Love and Relationships

The idea of "happily ever after”, an idea propagated by Walt Disney's cinematography is the yearning of most marriages. However, this ideology has thwarted the realities of many marriages of the 21st century, leaving couples in shambles and dismay. But Disney can't take it all. With the vast array of technological advancements, and the "…

One recent trend that keeps recurring in the Nigerian Twitter space is the messiness that follows the end of many relations among tweeps. It has become a regular trend to wake up every other day to some drama caused by tweeps calling each other out for being or acting a certain way more often than…

We can all genuinely agree that female friendships and understanding them could get complex. And while it might seem that ladies make and break up with friends ever so often, a genuine reason behind this is that they are often less inclined to explain the details of their friendships. To know why females make friends…

To a certain extent, we can agree that many guys are straightforward when it comes to professing love or interest in a lady. This in the sense that they just walk up to the lady and say, "Hey! I like you. Go out with me." However, there are quite a few situations where the straight-to-the-point…

Sexual liberation and the Nigerian society are worlds apart.     The idea that a woman can own her sexuality and express herself sexually in whatever ways, positions and partners she desires is considered indecent.  In our predominantly patriarchal society, women are urged to be seen and not heard. Prevented from speaking, what they do in…

With dating scams taking the lead in conversations since Netflix's Tinder Swindler, it has become apparent that many people keep falling prey to these swindlers.  And unlike popular assumptions that Nigerians, especially Nigerian women, do not fall victim to the false stories of these predators, the numerous stories shared online, and offline prove to differ. Read…

At the start of a relationship, the involved individuals are over the moon as they yearn for each other and can’t help being apart. It is at first electrifying until it is not. There are myriads of reasons that make a relationship go sour and perhaps lead to growing apart. In such scenarios, many are…

If there's one thing the right playlist does, it's set the mood.  Whether you try to match each Kama Sutra position to a specific jam on your sex playlist or if you're okay with some bedroom pops creating the ambience you need, one thing's for sure, extra thought goes into planning the right sex playlist. …

The most anticipated day of the week is finally here; Valentine's Day. For many men, this is a special day for them to express romantic feelings through gifts and money to their girlfriends or wives. While some men (AKA the single fellas) see it as a day of oppression, a day when they are reminded…

Lover's day isn't just for the lovers anymore, and now you and your gal pals can enjoy it.  Also doubling as a day for women to celebrate their friendships, Galentine's Day gets its name from season 2 episode 16 of hit comedy series Parks and Recreation.  In the film's episode, Poehler's character Leslie Knope describes…

Relationships are beautiful when they’re healthy.  Many times, relationships start healthy until unhealthy habits surface, which turns the whole thing sour. While these unhealthy habits may take some time to surface in some relationships, in others, they are seen from the onset.  Toxic relationships are controlling and manipulative, often happening when one or both parties…

Nick Cannon, who recently announced he is expecting his 8th child, has apologised to the mothers of his children for failing to “protect” and “respect” their privacy. Hours after Cannon’s announcement, Alyssa Scott, mother of the late Zen, shared an Instagram post on Monday, thanking supporters for their well-wishes. “I am centered, I am at…