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My personal story… This day I have to say the truth. These days, I have found that honesty seems to be an uncommon trait among people. I have had cause to ask myself why it has been so. In the process of trying to answer this question, another one popped up in my mind- “Ifeanyi do you say the truth, you yourself?” That was totally embarrassing; knowing fully well that I'm trying to demand something from others that I don't even give. My friends, Dennis and Emmanuel usually say, “Behind every truth said, their is a motive”. When some of us dare to say the truth, we do it because we are sacred our lies will catch up with us. But let’s get into the business of the story: FINALLY I HAVE FOUND THE LOVE OF MY LIFE! It's always difficult to ascertain these days if someone really loves you, because of the level of dishonesty around us. I’m a young guy who has searched for love through different phases of life - from primary school to graduation fr...

Single. Taken. It’s complicated. Which label do you fit under? And do you know why you’re there? Being in two serious relationships over the course of seven years, stepping out into the single world almost felt like a curse. What did I do? Why am I back here? But it’s funny how you change. When you look at yourself and realize you ended up here for a reason, and that really, it’s OKAY. Society has turned being single into a tragedy. If you aren’t getting married and popping out babies, people wonder what is wrong with you. And sooner or later, you start to wonder yourself. A friend recently told me, everyone is single because people are too selfish. Is this true? Am I too selfish? I started to wonder, what is the line between expectation and settling? Do our expectations make us selfish? But if we lower them, aren’t we settling? And what happens when someone meets your expectations, but as the relationship progresses, their behaviors you fell in love with fade? Are you selfish for ...