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Kallos Conference 2020: What do guys think about dating, relationships and sex?

On Day 1 of Kallos’ online conference, Real Talk on Love & Sexuality, on July 3, 2020, an all-male panellist shared their thoughts on what makes a girl attractive, how they would define a...

Relationships

What hope remains if I’ve lost my virginity?

As a young teenager, I was a bookworm hooked on reading romantic fiction. In these novels, love was associated with passionate embraces and romance always ended well. Watching TV was also one of my...

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...