I have been in a relationship with this guy for almost five I years. We met on Facebook and later became lovers. I ove him as If my very life depends on him. When we met, he was a student and I owned a shop. It was not a big shop but made a lot of sales at the end of every week. My boyfriend didn’t have much because he was in school. So, I supported him in the best ways that I could. When he needed bookS, I bought them. When he needed money to sort his life out,…
Author: town gist
I’m a man in my 40s living in Seoul. When I was young, I couldn’t even date because all I did was work. My parents died early, and I had to raise my little sister. I think I only worked throughout my 20s as my younger sister studied hard and entered a good university. I felt my hard work paid off when she reached legal age. However, her nagging increased for me to date girls. “You had sacrificed for me so long, it’s time you meet a nice girl and settle down. Don’t worry about me anymore.” Of course, I…
When one cop, Liam Scott, fell in love with an air hostess, he knew he couldn’t wait a second to spend forever with her. Unfortunately, this pretty woman wasn’t who he thought she was. Months later, he caught her with his chief, then decided to teach them a lesson they would never forget in a hurry. That day, he left his house and did this: How would you feel if someone you love betrays you because they found someone they thought was better? Devastated, shattered, and maybe vowed to never love again, right? Some people don’t give a second thought…
Every time I leave the house, my husband goes missing. Because of this, I don’t attend social events. When someone invites me to a wedding, I don’t go. When someone close to me loses a loved one, I do my best to offer them my sympathies without showing up at the funeral. When anything is happening in my hometown, I don’t even attempt to go. Just this Saturday, I had to attend a funeral here in Accra. My relationship with the bereaved made it difficult for me not to attend. So I decided to just step out for a few…
I’ve lived in this house for the past three years. It’s my third rented house since I moved to Accra six years ago. I’ve lived in places where the landlord didn’t give us a breathing space. I’ve lived in a place where the house rules were so stifling. You couldn’t bring a lady to spend a night in your room without seeking permission from the landlord. The last place I lived before moving to this place, the main gate closes at 10pm. After 10pm, you can’t go out nor come in because it’s only the landlord that has the keys…
We met three months ago. A mutual friend introduced us to each other. Looking back to how the whole thing happened, I’m tempted to believe that our meeting was a planned thing. The way he ran into us and how my friend did the introduction and how he picked it up from there, it looked more staged than a serendipitous encounter. My friend, Frances told me about him some months ago. She said, “A friend of mine is dying for you. He wants your number but I didn’t give it to him. I want your approval first.” I told her,…
My mother-in-law. She’s a good woman going through bad things. Sometimes it makes me wonder. If we would do all the good things only for bad things to befall us, then what’s the essence of being good? I won’t attempt to answer that question. I would leave it to God. He has all the answers. Her husband—my husband’s father died in an accident. It broke her heart and cried for days, weeks, months, and even years. It wasn’t easy for her. To lose a companion like my father-in-law felt like raging hell in her heart. I remember what the two…
The man Ego And I met on the bus while traveling to Abuja must have charmed her with his tender care or probably the freebies he bought for her on transit did the job. They were already couples before they got to their destination, only waiting for the bus to stop for them to head for their honeymoon. That same day, she followed the man to his house and made love to him passionately. Ego was probably not expecting to be pregnant after sleeping with a man she barely knew without protection. Few weeks later, she found out she was…
In the northeastern part of Pakistan, a heart-wrenching event took the life of Asma Yaqoob, a 24-year-old Christian woman. Asma worked as a domestic helper in her village of Bogra and was known for her kind and gentle nature. One evening in April, a simple knock on her home’s gate led to a tragic outcome. Shortly after answering the door, Asma was heard screaming. Neighbors rushed to help and found her engulfed in flames. Severely burned and in critical condition, she was immediately taken to a local hospital in Sialkot. Due to the extent of her injuries, she was later…
In Sheikhupura, Pakistan, 21-year-old Christian, Ansar Masih, became friends with Ayesha, a Muslim girl from his town. They liked to talk about their hopes and what they wanted in the future. But where they lived, people often didn’t approve of friendships between different religions. Ayesha’s family didn’t like their friendship. They told Ansar to stop seeing her because they were worried about what other people would think. Ansar and Ayesha thought friendship could overcome these problems, so they kept meeting. One day, April 1st, when Ansar visited Ayesha’s neighborhood, her family took him away by force. They were very angry…