I’ve always been vehemently against the stigma of being single on February 14th, never more so than this year after one of the most horrid cuffing seasons in recent memories. Cuffing season at the best of times is akin to warfare – a game of strategy and planning. Unfortunately, Millennial Femmes I’m sorry to announceContinue reading “Valentine’s Day Is Coming… You Don’t Want A Boyfriend”
Author Archives: Maria Bamgbele
Gift Giving According to Your Partner’s Love Languages
Christmas is the time of the year where we show appreciation to our loved ones in the form of gifts – it’s a co-opted holiday designed to appease the gift giving love language. I pride myself on my gift giving abilities, however even I struggle with purchasing presents for boyfriend. This can partly be attributedContinue reading “Gift Giving According to Your Partner’s Love Languages”
Blue Therapy: Addressing The Issues
Whether Blue Therapy is a piece of fact or fiction, the cultural relevance of the online miniseries cannot be denied. Blue Therapy uses the context of a “therapy session” to address the issues plaguing modern relationships. No stranger to “trash” guilt pleasure like entertainment, Blue Therapy and provides a reflection of modern relationships and attemptsContinue reading “Blue Therapy: Addressing The Issues”
Argue With No One Else But You
As much as we’d love for our relationship to always be completely copacetic and devoid of any disagreements, with the way life is and stuff it throws at us we can sometimes feel like we’re stuck recreating John Legends’s ordinary people. Arguments to a certain extent are normal and it’s unrealistic to believe you andContinue reading “Argue With No One Else But You”
Keeping The Romance Throughout The Rona
Happy Valentine’s Day to all my couples, throuples and polygamous parings. With the lack of a dating season and restaurants and borders closed, Valentine’s Day 2021 may feel different to the previous years. This time last year coronavirus was on the horizon – a month before the national lockdown – Valentine’s Day was anomaly inContinue reading “Keeping The Romance Throughout The Rona”
Protect Platonic Friendships
Platonic – a relationship marked by the absence of romance or sex – Urban Dictionary In an era of sexual liberty and casual sex with friends, I feel like I’m witnessing the end of true platonic friendships. There’s a common misconception that there’s sexual tension underpinning all friendships between men and women. Certain individuals tendContinue reading “Protect Platonic Friendships”
First Christmas
This is the first Christmas I am spending with my boyfriend’s parents. Last year I decided to skip it because I thought it was too soon into us dating, however this year I’ve decided to join them for our first major holiday together. Thankfully, me and his parents already have a good rapport so I’mContinue reading “First Christmas”
Dating & Relationships: Plus Size and Mid Size Edition
Like many other females I have struggled with my weight my entire life. Although considered mid-size and what society deems an acceptable palatable level of fat, up until recently I struggle with the concept that someone could love me in my current state. I struggled with existing as a black plus size woman, I veryContinue reading “Dating & Relationships: Plus Size and Mid Size Edition”
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