Isn’t it amazing how some people rejoice widely when their perceived enemies die? Some years back, when I was still an eight-to-five staff of a financial institution, I was in the office when I heard these peals of laughter coming from a colleague in the next office. I hurried to investigate and found him clinging to a friend of his, both screaming their heads off with glee. “What happened,” I asked excitedly, “did you win something?”

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If I’d known that Lola would resort to flirting, and eventually be put in the family way by a first School Leaving Certificate holder, when she fully knew that my undertaking a postgraduate course was to better our lot, I would have waited until I’d completed my course before I plunged into marriage.” Yomi declared sadly, narrating to me the story of his broken marriage, the shock from which he has not yet recovered.

A person desperate to have a relationship would swallow any lies dished out by an opportunist out to have a good time and nothing else. Often times though, you get trapped in the web of lies you weave and what happens? “Towards the end of last year, I put myself in a bit of trouble,” recalled Boye, a technician with a big IT company that specialises in installations of highly-sophisticated satellite products.

By Bunmi Sofola

How do you spot a love rat? The current man in your life has virtually swept you off your feet. He texts you all day, takes you to your favourite eatery from time to time, buys you little gifts and calls you at night because he ‘cant stop thinking of you’! The [...]