Relationships

Husbands who believe they’re goaded into being violent!

Husbands who believe they’re goaded into being violent!

By Bunmi Sofola WILL spousal violence ever go away?  Two readers sent in their views recently.  One is a married mother of three and the other is a bewildered husband who’s been physically and mentally abused by his wife.  “My husband and I were together for nearly ten years,” wrote Ibi, “and he was a […]
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How low would you sink for money?

How low would you sink for money?

AS to be expected, the current economic melt-down has created a lot of people who grapple with the menace of the credit crunch— not only have they lost their jobs, the prospect of finding any other, not to talk of one commensurate in remunerations is zilch! When Eunice, a personnel director of an insurance company was asked to reduce the work force by a third, she felt like a real hatchet man. “It was a most heart-wrenching experience doling out retrenchment letters and watching the bleak expressions on the faces of staff who have lost their jobs,” she said sadly. A few weeks later, it was her turn to get the dreaded ‘golden handshake.’ In her wildest dreams, she never even believed she would get the chop.

I am attractive, but why are men no longer ‘toasting’ me?

I am attractive, but why are men no longer ‘toasting’ me?

I’m a single woman in my 30’s and my problem is that I cannot find a man and I honestly have no idea why. I’m attractive and all my friends say I’m a nice person. I’m aware that you can meet a man at any time, not just when you’re out socially on Saturday nights, so I never step out of the house looking anything less than perfect.

My baby is preventing me from having a great sex life!

My baby is preventing me from having a great sex life!

When my wife got pregnant, we agreed to prove everyone wrong and have a great sex life despite having a child. Now the baby is here, our resolve has gone out of the window. My wife is tired most of the time and I’m not exactly full of energy myself. What can we do to bring back-oar sex life?

Cheating: Should I read her SMS, mails?

Cheating: Should I read her SMS, mails?

I have a history of girls cheating on me. It’s happened on three different occasions with girls I thought I could trust. I have been seeing a really nice woman for a year now. She knows I’m paranoid about trusting women, but I think I trust her, though I still feel like I need a proof. I have picked up her mobile a few times to look at

The cad who got away with two bigamous marriages!

The cad who got away with two bigamous marriages!

ABOUT two years ago, Joy learned that Saheed, the electrical engineer she got married to nine years ago when they were abroad was not, in the eyes of the law, her husband at all! “In fact he was a bigamist,” she said, “and our marriage was a sham. He had not divorced his American wife, Rita, a teacher, the mother of his three children – when we made our wedding vows in Britain. Rita had refused to get a divorce and the two simply went on their way.