I followed a thread on Facebook some months back, where a popular figure talked about a woman with a thriving business, who had asked for her help and advice because her husband had asked her to close shop because he…
Let there be love always — Gbubemi Atimomo
Contemplations on the true meaning of Christmas especially beyond the season Many Christmases ago, I wrote my very first play (actually, it’s the only play I have ever written). It was the year after I finished secondary school and I…
Suicidal love: DSS lady and the wife of Lagos’s state oga
‘I thought we’ve moved from the era of Romeo and Juliet, this is the era of shine ya eye” That’s the opening statement from my friend who first told me about the wife of Lagos state Oga, reported to have…
The stories we tell ourselves about how love should look — Tara Aisida
My introduction to romance was through my maternal aunt who was and still is an avid romantic. She has the largest collection of Mills and Boons, Barbra Cartland and Harlequin Romance books that I have ever come across. When I…
Lies or truth, what exactly do you want from your lover? — Tara Aisida
“You are not the most beautiful woman, neither are you the most intelligent woman but I have chosen to never find perfection in anyone else. I put my gaze on you and with that commitment we would mould ourselves for…
They said I raped her to death but she was my wife!
I don’t like going outside to mess around when I have a wife; I loved my wife and I would do anything for her. This was a woman who married me against all advice by her family not to marry…
My mother-in-law is my new love
I grew up pepper- less; as in I couldn’t tolerate pepper and condiments in my food; and if I took food that contains the slightest hint of pepper, I would just be itching all day. I would break out in…
Musing on life, love, sex and relationships-Tara Aisida
Life is for the living It was Barry and Glodean White that uttered the line “Life is for the living and love is for the giving” in the song “Didn’t we make it happen Baby” in their hugely successful album …
Men want to be wanted too -Tara Aisida
I was speaking with a friend and in the course of our conversation she let it slip that she and her husband had not had sex in years though they shared the same bedroom. She mumbled something about menopause and…
What’s this thing called love, sef? Tara Aisida
My friend was telling me about a series she is watching and in one of them two people meet themselves in a train and immediately the sparks flew. They knew they were meant to be and to prove it they…
