Twintig jaar. Dit is hoe lank my vrou en ek al in hierdie ding saam is. En as ek sê ‘daarin’, bedoel ek alles… die seisoene van ongelooflike seks en die seisoene van byna geen, die finansiële hoogtepunte en die dieptes wat ons alles laat bevraagteken het, ‘n miskraam wat ons oopgebreek het op maniere … Read more
Twenty years. That’s how long my wife and I have been in this thing together. And when I say ‘in it’, I mean all of it… the seasons of incredible sex and the seasons of almost none, the financial peaks and the valleys that made us question everything, a miscarriage that broke us open in … Read more
There is a particular kind of loneliness that doesn’t announce itself. It doesn’t arrive on the heels of a breakup or announce itself at 2 am. It creeps in on an ordinary Tuesday, maybe when you’re eating dinner alone for the fourth night in a row, or when someone at work asks if you have … Read more
There’s a couple you probably follow. Maybe you know them personally, maybe you don’t. But you know their relationship online, or at least, you think you do. You’ve seen their anniversary captions, their “spontaneous” beach photos, and the tender videos of one surprising the other with flowers. You’ve watched their relationship unfold in real time, … Read more
Think back to a moment when you felt truly understood by your partner, not just heard, but genuinely met. Maybe they picked up on something you hadn’t even said out loud. Maybe they knew exactly what you needed without being asked. That feeling, that quiet, settling sense of being known, has a name. It’s called … Read more
Just a few years ago, artificial intelligence (AI) lived quietly in the background of our lives, sorting emails, suggesting playlists, helping us write essays, and optimising maps. It was practical. Invisible. Efficient. Still is. But then something shifted. Fast forward to today, and people aren’t just using AI, they’re forming relationships with it. They’re flirting … Read more