Love Issues

I was eleven when my mother died. That morning, I remember standing by the window, watching the women from our street fill our compound, tying their wrappers tight around their …

I’m twenty-eight years old and unemployed. I know that already sounds like the start of a sad story, but please don’t pity me yet. I’ve been home since I finished …

We’ve been living in our neighbourhood for almost twenty years now. Our house is directly opposite an Islamic school, with a playing field in front of both our home and …

I am in my early twenties. I finished school less than a year ago, and I am currently not working. I have dated a few times. It never mattered to …

I ended my four-year relationship with my ex last month. It broke me but staying in the relationship was worse. As a Yoruba boy from Osun State, I’ve always believed …

I never imagined that I would one day be afraid of my own husband. Afraid not because he has ever raised his hand to beat me, but because of the …

I’m writing this in response to the story Edward shared — the one about him sleeping with a girl under a tree. Many people in the comments seemed comfortable with …

Sometimes I sit on the edge of my bed with my head in my palms and I ask myself, how did I get here? How did loving someone sincerely turn …

We’ve been married for a little less than a year. In our house, we do a lot together. We are only two, so we don’t have a lot going on …

My dad had an accident on Christmas Eve in 2007. That unfortunate event changed my family and the course of my life. One of my uncles came home and took …

I haven’t been with a man intimately before but I have a boyfriend. I chose him because he was the one person who agreed to wait until marriage. All the …

So, back on campus, there was this boy. He told me he liked me and wanted us to be together. I said no. And then, as a joke, I asked …