamental was missing in …

There are so many stereotypes for men, and I wouldn’t lie to you; many men fit right into those stereotypes either by accident or by design. There is the stoic stereotype that finds it difficult to express emotions except anger; anger is one emotion that most men have no difficulty expressing. Some men fit right …