No one starts a relationship with the hope that it gets sour, but things happen. At the start of a relationship, lovers share a mutual optimism that their love will be forever. However, for various reasons, relationships usually hit the rock. Breakup is a common occurrence, in fact, as some relationships are getting started, some are ending. However, no matter the ubiquity of breakup, it’s still a painful experience, and nobody’s experience should be trivialized. While some are able to get over a break up, others find it difficult to achieve the same. A lady once shared how she was unable to get over a breakup even after two years.…

I met hubby a few years ago through a female mutual friend in our third year in Uni. I had absolutely no idea he was using her to get close to me. I always sat with my friend in class, and hubby would come talk to her and use the opportunity to say hello and exchange a few words with me. He later got my phone number, my BBM pin. It was the world of Black Berry phones then. We got talking and later became friends. He traveled a lot in school. He’s into automobiles and started quite early in life, thus, had to travel a lot for business. He…

Hubby and I have been married for a year and 6 months. They say marriage is a place of so much learning. Well, I have learnt quite a number of lessons in my very young marriage that transformed our marriage but I’ll share FIVE of them with you. So, here are FIVE of the lessons I learnt the hard way that changed my marriage: I’m not always responsible for my spouse’s unhappy moods There are days the Dear Husband’s mood is just somehow. Then I would start to think that I must have said something or done something wrong. But alas, when he finally opens up, it’s definitely not me!…

When you treat your partner unfairly because you know they love you too much, so they will always tolerate you and never leave you, then you are taking them for granted. You may even be taking your partner for granted without knowing. The following ways are signs you are taking your partner for granted: Unreciprocated Gestures Relationship/marriage is a partnership affair, not a sole proprietorship, thus, all hands must be on deck to make love work. It takes two to tango. You take your partner for granted if you fold your arms and watch them see to the running of the relationship alone. They always do the calling, initiate chats,…

If I had a dollar each time I came across an article, a social media post, or a quote on ‘keeping your man’, I would be a millionaire. I understand that the society has made it seem like the greatest aspiration of every lady should be to have a man to call her own. Not just that, we have been made to believe that men are scarce, or, good men are scarce; so, if you’re lucky to have one, keep him with all thy might. While I take this to be a myth, I won’t fail to agree that the level of moral decadence that has plagued our world today…