Because of busy schedules, we normally hired domestic assistants to help with the house and to always have someone home when we were out. The challenge we had with most of them was how they slowly grew into laziness. Once we had a house help who started acting strange when I was home. She tried…
My friend, Alice, told me her husband likes me. She said it casually, as if there was nothing wrong with that. I smiled because that was the only response I could give. Days later, she asked me to visit her for a drink, and I went. I didn’t know her husband would be there. Immediately…
When I was in junior high school, I had a friend whose mother sold waakye around town. Her mother knew me, so anytime I went to buy waakye, she gave me extra. When Memuna was the one selling the waakye, I didn’t pay for it. So on weekends, when all hope was lost and I…
I had always vowed not to perform wifely duties in a relationship just to prove that I was “wife material.” I told myself that if doing those things for a man I was not married to would not make me a wife, then so be it. I was very firm on that decision. Until I…
I gave her a lift one day, and we became friends. Our offices are in the same area, so when we got to the junction to her office, she would alight and I would continue to mine. When we became friends, I picked her up every morning at the same place. When I set off…
I was a few months pregnant with our child when he got the opportunity to travel abroad. I was happy for him, but that single door opening released a flood of complications into our lives. It tested us in every facet—financially, emotionally, and spiritually. We agonized over the “hows.” How were we going to do…
My husband went through my phone, and since then he hasn’t said a word to me. I saw him going through it but pretended I was asleep. I didn’t want to wake up and ask for my phone because it would seem like I had something to hide. I lay there pretending to be asleep…
I was home for three years after school when my pastor introduced me to a man in our church, Jacob, and asked him to help me get a job. I took his number, and the following day we started talking. I was desperate. I needed the job to take care of myself and my parents,…
As a woman, one thing I do when I meet a man who is interested in me is ask questions. I don’t just listen to your answers, I pay attention to how you answer them. The pauses, the confidence, the things you avoid. It helps me understand what I am getting myself into. So yes,…
My husband was desperate for a second stream of income, so he started doing everything that promised to bring in money. He tried extra classes for kids but stopped along the way. He tried online teaching, but that also didn’t pick up. He started affiliate marketing and later went into network marketing, but he eventually…