Relationships

Can a career woman really do without a man’s love?

Can a career woman really do without a man’s love?

By Bunmi Sofola HAVE you readers noticed the new and growing breed of ‘forever singles’? It consists of a band of empowered, independent women who don’t want to be defined by a relationship. Not for them nights slumped on the sofa trying to pacify a screaming kid whilst their man snores in front of Super […]
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Dear Bunmi, I no longer want to be stay-at-home wife

Dear Bunmi, I no longer want to be stay-at-home wife

When we got married, I agreed to stay at home with our four children. So, for the past 12 years I have been a full-time mom, which has been great. But now they’re all at school, I’m itching to go back to work, only my husband is kicking against it. It’s true I want for […]

Dear Bunmi, he seems to like large-breasted women

Dear Bunmi, he seems to like large-breasted women

I never said anything yet to my boyfriend, but I think he is obsessed with abnormally large breasts.  I always catch him staring at women’s chest. I have boobs that are on the small size and his attitude is making me feel inadequate. I have a good mind to ask him if he would rather […]

How could you go on believing lies your lover feeds you!

How could you go on believing lies your lover feeds you!

How many affairs should you over-look before you realise your partner is trying to send you a message by pushing you close to the edge?  About a decade ago, Adaobi was in love.  Ahmed, her man, was separated from a wife who still lived abroad and against her friends and parents’ warnings, she moved in with her superman within a few months of their getting together. 

An old flame and excitement of new romance

An old flame and excitement of new romance

By Bunmi Sofola At times, the joy of an encounter with an old flame could only be matched with the excitement of a new romance. Sandra, a fifty-something-year-old lecturer recently recounted how a chance meeting with an old flame turned a holiday that she thought would be hum-drummed into a never-to-be-forgotten adventure. Her Story I […]

Dear Bunmi, am I smothering him with too much s3x?

Dear Bunmi, am I smothering him with too much s3x?

I’ve always had a high sex drive, but it has become worse since I met my current boyfriend a few months ago. He’s so macho that sex with him is always amazing. As a result, I want to be with him all the time.  I’ve tried to act cool when he wants a few nights off […]

Making the most of that ‘distraction’ from your marriage!

Making the most of that ‘distraction’ from your marriage!

By Candida BARELY a year after she changed jobs, Abi was excited when she was picked as one of the four executives for a one-week course at a posh hotel.  “The course was an intensive one,” explained Abi, 45, “privately organised and very exhaustive.  Sitting in a classroom again was a bizarre feeling – I hadn’t […]

What if your children don’t take to your new lover?

What if your children don’t take to your new lover?

It stands to reason that with the spate of divorce the society now witnesses and the number of unwanted pregnancies, single parenthood has come to stay.  The sad picture is that, unlike in the old days when single parents were mostly widows who couldn’t be considered young, a lot of single parents today, male and female, are […]

The nightmare of an irate ex-lover’s bedroom attack!

The nightmare of an irate ex-lover’s bedroom attack!

By Candida IT’S never been wise to leap into a relationship on the rebound.  This Samantha found out the hard way. “I was in love with my fiancé Mike.  I met him when I started work at the company we both worked with.  He had such a warm personality that we’d hit it off straightaway. “He […]

He burnt his fingers replacing his menopausal wife with a bombshell!

He burnt his fingers replacing his menopausal wife with a bombshell!

By Bunmi Sofola When Ibidun hit the menopause, her erratic behaviour became irritating and unbearable to Peter, her husband.  She was 48 and a mother of four grown-up children. A normally bubbly woman, she became testy, snarling and crying most of the time.  “Whenever I tried to find out what the matter was, she shoved […]

Social media platforms and kind of women you meet there

Social media platforms and kind of women you meet there

By Biodun Busari Social media has become an integral part of the daily routine life of many people in the world and Nigerians are not exempted. They are websites and applications created for the purposes of interactions among people which include creating, sharing and exchanging information. Some of the popular social media platforms like WhatsApp, […]