Category: Marriage
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Resolutions I Can Actually Keep
Normally I don’t believe in making resolutions. Mostly because I never stick to them. But this year I’ve decided to make the kind that I can actually keep. Here goes…. 1. I resolve not to compare NaijaWife to Voltron anymore…I’ll just find some other cartoon character for comparison. 2. I promise not to eat NaijaWife’s Jacob’s…
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You Know Its Love When
Another joyful thing about marriage is the way your concept of love changes from when you were dating. Gone are the definitions of love according to the initial rush and the “butterfly feelings.” Instead, love becomes something much more real and you start to definite it with something more concrete. So we’ve started a series…
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Dear Readers
When we started the NaijaHusband blog, we did it for kicks and didn’t think anyone would read. But little by little, you came around, stopped by and showed us your support. So we’re taking a quick break from our regular posting schedule to say THANK YOU! You didn’t have to stop by, but you did. You didn’t…
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In Sickness
Sunday Afternoon. NaijaHusband is reclined on the sofa. His eyes are glazed over, and his mouth is slightly ajar as he watches the figures on the television screen moving around frantically with their fast cars and even faster dialogue. I speak to him. He does not answer. I repeat myself but only the television responds,…
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Shower Caps and Chicken Bones
Shower caps are not sexy. Neither are hairnets, hair scarves, do-rags, hair pins or those colorful sticks naijawife sometimes puts in her hair. Yet my married life has been full of all these items. I work very late at night, so typically by the time I come home, Naijawife is just finishing her typical hours-long…
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Bathroom Beef Ko, Toilet Beef Ni
This is Naijawife’s Rebuttal piece to Bathroom Beef written by Naija Husband! When I was a little girl, if my siblings annoyed me and I went to report them to my parents, they would allow me to rant and rave for a few minutes and then they would ask “So what did you yourself do to…
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I have Bathroom Beef
Naijawife and I were asked why we had separate bathrooms on Twitter recently. I answered that it was to save our marriage from self-destruction. I have serious bathroom “beef” with my wife. So great in fact that I’ve asked her to write a response to this post and tell her own side of the story. …
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Equal Partnership In a Marriage?
When I hear the words “equal partnership” I immediately picture this quote: Recently, the Huffington Post asked its married readers to give advice on how to maintain an equal partnership in marriage. I submitted my thoughts and fortunately they published it (they cite me as “Naija” as opposed to Naija Husband). Here’s what I said: “Though…