During Christmas in the early 90s, kids came together to build huts with palm fronds. In our community, that was when leadership skills were displayed. You went about recruiting other …
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He Made Me Feel Like the Only Woman Alive Then He Ghosted Me
I think ghosting is the worst form of avoidance. It is the worst thing you can do to someone. FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP CHANNEL TO RECEIVE ALL STORIES IN YOUR …
On Christmas Eve, I Snuck Out to See My Boyfriend and My Father Found Out
It was Christmas Eve in Nkawkaw, Eastern Region, and the air was buzzing with festive vibes. Red and green decorations were everywhere. I was in the kitchen, elbow-deep in cooking …
My Wife Is Torturing My Life Because I Had An Affair That Brought Twins
I am a man in my early forties, married for fifteen years, alive by breathing but dead in every other way. Some days I walk through Accra traffic like a …
I Was Lucky To Be Sick On Christmas Day
A few days before Christmas, I fell sick and got admitted to the hospital. I didn’t know what was wrong with me, but my dad assured me that we would …
When He Asked Me to Remove My Wig on Video Call, I Should Have Ended It There
One day, my sister mentioned a friend of hers. She said this friend, named Fred, used to live in Ghana but had also relocated to the United Kingdom. My sister …
My Boyfriend’s Excessive Drinking Is Ruining Our Beautiful Love Story
I have been with him since I started university in 2021. He was a young man who drank, and I chose to look past it. I told myself it was …
I Apologized for Throwing My Wife Out, But She’s Punishing Me With Silence
My wife complains a lot about what I don’t buy for her. According to her, I don’t buy clothes, wigs, shoes, or give her “wife allowance” the way other husbands …
An Ant Bit Me, and My Life Has Never Been the Same Since
Not long ago, my wife said something that pinched my ego. She sat me down one evening and told me, “My husband, please don’t be angry, but sometimes I feel …
I Left My Matrimonial Home Because I Was Tired of Queuing for the Toilet
We live in a very small house, just a chamber and a hall, and yet since we got married, my in-laws have practically turned it into a transit station. My …
This is Why I Don’t Trust Tailors, Especially During Christmas
My first ever heartbreak happened when I was a boy. Eleven years old, I think. It happened at the edge of a gutter in front of a tailor’s shop. It …
My Wife Changed After Childbirth, and I Couldn’t Handle the Distance
I read the story of a woman whose husband pays other women for intimacy, and I decided to share my own. I want to say my truth. FOLLOW US ON …