“I think you have the spirit of husband-repelling. You are too hard, ma, you will not find a husband. But my pastor can destroy that spirit.” Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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  • This writer who I went out with first right after my marriage ended, he mentioned his dream of being in a shop and he was seeing various beautiful, shiny products on the shelves. And the shop assistant showed him a beautiful, shiny, and round luminescent ball and asked him, “What do you want: pleasure or…

  • This guy I was seeing, let’s call him Joost, was very interesting and promising, but I noticed we were not a match when he asked me to help him choose between two khaki chinos and two green Bugatti polos… I said, “Whichever you like.” Because this is what I believe, dude. I am not dating…

  • “Sanne asked me who you are dating,” Marieke said. “Are you sure? The one that never says hi to me at school? The one from the ‘Alley Ladies’ group you meet?” The Alley Ladies is the ultra exclusive school moms WA group of WAGs. The exclusivity is based on that you have to live in…

  • He’s sitting on his new sofa in the apartment he just bought, not too far from mine. We met late last year, just before I left town for Christmas. I said, “Let’s see each other again,” and that was a green light he didn’t expect. He came to the meeting full of skepticism. When I…