LAGOS State Government has said no fewer than 5, 483 marriages were formalized at different registries’ in year 2014. Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy affairs, Mr. Ademorin Kuye who disclosed this in an interview with Vanguard, said that these statistics represented the total number of marriages formalized at registries, saying “some must have been conducted through different religious institutions; and may not have been brought to government notice.”

Three years ago, I was due to get married. I met my ex at the university and when I took him home, my parents weren’t impressed with him. They didn’t like the fact that he came from a poor background but I didn’t care. I agreed to marry him when he raised the topic. A few weeks to the wedding, we had a heated argument.

From time to time, I spend the holidays with my mum’s elder sister and I used to get on well with my cousins. But early last year, I woke to feel the hand of my eldest cousin under my nightie.

My husband just turned 60 and I am 57. We got married six years ago after his wife had been dead for two years. They’d been married for 25 years. After we got married, I let go of my flat and went to live with him with my teenage son. My husband took the death of his wife very badly and talks about her constantly, even when we have company. He then bursts into tears.

SNUGGLING: There’s plenty of evidence to show that hugs can do great things for our relationships. Tests show that oxytocin the ‘cuddle chemical’ our bodies produce during sex—is also released by non-sexual touching, such as stroking. Research has found that happy couples are likely to have at least four hugs a day. And in a recent survey, six in ten people said being touched by their partners help them to relax.