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Dear, don’t take me for granted

Just recently, I had a big fight with my boyfriend. ā€œIā€™d appreciate it if you donā€™t take my efforts for granted and play your part too,ā€ I fumed over our WhatsApp chat. I was...

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Am I still significant without a significant other?

Names have been changed for privacy. Several years back, a girl called Stephanie and I worked together on a childrenā€™s camp for Church. Having only just moved on from a broken heart not too while...

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That forever kind of love

What is love? To be loved but not feel loved. Is that still love?Ā Most of us love only in our own definition of love, the way we personally receive and understand love to look like. We speak...

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Children of divorce, how will we win the fight?

ā€œSheā€™s okay what. Look at her. Does she not look okay?ā€ When my parents’ divorce was finalised and the relatives were informed, I wasĀ a topic of discussion at the lunch table. Not fully...

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Where is God in my heartbreak?

You have to believe you’re going to make it, GodĀ said to me. There are probably as many forms of escapism in the world as there are people. Iā€™m quick to recognise it only because it is one...

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I couldn’t move on after my break-up

One month afterĀ the passing of my mother in April 2011, I ended a year-long relationship with my boyfriend. The relationshipĀ had already been on the rocks for months. It was adding to the...

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Why I kept having bad relationships

All through my growing up years, I was inĀ a string of bad relationships. I entered these relationshipsĀ with absolutely no standards whatsoever. I had no walls ā€“ anybody could walk in and out my...

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Ghosting, zombieing and the rise of irresponsible dating

Everything happens online nowadays ā€” even dating.Ā You don’t even need to be physically present to break up and make up. The illusion of safety that online interactions offer hasĀ perpetuated...

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What to do when your #OTP breaks up

UPDATE: As of June 27, 2019, Song Joong Ki has announced that he is filing for divorce from Song Hye Kyo. Hailed as one of Korea’s dream couples, the Song-Song pair were married for 20 months....