Singlehood

Relationships

Single or not, both are good

Not placing my worth in my relationship status is a constant struggle in my life. Growing up on a (sometimes rather unhealthy) diet of Disney movies, dramas and romance novels made me a hopeless...

Real Life, Real People

#UnheardNarratives: Couples who broke up in church

Breakups are not easy to handle, much less in church where everyone knows everyone. So how should one react to a breakup? And why are breakups such a taboo topic anyway? For episode one of our new...

Singlehood

One and whole: How I learned to love being single

One evening, as an introductory question to our Bible study session, our happily married leader asked the singles in our group to share why we were still single. The answers thrown out were along the...

Dating

30+, single, and trying not to settle

Online dating in one’s 30s is not for the faint-hearted. Repeating answers to the same few questions for months on end, labouring to shape an organic conversation out of a vacuum, doing my best not...

Relationships

Feeling lonely? 10 short stories that prove you’re not alone

Loneliness can sting. It’s not exactly an easy emotion to pin down and eloquently express. So much so that we can end up feeling alone in our loneliness.  Depending on whether you’re 18...

Relationships

Letting go of my relationship for good

“Do you trust me to provide for all your needs?” I heard God ask. Through tears, I was staring at a piece of paper with the words “REQUEST FOR CANCELLATION OF APPLICATION BEFORE BOOKING...

Dating

5 mistakes to avoid when you’re waiting for love

“I’ll just take anything I can get. I’ll date anyone who says he loves me.” As a youth, this was how Jennifer Heng used to approach relationships. Growing up in a broken family where...

Relationships

Rejected and alone, I was terrified of being single forever

Heart freshly broken by the man I loved after being informed that there was nothing in me that attracted him, I was utterly lost and crushed in spirit. I remember nights of sitting by my bed, all of...

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...