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 [...]
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 [...]
How did you celebrate Nigeria’s 48th year of independence? Me, I put on clothing that best matched the definition of “business attire” (since I don’t like the traditional clothing I own—more on that later) and drove to an event the HC was hosting. Even as I got ready for the event, I wondered if it [...]
I relax my hair (why do we also call it perming ?), and have done so for about 12 years. At first, my mom used to do it using those kits you can buy and all was well. Then I started going to a salon and that’s when the trouble started.
My scalp. It gets burned. [...]
One thing that I have not been able to do until recently is cultivate a close friendship with a fellow Nigerian, and in fact, this is still a work in progress. We can blame the area I live in for this: there were no other Africans (talk less Nigerians) in my grade of highschool [...]
Very cool: a Naija girl in my city was featured on the front page of the Homes section of our paper a couple of weeks ago in an article about single women who are buying homes on their own without waiting for Prince Charming to arrive. I know the girl (our parents are [...]
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