Tag: Marriage
Great Reads: Top 5 Books to Read Before You Marry
By Joy Ehonwa Engaged or thinking of getting married in the near or distant future? Here are 5 books you absolutely have to read to make sure you’re well equipped! 5. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman Even before marriage- in dating and courtship- it is a wise person who takes the insights this [...]
Is Divorce the New Trend in Nigeria?
By Arinze Ude “Everybody seems to be getting married and the unmarried ones seem to be getting more worried.” That’s a tweet from one of the numerous people I follow on Twitter. My friend Mikael gave me the shock of the year so far on my birthday. He told me he wanted to settle down [...]
Preventing a Deadly Disease
By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Kicker: More Nigerians are protecting their potential children from sickle cell Jackie Onyemelukwe was in her final year at Imo State University when her boyfriend, Chuka, proposed. They began making plans to get married, but there was an unexpected pitfall. The pastor of their church asked them if they were [...]
Valentine’s Day: New Beginnings
Capitalize on Valentine’s Day to rekindle your relationships. Life is filled with undulations, wrap around circles of change; nothing stays the same. Countless times, people say love doesn’t exist; it can be amusing because the only time love hurts is when you are not having it. Humans are created to share, care for and love one another. [...]
Letter to My Friend, the Husband Smitten By That Girl
By Joy Ehonwa Dear Friend, I’ve been watching you struggle where this other woman is concerned. She came into your life at one of the toughest points in your marriage, and somehow she eased your distress at the time. Her understanding of your challenges only served to convince you that if the opportunity presented itself, [...]
Poem of the Week: Conversation with Dooshima
By Nehi Igbinijesu Achelenu: So she met another one In the wake I thought, I loved She could look straight no longer Into eyes that once Made soul and heart wonder For what it was worth She did not even linger Now fight me alone The pointings of many fingers The taste of [...]
In Relationships, Enthusiasm is Key
Happiness is a state of mind that most of us prefer, so some of our actions and decisions are made to make us happy. Happiness can be extreme, at the news of success, or can be modest, from an event, from certain persons, or from feelings. Happiness is different from the state of ‘not being [...]
VIRGINITY: Till Marriage or Till Love?
By Bernice Alhassan. The issue of keeping one’s virginity till marriage has become a very controversial one in recent times; especially among ladies. For the guys, nobody seems to care much. After all, they say it’s a man’s world. Unfortunately, it is one of the several values which seem to be fading real fast. Growing [...]
The Woman In Your Life.
The woman in your life…very well expressed…Tomorrow you may get a working woman, but you should marry her with these facts as well. Here is a girl, who is as much educated as you are; who is earning almost as much as you do.
Men I’ve Loved Before: Demystifying “The One”
I was recently reminded of the concept of “The One” when I found an old, long-forgotten list I had titled “Things I Worry About When I Think of My Upcoming Nuptials”. Right there, at Number 6, I’d written: “I’ll never meet The One, ever. It’s over. This is it. Boo hoo hoo.”
