Love & Relationships

Getting comfortable communicating your sexual desires with your partner

According to research, couples who discuss sex more often have more fulfilling sexual relationships. Despite that result, many couples find it challenging to discuss their wants and desires with their partner. Sometimes it feels more vulnerable to talk about your sex life than to actually engage in it. You need to be upfront about your […]

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Signs of an emotional disconnected relationship

It is quite disheartening to notice that you and your significant other are slowly drifting apart. After all you have invested and all the plans you had together, the last thing you could ever wish for is to lose the spark with your partner. It all happens slowly and though you may notice certain things, […]

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How to keep the fire burning in a long distance relationship

Maintaining a good healthy relationship is hard enough as it is, but a long distance relationship requires you to put in the work. Keeping fire blazing in a relationship needs effort, understanding and compromises. Fortunately nowadays there are video calls and wi-fi that connects you and your partner for hours in a day. Long are […]

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Dealing with finances in your new relationship

Having the money talk in new relationships can be rather very awkward. Relationships can get expensive, from paying for weekly or monthly dates, buying each other gifts or even splitting the bills if you live together. Instead of tiptoeing around having the money talk, or doing your best to avoid it, it’ll inevitably come up […]

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How to manage a healthy marriage

We are often told that marriage is not easy but we seem to always forget to add on to the statement that marrying the right person is where you enjoy all the challenges that come with it, and find everything just worth it. There is no set formula or guide book to guarantee that your […]

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Tips to maintain a healthy relationship in the 21st century

Dating has drastically changed over the years, and we can all agree that dating in the 21st century is extremely difficult. Let alone maintaining a healthy relationship in our era. Finding a genuine connection with someone in this day and age of time is like finding gold, after a long and messy search. Yes, falling […]

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Life after infidelity

‘I believe that the most difficult choice you’ll ever have to make is whether you should move on or hold on just a little tighter.’ I can’t remember where I saw this quote or who it belongs to, but it is quite relevant to many of life’s issues, including cheating. Infidelity can happen to anyone, […]

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All you need to know about a customary marriage

When Siphokazi Ndzingi’s long-term sweetheart, Mduduzi Ndzingi, proposed to her in 2015, a customary marriage was the easy choice. ‘The decision wasn’t up to us because when Mduduzi paid lobola, our parents told us to have a traditional wedding. And, we didn’t have a problem with that,’ Siphokazi says. She adds that she was raised […]

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Love after your partner’s death

Death is one of life’s certainties. But, that fact does nothing to ease the pain of losing a loved one. You go through the five stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. In addition, there is no right time or way to move on. ‘There is a lot of pressure when you […]

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