Love Issues

Our friendship was an envy to many when we were in high school. You couldn’t separate us if you tried. I went everywhere he went. And every time I showed …

The women in my family don’t get married. That’s what I observed when I was growing up. They give birth to children who have different fathers. Even my grandmother had …

I am at this place where I feel like I’m carrying a burden too heavy for words to carry. But I need help. So I will brave it and bare …

My mother-in-law has come to live with us because she thinks I’m maltreating her son. We’ve been married for five years. We’ve never quarrelled. We’ve never fought. We’ve never had …

The eggs on the waakye that day were two. That was the only thing on the food he bought. I like meat. I asked where the meat on the food …

I met Rosie in my first year at the Polytechnic. I couldn’t not have noticed her. Her striking beauty turned heads everywhere she went. And from the moment I saw …

Growing up I made a number of promises to myself. One of them has to do with sexual purity. I told myself that I would keep myself for marriage. That …

In 2021 my dad had a stroke. It wasn’t only a stroke. His lungs also suffered. He couldn’t breathe without the help of a machine. He went in and out …

In 2018, while I was working at a small restaurant with its gentle clatter of plates and soft hum of voices, I met a young man. I didn’t pay much …

When we first became friends, one of the questions I asked was, “How did we not meet earlier?” We were in the university for four whole years but I met …

We were a twin, me and my brother. He came first but he was too soft I took over the leadership role from him. My mom died when we were …

Four years ago I said yes to a married man. I said yes because of the kind of woman he had as a wife. The woman was so beautiful and …