I had a daughter when I was nineteen years old. The father ran away because he feared what would happen to him if I reported what he did to me. That was even before the pregnancy. I carried the shame all alone and the guilt that came with it. He was somebody my parents knew…
When I was doing my national service, I stayed with my big sister, who had a close friend named Yayra. Over time, I also became close to one of her friends. You know how girls can be. As girls, we talked about everything, love, marriage, money, and all the complicated things in between. I especially…
We started this business very small as a couple. It was my idea but I put my wife in charge because we were selling women’s products. My wife would come on live and sell the things like her life depended on it. When I had to come on live to sell them, it was all…
I was doing my service and studying for my masters in 2021, when I met KK. He was also working and schooling at the same time, so I welcomed him into my circle. I believed that having those kinds of people around you pushes you to the sky. We started off as friends, and with…
I was doing my service and studying for my masters in 2021, when I met KK. He was also working and schooling at the same time, so I welcomed him into my circle. I believed that having those kinds of people around you pushes you to the sky. We started off as friends, and with…
Exactly three months after our marriage, my husband woke me up at dawn and said he needed a break to seek clarity. A break from what? He told me he felt like he’d made a mistake with the marriage and needed some space to figure things out. I was confused. We hadn’t had a fight….
I decided to move out of my parents’ house right after I finished high school. A friend of mine had a small room he was managing, so I packed my belongings and went to stay with him. Because my parents knew him, it gave them some comfort, at least. They fought me on the decision,…
My husband is in South Africa. Four years ago, when he wanted to travel, South Africa wasn’t part of the plan but, out of desperation to get out of the country, he eventually ended up in South Africa. He lied that he had landed in Spain until months later when he confessed that he was…
My girlfriend has a nice apartment, a beautiful car and a daughter. She got all that from her baby daddy, a man she has refused to name because she said it was part of the agreement when they broke up. The man sends child support in excess of my salary without fail each month. When…
We haven’t spoken since that afternoon, and honestly, it is breaking me into a gazillion pieces. I don’t know what to do with my life now. I don’t think about her every single day, but when she crosses my mind, it’s nerve-racking how much space she still occupies in there. I sit and I ask…