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Woman's Instinct - (11/07/2009 )
Picking up the pieces after a love affair
Our expectations of marriage and committed relationships are always so puritan: true love that lasts forever, total honesty and absolute fidelity. The reality on the ground is, however, not as clearly cut. Few people can stand their partner’s unfaithfulness, and when it happens, it completely shatters trust; just like a beautiful crystal bowl shatters into a thousand tiny shards after a fall — you may piece it back together, but it will always bear the marks of the accident. ... Read More
 
Making a fashionable statement
How did you start? Officially, at age 27, with home as my workshop. Gradually, I opened a shop at Nairobi’s South B Shopping Centre, which served me for close to ten years. Recently, I moved to Hurlingam. ... Read more
 
What if I am pregnant?
I am a girl aged 20 and have been dating this man for the last six years. We had sex three months ago, and although I took some birth control pills, I have not had my menses to date. When I told him about getting a pregnancy test, he was very apprehensive and said in no uncertain terms that if I had conceived, we shall have to abort the child. ... Read more
 
The making of eating disorders
I watched a very interesting documentary recently on the cries and woes of first-time parents. One episode took me several years back. A frustrated young mother was at pains to get her five year-old-son to eat. The boy kept pushing his food to one corner of the mouth and did everything else except swallow it. She spent hours coaxing him to swallow and when the ritual was over, the boy had barely eaten a quarter of what most of his peers would eat. ... Read more
 
Saving your breasts
Breasts, to women, are more than just objects of beauty. So the thought of amputation can be quite devastating. This is why women must constantly carry out regular self-examinations and screening in order to detect the first signs of cancer and then seek early treatment. ... Read more
 
Is it love or lust?
Recently, my male friends and I were having a drink at a downtown pub in Nairobi. We sat in the company of three women — Juliet, Mercy and Liz, who are commercial sex workers. Our discussion centred on whether a casual sexual encounter between strangers could develop into a fulfilling relationship. ... Read more
 
Gearing up for the long haul
The other day I attended a marriage seminar. One of the speakers declared that naturally, when we see someone else achieve something, then we know we can do it too. She went on to explain that history has always shown this statement to be true. ... Read more
 
Demystifying the rotavirus
Two years ago, Sheila, mother of two-year-old Jeremy, discovered the rotavirus vaccine during a routine visit to the clinic. Since the cost was prohibitive, Sheila gave the drops a pass, despite the nurses’ counsel. She would regret her decision six months later, after her son was hit by a terrible bout of diarrhoea that nearly cost him his life. ... Read more
 
The mix ‘n’ match of intelligence in men
My editor Muthoni always makes much more sense than Milly G, upstairs. Muthoni, wrote about different types of intelligence, which got me thinking — ‘how does our unique type of intelligence interplay in our inter-personal relationships?’ ... Read more
 
The cost of owning a car
A car tops the list of the most desirable assets for many families worldwide. It is a symbol of status and a means of convenience. While there are many other desired family assets — for example a home, and land— most often they are secondary, especially since they require huge capital to acquire or put up. Hence, a car is the most affordable and attractive initial option, but many realise, only too late, that owning and maintaining it takes a lot more than they signed up for. ... Read more
 
Beware the wounded lion
They say that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. What they don’t say is that while a jilted woman burns like a flame that eventually dies down, a spurned man irritates more, and longer, just like tear gas straight from hell. He will be hissing long after you have told him ‘No’ and will find any reason to get back at you and to make it look like you were not all that, after all. ... Read more
 

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