“When I met this lady, she had completed senior school but had been in the house for four years because she could not fund her tertiary education. Because I loved her, I single-handedly funded her tertiary education. Now she despises me, saying I’m just a mechanic and not her “type.” She has completely changed.” Another…
How Numbers Teach Us about Relationships We rarely think of mathematics as a source of wisdom about love. But hidden in the way numbers work is a beautiful picture of how relationships grow, transform, and flourish. Let’s take a journey through the “mathematics of love and growth.” Be a Digit First In math, a zero…
Water which is tasteless, scentless, and colorless, is the most essential substance for human survival. Yet, it doesn’t demand to be noticed. It just is. In the same way, true love is not about how it tastes (feels), smells (attracts), or looks (appears). It’s pure, raw, and necessary. It is not flashy, not noisy, not…
The semi-permeable is a barrier that allows certain molecules or ions to pass through while restricting others. It is amazing how it works. It is said to allow substances to pass through whilst blocking others that might not be good for the cell. I see this truth in relationships. For relationships and marriages to be…
This morning I noticed something curious. It is something that has always been happening with everyone, but we don’t put our minds to it. My phone battery had dropped overnight, even though I wasn’t using it. This reminded me of something deeper: Phones lose battery simply to stay on. Human beings burn energy just to…
We don’t fall into affairs. We talk our way into them not in one grand leap, but in tiny, casual, and “harmless” steps. Every affair, be it emotional or physical that we never intended to have, begun with that one conversation. The one we told ourselves didn’t mean anything. The one we justified as “just…
They met too young, loved each other through trauma, family chaos, and growing pains. He helped her out of depression. She helped him face his past. They were soul-deep. But healing changed them. The fire they once had turned into quiet gratitude. They thought helping each other heal meant they would grow old together; however,…
She was always there through every birthday, breakup, and breakdown. He called her “his person.” She held his secrets, his fears, his dreams. Then he fell for someone else and told her excitedly. She smiled and said, “She’s beautiful”, then cried herself to sleep. For years she thought her love, her presence, and her sacrifice…
He met her at her lowest. Rebuilt her self-esteem with words, patience, and space, for her heal. He never asked for anything. He just stood beside her. But as she healed, she outgrew what they had. He could’ve grown bitter and claimed her as his reward. Instead, he smiled and said “You’re flying now. That’s…
After years of almost-love, she saw him in a photo with someone else, happy in a way he used to look at her. She wrote him a letter she would never send: You were my safe place. You reminded me I was still worthy. But I won’t ask for your heart. I just wanted to…