YEARS ago, I ran into a former colleague at a private get-together and we got talking.  “When I learnt you were getting married, I laughed my head off!” he said seriously.  I was irritated.  So, the marriage didn’t work out, was that a reason for him to gloat? 

Ten years on, I’m a different person to the one I would have been had she not died. And while deep in your soul you miss the person every day, the intense pain gets less with time – either that or you understand it more and live with it – but that itself is very comforting. You have to accept and assimilate the effect of your loss into your life. Only then can you start to deal with it….”

‘If your aim is to make him forget his PC for a while, then point him to reputable cyber cafes or drape yourself seductively over his PC!’

IT might not have been heard of a few decades back, but house-husbands are quietly creeping into a lot of matrimonial homes – thanks to women landing super executive jobs that pay mega salaries; and the spate of job losses caused by the current recession.  For the hard-working female executives, house-husbands seem to be the […]

By Bunmi Sofola Separation has often been a bitter pill for children involved in the heart-wrenching decision to swallow. A few years ago, Claire’s parents decided to separate after almost 20 years of marriage. “My father had always made it known that he abhorred polygamy,” said Claire. So, instead of taking a second wife when […]