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…
Love is commitment – Tara Aisida
My friend recently sought my opinion concerning an acquaintance of hers- a young lady in her thirties, who was thinking of leaving her marriage because she was unhappy and unfulfilled. My friend had asked her several questions in a bid…
The people you love will change you – Tara Aisida
She became a single mother after her discovery of her lover’s treachery. He had collected all her savings and lavished it on some other girl. When she confronted him, his nonchalant attitude completely broke her and so she stormed to…
Treating people with respect is for our own good -Tara Aisida
A friend narrated a story to me recently, her mother had been brought up by her elder sister, they shared the same mother but different fathers and there was a huge age difference between them. Her aunt was already a…
I have fallen in love with me-Tara Aisida
It’s the season for love and not even the pandemic can stop our expressions and expectations for this season. For the first time in a while I am mindful of the fact that I don’t have a valentine but though…
Karma is a bitch and I LOVE her – Lucia Edafioka
One of my favourite lines from Dr Eghosa Imasuen’s Fine Boys is the part about Karma being an old lady, too lazy to catch up. I remember it made me sad, people do bad things, and they go on to…
Day 1 – “Nah, my boobs are real!” says Taiye (Erotica/PG18) –
I arrived in Nigeria from the UK on the 17th of March. I had gone to attend my daughter’s birthday. “Daddy, I will be a teenager on March 11th. You must be here,” Zizi told me over Whatsapp and I…
