communication The Honest Truth: I Am a Worry Wart The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It’s getting them wrong that is living, getting them wrong and wrong and wrong and then, on careful consideration, getting them wrong again. That’s how
Anecdotes Every Man is a Kingdom Every man is a kingdom of 3 personalities. There’s: The King of his mind, The Queen of his heart, and The Commoners in his pants… – and like every kingdom, every man must choose a system of government by which to
31st Knot The Kid, The Woodpecker, and The Stone Wall When I was a baby (between the ages of 0 and 2), my mom tells me I was quite the demon child. If I got upset for any reason, I would cry at the top of my lungs like there was no tomorrow –
30th Knot Naija Husband To conclude this month’s discussion on love, I thought I should end with what many of us single people like to consider “the end of the road.” Marriage. But in fact, the truth if anything, is usually the opposite. Because
30th Knot When Love Arrives Last week, I shared one guru’s opinion of love: How many people fail to keep it, and how those who succeed most likely do. But this was all theory. A theory which didn’t quite match up to the experiences of
30th Knot A Butterfly in the Hand A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam… And for a brief moment its glory and beauty belong to our world. But then it flies again and though we wish it could have stayed… We feel lucky to have seen it. –
Anecdotes The Seed of Identity When I was younger, I used to marvel in incredulity at some adults over 40. Adults who would say, without batting an eyelid, that they didn’t feel a day over 20. How could decades go by without one feeling or acknowledging the
29th Knot Much Ado About Nothing Hey folks, This is the video I meant to write about last week, but I didn’t have time to then. Since you might want to watch it again before we dive in, I have included it below: You see, among the many
29th Knot A Tale of Two Brains With Valentine’s day around the corner, I thought I would share this funny video about how men and women think with you all. As we celebrate love this week, please keep this info somewhere at the back of your mind. It will
26th Knot It's Not About the Nail When I stumbled upon this video, I laughed so hard that I nearly fell off my bed! It’s only about 2 minutes long, but in those 2 minutes, one of the more annoying difficulties of man-woman relationships, is expressed quite humourously. I
24th Knot Killing the Beast On that note, here’s another callback to an old article. Namely, Becoming Jaded. It’s the piece I wrote last year explaining the oft come disappointments of dating, and urging women to keep the faith in love despite them. Well, since
Relationships Romantic Love is Selfish Happy Valentines Day Everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve written a twist, but today is Valentine’s day, and I believe it calls for one. As with every Valentine’s day, our thoughts drift to either the
21st Knot Clown Ninja I stumbled upon this meme some time ago, and as soon as I saw it, I thought to myself: “True! That is exactly what women want!” Then I immediately thought of the movie by the same name: What Women Want, and it occurred to
Anecdotes Sometimes You Can Only Enjoy The Music I just woke up about 45mins ago (at 2AM) with a Backstreet Boys song in my head. Specifically, this one: So I went on youtube to listen to it… and OH. MY. GAWD! It was like someone was singing my emotions to me&
20th Knot Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus Many people seem to take issue with self-help books. It’s like there’s just something about getting advice from a book, that hurts our pride. Which is why I suppose, my father made us promise to read the relationship books he
Anecdotes The Tragedy of the Pretty Woman Earlier today, I found myself with a peculiar thought in my head. I was watching stand-up comedy, and I saw that one of the comedians in the line up was a very beautiful single lady. Then I thought to myself, “Wow she’s
19th Knot Break-Up Policies Some of you may remember my article about “Becoming Jaded” written around this time last year. In summary, it was about how men go about breaking women’s hearts because they are driven by powerful libidos; the emotional damage this causes, and how
17th Knot Couples Counselling This past week my father arrived in the US on a business trip. Something to do with something in Detroit. But he spent the last few days of his trip here in Philadelphia with my brother and I. For those of you who don&
16th Knot The Nice Guy in the Middle Sometime last year, I stumbled upon an article originally written by Fu-Zu Jen for the Wharton Undergraduate Journal and it was titled: Ode to the Nice Guys. As I read the article, I began to feel a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. A feeling
Relationships An Educated Guess I have to say that I agree with Wole Oguntokun in that what women want, or more specifically what women want from men, is a man who will enable them
Relationships Counselling Since 1987 Recently, my father hosted a meeting for the Government College Ibadan (GCI) Old Boys Association of which he is a member. To this meeting came the wife of one of
Relationships New Boyfriend, New Shoe I recall an intense debate I had with a few Nigerian guy friends about how fickle a lot of Nigerian girls are becoming. “They carry around designer bags without even
Relationships Becoming Jaded One night many years ago, I remember being on the phone with the love of my life a dear friend of mine during one of our many deep and long
Relationships This Persistent Need Before I start, it might be best to say that The Red String doesn't usually post scandalous articles like this one; {Oh yes we do!} It was quite hard for
