I was in senior high school when my friends made me aware that I wasn’t good-looking. I didn’t think of good looks until at that stage when they made fun of my looks and told me no guy wants me because of my looks. Even my best friend seemed to agree with them. She will tell me, “If you wore your dress like this, don’t you think guys would approach you? Maybe you should have this haircut or style your hair this way, then guys will see you and approach you.” She was doing it out of good intention but…
Author: town gist
met Kay in a bus, I had closed from work and was going home when I met him in a bus. When I sat next to him, he asked, “Are you a Ghanaian?” I responded, “Yeah, I’m a Ghanaian” When two countrymen meet in a foreign land, conversations become very easy. We started talking about our lives, where we come from, and what we were doing. He asked questions and I answered. I also asked questions and he answered. It was our first time seeing each other but we talked as if we’ve known each other all our lives. When…
I met a man who said he wanted to know more about me. I called him Mr. Andoh because he looked older. From the way he talked to me and from the tone of his text messages, I knew he wanted a relationship. He called me Ohemaa when I’d told him I was Hannah. He used “Dear” anytime he made a request. He jovially talked about the future of us as if we were married. He was almost ten years older than I was. That alone was a thing for me. I needed a man within my age bracket. Someone…
I owned my own shop. I used to sell rice, cooking oil, tomato paste, and other groceries. One day one of my customers walked into my shop with her teenage daughter. I spoke to the girl and she told me she was in SHS 2. I liked her so we became friends. I studied this girl closely for one year. My fondness for her increased as the year passed. She was a good girl, that was one thing I liked about her. When she completed school, I asked her to be my girlfriend. She didn’t drag me like most girls…
Amelia was always stopped from going into the old room at the end of the hallway. One night, she heard something odd and decided to check it out when Mark wasn’t around. But he caught her and finally revealed the truth. Mark grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, but moved to New York for college where he met Amelia. They fell in love, got married, and worked in the city. Mark hadn’t mentioned that he owned his childhood home in Baltimore until he finished renovating it. “I’ve been fixing it up for years. It cost a lot because the whole house…
Biodun had confidence that she had her man right where she wanted him to be: in her total control. ‘At this point, no one can take him from me, not even Jezebel herself ’, she must have thought to herself. The wedding bell was already ringing very loud, it just remained two months or more for her to become his legal wife. The wedding preparations were already in full gear. Their pre-wedding pictures were already well displayed for all to see who had been taken, oh! Not forgetting the joy of both parents seeing their children making that right decision…
A woman was worried about her husband’s behavior at home when she wasn’t there. She put hidden cameras to watch him. After a few days, she found out something that hurt her a lot, and she had nowhere to go. A 32-year-old person on Reddit shared a story about their life last year. They talked about how their relationship with their husband got really bad and how it changed their life completely. The woman thought her husband might be seeing someone else, and when she asked him, he didn’t make her feel better. So, she decided to check by herself…
We were cuddled up together when my boyfriend said something that shocked me. He told me he was moving to the U.S. and wouldn’t be coming back. He didn’t want a long-distance relationship and hoped to find someone new there, suggesting I find someone here too. I felt like my happiness was shattered. We’d been together for four years, and I never thought it would end like this. I decided I didn’t want anything to do with love anymore. Around the same time, another guy kept asking me out, even though I said no.After a while, I realized I needed…
Three years ago, our relationship began amidst his unemployment. Despite that, I accepted him as he was. Initially employed at a rural bank, he lost that job. Despite his circumstances, I believed he would eventually secure employment, leading me to accept his proposal. As a teacher, my income is modest, yet my entrepreneurial drive pushes me to seek additional sources of revenue. Engaging in various endeavors, I generated extra income, enabling me to support him during his periods of unemployment. When he couldn’t find work here, he moved in with his ailing mother. She treated me with maternal affection, prompting…
“My twin sister and I held a special place in our father’s heart; we were his cherished little treasures. He paraded us around proudly, showcasing us to everyone who knew him. With sparkling eyes, he’d declare, ‘Meet my princesses, aren’t they beautiful?’ We basked in the attention, adoring every moment spent with him. Despite our desire to be by his side constantly, our father led a bustling life, much like our mother. In their absence, our three older siblings assumed the responsibility of caring for us. Our home was a cozy flat nestled in a picturesque residential area. Next door,…