Put your wife down at your peril!
By Bunmi Sofola LARA had often moaned that someone else had got the life she was supposed to have. We were mates at the secondary school and have remained close decades after we left. A fairly brilliant student, we were all mildly surprised when she opted for matrimony. Within the spate of a decade, she’d not […]
A man who raises his fist to a defenceless woman needs psychiatric help!
By Bunmi Sofola You wake up every morning wondering what ‘crimes’ you’ll commit today, and how your husband will punish you”, Tina, a victim of a violent husband laments. “A punch in the face for asking him for money for the children’s school fees? A slap in the face for saying hello to an old flame? A […]
Parents who think their children are the greatest!
By Bunmi Sofola RECENTLY, Frieda, the head of a leading private school, lamented that modern parents are praising their children to the hilt and bringing up their daughters as if they can do no wrong. She argued that being showered with too much praise and too many presents is not a good thing for a child […]
And you call yourself a doctor? (Humour)
Joe is being plagued by terrible headaches. One day, after years of suffering, he decided to see a migraine specialist…
Handling ‘in sickness and in health’ of your marriage vows
Did it ever occur to you that when you stood at the altar and promised to love your husband ‘in sickness and in health,’ that one day you’d be forced to confront the reality of those vows? You ought to. This is life. We’re all going to get old
When your daughter’s marriage fails and she moves back with her kids
I had not realised just how valuable my own parents’ presence in my children’s lives would be until I moved back to the family home with them
How middle-aged women are pushing up abortion rate
It would be easy to assume that it is young irresponsible girls who are most likely to opt for abortion, but it is, in fact, middle-aged women who are pushing up the abortion rate
Can you ever forgive a husband who had an affair with your best friend?
If someone was caught having an affair, would they make a full confession? Would they know if they wanted to stay in that relationship or leave
When the wife’s scared of intimacy
It was one of the few weddings I just had to attend. Feeling a bit bored, I turned off, mentally calculating other things that needed my attention when the Reverend Father climbed onto the pulpit to give his wedding sermon
When the cash-cow dies
By Bunmi Sofola About a fortnight ago, I ran into an old friend on the Island. I was really glad to see him. He’d simply disappeared from the social scene with his family. After the usual pleasantries, he told me he had to leave the country when he did as his life was virtually falling […]
As he held his new-born son, he prayed he’d be a better father than his drunken dad!
By Bunmi sofola Some five months ago, Earnest, a chartered accountant who’d just ventured into going it alone in his private firm, became a father for the first time. He’s still in awe of what he termed “a miracle and God’s priceless gift to us”. According to him, “My son’s coming has turned me upside […]
