I feel raw and completely confused. I have been with my boyfriend for almost five years. And you know how a year isn’t easy talk less of five years. Last …
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The Women In My Family Give Birth, They Don’t Marry
Women In My Family Gives Birth, They Don’t Marry. My mom gave birth to me when she was seventeen. The man that got her pregnant was someone else’s husband. According …
My Dad Said Our Marriage Will Not Work
I looked at our wedding pictures on the wall and realized I hadn’t looked at them for so long. I see those pictures every day but I hardly look at …
It’s Okay If Your Wife Is Richer Than You
After two years of working in the company, rumors started swirling around that another daughter of the Company’s owner was coming back from abroad to work in the company. The …
The Humble Beginning Of a Greater Love
He proposed the very first time I went to visit him in his house—a small single corner room without a kitchen. He was a teacher so his financial situation was …
The Black Spot In Our White Love Story
I usually don’t want to talk about our beginning. It’s the only black spot in our white story but we wouldn’t have been here without our beginning. If we run …
All It Takes is One Strong Woman
My wife just walked up to me on the sofa, raised my hand, put it around her neck, and lay down next to me. I’ve been on my phone for …
The Little Things That Paint a Beautiful Marriage
I’ve known my husband since we were teens. We were in the youth choir together in church. He was a little bit older than I was, and was one of …
This Is Every Married Woman’s Favorite Thing
I am part of a married women group that meets every month to discuss marriage, challenges, and how to make your marriage better. We start each meeting with the question, …
In My House, My Wife Is The Head
Every year during Christmas, I travel to visit my mother at Saltpond. The house my mom lived in was an open house where people in the vicinity comes to fetch …
The Ghost Of a Good Marriage
I was nineteen going to twenty when Feye found me. He was twenty-three and in the final year of the university. He said he loved me and I said “No, …
A Head Full Of Love and Humor
Yesterday, my husband put his head on my chest while the two of us were lying on a tiny sofa watching TV. Some minutes later he said, “Your heart is …