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Maybe This Contributes To Why Marriages Are Failing
“It’s like this is now a trend”. The last two persons I told my divorce story said this immediately I told them I’m no longer married. I don’t know about trends. However, I have noticed that many people my age are now leaving their marriages. Easily. This is not an attempt to answer the question…
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What a Broken Heart Feels Like
Can one capture the essence of this state? Let me try. I’ve been heartbroken before. You should know this. So, it is definitely not my first rodeo. But this time is different. This experience is more mature and serious than the last, not just because the relationship lasted longer and more lives are involved, but…
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Episode 4: A Policeman Drove Into A Ditch For Me
After years of being married to an emotionally abusive man, I found my confidence again in the most absurd way. Before getting married, marriage was this beautiful union that edified both partners. In my wildest imaginations, I could never have imagined marriage to be as demeaning as mine turned out to be. Here’s my story…
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Episode 3: Life After Divorce, Single Motherhood And A Struggle For Love
Dear Diary, It’s been five months of doing this single mom thing. I don’t know how I’ve been doing it but I’ve been doing it. Everyday I wake up and see my children beside me, in the house I paid rent for, I thank God once again. Indeed, onye dị ndụ gbara first (he who…
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Episode 2: Life After Divorce
Dear Diary, Marriage is one of the few reasons your African parents will forsake you. Try telling them you’re giving up on a failing marriage. That is when you’ll realize the part you play in their lives’ status game. Very few African parents will give in to losing face in society by welcoming back their…
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Episode 1: How My Previous Marriage Ended
Dear Diary, “I don’t feel sexually attracted to you anymore”. “It feels like you’re just my roommate”. These were the words that Dozie, my husband of five years used to explain why he would no longer touch me. In the last six months, we had almost no sex, and I kept prodding to know why.…