Relationships

What Do People Mean When They Say Marriage is Work?

It has come to my notice that single people who intend to get married have been hearing “marriage is work” for ages and yet they’re not exactly sure what the “work” is. And they’re sick of it. At first I

The One Thing I Never Paid Attention To About Love Languages

As a student of linguistics, dialectology was one of my favourite aspects to study. The differences between dialects of a language fascinated me to no end, as did paying attention to the points where a dialect would be considered a

Will You Wait Till The Water Runs Dry?

“We don’t even talk anymore…” So begins one of my favourite Boys II Men songs, ‘Water Runs Dry’. When a marriage is headed downhill, talking is usually the next to die after kissing. You just don’t do it anymore. Talking

What You Should Remember When Pressured to Just Marry

I recently had reason to be ashamed of myself. Very ashamed, in fact. You know that place as a single woman where everyone is wondering why you’re smart and pretty and hardworking and altogether lovely, and yet you’re not married.

5 Success Seeds You Can Sow Daily for Your Relationship

Relationship success, like success in other areas of life, is an aggregate of great choices and actions every day. Not many people fall in love and grow in love because of one big thing or the other that their partner

How to Marry Scum

Not a day passes without me seeing “men are scum” on Twitter, and for every person who posts it as a joke, there’s someone who clearly means it. It used to bother me a lot, mainly for two reasons; I

Can You Make Someone Love You?

When Chuks met Isio, he knew he wanted to marry her. Both Christians in their 30s, they had been talking online for a while, and although they enjoyed the conversations, they both wondered what meeting face to face would be

One Reason Why Marriage Can Suck in the Early Years

Many of us are good at paying lip service to the fact that marriage is a union of two different people who are sometimes from different backgrounds. However, when it comes down to applying that knowledge in daily life, we

Three Things People Consider Before Choosing a Life Partner

Human beings are social animals and in most cultures, it is considered normal to choose a life partner and settle down to raise a family. The decision is usually taken when both partners become of age and are mature enough

Is What You’re Doing Marriage or Slavery?

When you love your husband or wife, you wouldn’t want to see them overburdened or depleted just to keep your lives going. Instead, you want to make sure that each of you is carrying a fair share of the workload

6 Ways to Keep Your Wife Hooked on You

Don’t be fooled; there is nothing in the feminine nature to suggest that she is less prone to temptation than you are. A partner whose needs are not being met or who has been starved of affection and attention is

Are You Making the Same Mistakes in Your Relationships?

If your life seems to be an endless string of failed relationships, you should take time out to reflect. One of the first things I learnt about getting life back on track post-breakup is accessing the relationship honestly. When the

How to Let Go of a Past Relationship

Time, they say, heals all wounds and this is also applicable to relationships. Getting over someone that has been part of you for quite some time can be difficult, but you just have to stay strong and face reality. Learning

Do You Remember Why You Got Married?

Over the weekend, I was discussing with a group of Christian wives about the chief goal of “wifehood” and “husbandhood” and we worked our way through to the conclusion that the main role and duty of a spouse is to

What Does Working at Your Relationship Even Mean?

Nearly everyone who has ever paid attention to relationships and marriage has heard that they require “work”. If you want your relationship to remain strong, you need to “work” at it. If you’re like me, the sound of that is

Reasons Why People Are Scared Of Being in a Relationship

It may look absurd how some people hate to go into a relationship, though we all have our quota of fears which varies, some feelings are stronger than others. This is normal, in as much as they don’t start affecting

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