At a wedding just a few months before the pandemic hit, an acquaintance of my mother came over to greet us, with her 20-something daughter in tow. After niceties, the said acquaintance began tooting her daughter’s horn. …

It’s 12 past noon, and I’ve been struggling to write an article since 11 am. I should have written and published one by now. But with tens of tabs and a gazillion distractions (the biggest being my love self-esteem), I have nothing yet. Not the productive Monday I’d have liked…

Do you understand the difference between demotivated and unmotivated? I didn’t until a week or so back when, while telling my partner about my current state of mind, I realised that ‘demotivated’ in not the correct word. I’m not demotivated, in that I don’t feel any less eager about my…

After nearly two years of social distancing, last weekend, I invited my closest friends over for dinner. This was the first time since my wedding just a few months before the pandemic caused upheaval in all our lives, that my friends and I had gotten together. The first time that…

E: “Come on over. I’m safe. I promise.” It was the third time in the last week he had invited me over to his house. I saw the text preview and put my phone face down on the table. “I’m safe.” Obviously, if he wasn’t safe, he wouldn’t tell me…

What’s the most adventurous thing an eighteen-year-old can do? Get shit-faced and take a 2 am cab to a club to drink some more? Get a tattoo? A nipple pierced? Drive a borrowed car at the speed of 120? Hop on a table in a dive bar, and twerk? I…

Keeping Zen In A Long Distance Relationship At a cafe one afternoon, I walked in to a heated conversation between an 18-year-old and a 38-ear-old about the viability of long distance relationships - are they worth it or not? …