“Only things were different this time.  In place of the usual banter, peppered with infuriating teenage acronyms, was a stream of comments, crystal clear in their meaning. They were vicious and cruel observations attacking Joyce for what she’d worn on her recent 16th birthday party.

Twenty years later, I experienced the same response when another friendship came to an end. But as an adult, it was a lot worse.” We’re often told that our mates are more important than our relatives. Modern marriages may come and go, but friends are to have and to hold, for better for worse. Unfortunately, the idea that friendships last forever is a fantasy. Some do endure, but some should never have begun.

One of three of us takes a supplement, and we spend tons of millions of Naira a year on vitamin pills.  The message from experts is not to panic.  For most people, who take multivitamin and mineral supplements at the recommended dose is safe.

Had I properly investigated the family?  Well, what was there to investigate?  This was not the dark ages for heaven’s sake!  She in turn decided to pay a visit to  Tinuola’s family with dad so as to get to know them better. As Likeable as dad is, he’s always dancing to my mother’s whims simply because she’d used her family connections to get him where he is today.

“But after we had our two children, we slowly began to drift apart. Real life got in the way of our happiness and we seldom had time for each other. Soon, taking each other for granted became the norm.  The bedroom was for sleeping only and we never laughed any more.  Life stopped being an adventure we were facing together and became a slow trudge towards death!  We started to resent each other. The slightest thing would spark an argument.