Dating

Singlehood

To the girl without a boyfriend

To my 25-year-old self, Hello from the other side. It’s now been three years since you questioned why God wouldn’t give you a boyfriend. Believe it or not, I’m now the girl you envy: the one...

Relationships

5 songs that saw me through a breakup

“This just isn’t it for me. I don’t see a future for us.” Those words played over and over again in my mind as I sat on the edge of my bed, feeling like my world was crashing...

Dating

Don’t let the circuit breaker break your relationship: 3 things to consider while you’re apart

Since Singapore’s circuit breaker measures kicked in about a week ago, it also meant that all social activities had to be put on hold. No extended family gatherings, no going over to a...

Dating

I told my girlfriend on Valentine’s Day: “You’re not as pretty as you used to be”

Before I married my wife last year, we had been friends for 12 years during which we dated for about three. So Cheryl and I had already been going out for a fair amount of time when Valentine’s Day...

Relationships

I just wanted somebody to love me

At the age of 13, I got into my first unofficial “relationship” with a guy from church. My family and church leaders advised me against it, saying that I was too young and needed more...

Dating

Help, I’m a blur sotong: How to online date like a gentleman

“Eh, try leh.” That was definitely not what my mum said to me when I told her I wanted to look for love online (but two of my friends did!). You see, I am no oppa or Prince Charming. Far from...

Dating

Lust in dating: The secret sin we don’t talk about

My husband and I have been married for more than half a year now. Before that, we were in a courtship for just over two years. Most of that time was spent struggling with a sin we were deeply ashamed...

Dating

No, romance is not your great reward

A Christian counsellor once told me that addiction to pornography is poisonous to a marriage. “If you watch pornography, your marriage will break down.” He said that pornography kills...

Dating

When Coffee met Bagel: Diane and Ghims on redemptive love and that 7-hour first date

1. How did you initially feel about app-dating, and did you expect to meet someone through CMB? Ghims: I had just gotten out of a 2.5-year relationship that was going nowhere, and I just wanted to...