I watched two films recently on Netflix . One was titled “Our souls at night “ and the other was “The Leisure Seekers”. They both filled me with wistful thoughts for reasons I will explain later but the crux of both…
If blood is thicker than water, why do we have sibling rivalry? Tara Aisida
That statement births an assumption that your family, especially your siblings should be your closest friends and allies but in some cases it is not so. Siblings have fought with one another from time immemorial with very devastating consequences; remember…
I have no answers to why my sibs are dying
You ask me how I feel? I don’t know what I am supposed to feel; I just buried a brother few days back and he didn’t die from coronavirus; I am quite sure of that. My brother was never sick;…
Is the curse of the first born real? Tara Aisida
You may have seen them, those prayers and declarations on WhatsApp for the firstborn child in the bid to ensure that they excel and are not relegated by the achievements of their siblings. I got a lot of them at…
She’s lying against me, I did not sleep with my friend’s daughter!
He gave me his daughter to sleep with in return for a loan he took. I am not a monster; I am not a pedophile, I am just a widower who was stupid to lend my friend money and when…
We sent our son abroad on holiday but that trip destroyed him!
You know, many times we blame parents for the way their kids turn out but maybe the kids should also take responsibility for some of their own actions. I look at my son David and though I take responsibility for…
Wait o, do we really need grandparents in our children’s lives?
Grandparents, saving children since 19gbogboro! I was chatting with a friend the other day telling her the story of a lady, who got pregnant at 18 and was sent out of the house by her parents; she slept outside for…
He was drunk but he faced armed robbers and they fled!
Mine is not a story about sadness, in fact, it is hilarious and hopefully short. I don’t want to tell you long tales. Ok, so my friend, Timmy and I lived together in a three-bedroom apartment in Ikeja off Toyin…
How do you deal with toxicity in the home? Tara Aisida
Loads of people stay in toxic relationships with their loved ones for different reasons namely – the need to belong to a family structure or remain in a marriage, the desire to sustain the relationship even though it is to…
Karma is a bitch! I cheated on my husband and now he is doing me back!
No one needs to know this but I cheated on my husband a few days before our white wedding. Am I proud of myself? No. So, why am I telling it? He is also cheating on me, 8 years into…