THE major reason married couples divorce is that they couldn’t stand each other when they were married. Most marriages could be acrimonious, but there are some couples who got along better now they don’t have the responsibilities that committed relationships bring.

PULLING a toyboy is not without its set-back. An aging woman lusting after a stud must be  prepared to give back something much more than she can afford. Having a fling is one thing, but making a main meal of the desert could be taking things a bit too far on the optimism scale. Quite a number of women have had their share of toy-boys and the humiliation that goes with it. A recent victim is Mosun, Mo for short.

One of the contemporary social and   marital issues of our time is sex. In   the last decade and half, awareness about sex, sexuality and sexual issues have increased dramatically across all borders of the society, including age, sex, economic and social levels.

On a recent visit, a former colleagues and longtime friend, Assumpta Udoh, told me something I found very profound because of its clarity: “Franco, by the time you are 50, the health problem that will kill you will be before you.  How long you live thereafter depends on how you manage it.” Assumpta is very correct, her grandmother was diabetic, but died at age 98. Her 101-year-old father is asthmatic, but still going strong. He played exhibition tennis at 100 in Ikoyi Club, Lagos, last year.

A Nigerian man, Chidimma Amedu has taken Facebook post to a whole new level when he posted an unusual advert on 30 December 2017 asking any woman interested in being his wife to reply.