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 …
Love Issues
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 …
When You Fall in Love With a Man Who Dreams of Travelling Abroad, Don’t Fund It
I read a story here about a lady who sold her land to help her husband travel abroad, only for him to divorce her. That story has pushed me to …
The Day My Mom Went Viral Because Of a Stolen Christmas Fowl
My mom died last year. On her obituary poster, they wrote her name as Rosemary Ansah Aka, Maame Nti. I looked at the poster and smiled to myself. I said, …
I Was Her Maid of Honour, Now She’s Cheating With My Brother
My best friend dated my brother for over a year before they broke up. The relationship ended badly after a fight that happened right in front of me. My brother …
The Chicken Bone That Followed Me Into Adulthood
My mom wonders why, at my age, I still ‘steal’ meat in my own house. She lives with me now. When she’s cooking and I enter the kitchen, she knows …
I Think Marriage and Responsibility Turned My Husband Into a Monster.
When I married my husband, I never for once thought he would turn into a monster. All I saw when I set my eyes on him was love, care, and …
Was I Wrong to Attack My Friend and Her Husband Over the GH₵6,000 They Owed Me?
When Rita and her husband reached out to me, they did not sound like people who wanted to borrow money casually. They sounded desperate. Their third child was sick and …
My Co-Workers Pronounced Death Over My Patients Because I Do My Job Well
I am 27 years old. I am a community health nurse working in one of the CHPS compounds in the Bono Region. I just completed my BSc in Nursing this …
I Thought I Was Helping An Ex-Girlfriend, Not Knowing I Was Financing Her Marriage
I met her when we were both young and foolish enough to believe that love alone could outgrow circumstance. I was twenty. She was seventeen. At that age, love feels …
My Best Friend is Pressuring Us to Fund Her Wedding
My friend is getting married and she posted it in our squad WhatsApp group. I was genuinely happy for her. We are five girls who have shared secrets, tears, and …
I Know He’s Married, But I Can’t Leave Him. I Want His Wife to Find Out About Us
I dated him for four years. Four full years of my life, my youth, my emotions, my body, my hope. Four years of believing we were building something that would …