Finally, I’m responding to your most excellent comments provided on the entry on cheating among Nigerians. I’m using this entry to respond generally to common elements, and some of you may receive an email response. If you skimmed the earlier entry, please understand that I did not say that Nigerians have the monopoly on cheating, [...]
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I finally read Ekene Onu’s The Mrs. Club and if you have read the book, you’ll know that infidelity is discussed in it. I have not read the In My Dreams It Was Simpler book, but I’ve heard there’s a mistress so I think it’s safe to say infidelity also shows up in that book. [...]
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I am not very familiar with Nigerian men (having never dated one, and I don’t think my brothers count as typical Nigerian men since they are for all intents and purposes Canadian), and perhaps I’m very cruel to pin the following on Nigerian men because other men do this, I’m sure, but I wanted to [...]
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My thoughts on sex before marriage are here and here. I have been lucky to have never been tempted to have sex with any man. This is what happens when you are single, single, single. Whenever the issue of sex comes up with a guy, oftentimes (I didn’t say all the time) he will say [...]
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So, did you listen to Vera‘s blog talk show on Saturday? You know, the show about women in their 30s and older who are accomplished and single? If you didn’t, you’re in luck: you can hear the show in its entirety here. It’s two hours long. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. I almost can’t [...]
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I recently stumbled across this article about a woman’s dilemma regarding changing her name after marriage, and it reminded me of a site (and a book) by blogger Ariel, called Offbeat Bride, which is about taking pride in elements of your wedding that might not be conventional. One topic that the blog (and probably the [...]
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