Letting go is one of the most difficult tasks we will ever face in our lifetime. Letting go of a relationship, friendship, the past, etc, there’s no question that breakups can be painful, and that it’s difficult to trust and love again. But there are ways to get past the pain. Dr Phil once said...
Category: Relationships
Love Lockdown: Relationships During Covid-19
When the first national lockdown started, a friend said she was praying for couples she thought were going to have it rough during lockdown. My first thought was, “This one is Miss Goodie Two-shoes vele. Of course, she’s praying.” I thought nothing more of it. It’s just over a year since that first lockdown and...
Miss P: The Myth of Dating Younger Men (Ben 10)
Our columnist Miss P looks at misconceptions mature women face when they date younger men. Where did it all start? Remember the movie, How Stella Got Her Groove Back? It starred Angela Bassett and Taye Diggs and was based on the Terry McMillian book of the same name. The storyline: a mature woman fresh from...
Men Who Cheat Are Mainly In It For the Emotional Validation
When it comes to the discussion of men who cheat, it is often reasoned that, well, men are unfaithful because they want sex. Hard stop. But more and more social research confirms that men cheat for reasons relating to emotional validation. They seek affair partners who will make them feel like their feelings are worthwhile, that their stories...
I Miss Especially The Things That We Didn’t Get To Do …
I miss especially the things that we didn’t get to do I miss the things that we didn’t get to have The Saturday morning when I have to tear myself away from you to go to yoga; and I can’t hold a single asana because all I think about is the smell and taste of...
IN TOUCH Photographic Series: Guiyani and Papama
‘IN TOUCH’ is an intimate photographic essay around our growing need for human affection & connection. For being in touch with our people, including ourselves. It portrays human contact as the new luxury good of the era. South Africans with different backgrounds and relationships were invited to the studio and expressed the essence of the...
IN TOUCH Photographic Series: Mahlatse James & Tumelo
‘IN TOUCH’ is an intimate photographic essay around our growing need for human affection & connection. For being in touch with our people, including ourselves. It portrays human contact as the new luxury good of the era. South Africans with different backgrounds and relationships were invited to the studio and expressed the essence of the...
IN TOUCH Photographic Series: Felipe Mazibuko
‘IN TOUCH’ is an intimate photographic essay around our growing need for human affection & connection. For being in touch with our people, including ourselves. It portrays human contact as the new luxury good of the era. South Africans with different backgrounds and relationships were invited to the studio and expressed the essence of the...
The Reality of Ghosting. Really gentlemen? Do we really deserve to be ghosted?
As I sit here writing this I am a mixture of numb and angry. Two weeks ago my boyfriend of one year ghosted me. For five long days,
A Taste of Her Own Medicine Gone Wrong
He just finished showering he smelled so good, like a man. He was wearing short sweatpants. He came closer to me, making my butt touch his dick, I felt so weak. He asked, "should I leave you?" I quickly said "No"