Adeyinka Odutuyo

6 days ago | zikoko.com | Adeyinka Odutuyo

*Tokini, 28, never thought marriage was in the cards for her. A childhood marked by loss and trauma convinced her it wasn’t worth the risk. But two years into a marriage where her husband rubs her feet, fills her water bottle every night and never lets her lift a finger, she’s terrified — not because the love is fading, but because she doesn’t know if she’ll ever find this kind of love again if she loses him. This is a look into Tokini’s marriage diary. I didn’t grow up dreaming of marriage.

1 week ago | zikoko.com | Adeyinka Odutuyo

Let’s be honest: finding the right pick up lines for girls isn’t easy, especially when the girl you’re after knows how to deliver a proper bombastic side-eye. One wrong line, and you’re ending up on her X timeline with the caption, “God abeg.”That’s why you need pick up lines that actually work — lines that are smooth without being creepy, funny without trying too hard, and bold enough to make her smile or blush.

1 week ago | zikoko.com | Adeyinka Odutuyo

Love Life is a Zikoko weekly series about love, relationships, situationships, entanglements and everything in between. Korede (31) and Susan (26) met on Twitter in 2021, and what started as casual TL banter slowly turned into a whirlwind romance neither of them expected. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about saving themselves for marriage, how their very different relationships with money tested their bond, and why they chose to marry quickly before temptation caught up with them.

1 week ago | zikoko.com | Adeyinka Odutuyo

*Tayo, a 29-year-old father of one, never planned to become a parent so early. He’d barely wrapped up NYSC when his then-girlfriend told him she was pregnant. At the time, he wasn’t emotionally, mentally, or financially ready. He tried to convince her not to keep the pregnancy, but she was firm. “I considered walking away,” he admits. “And I did disappear for the first two months.

1 week ago | zikoko.com | Adeyinka Odutuyo

*Mujaheed, 44, is a married pepper miller in Mushin. He thought he found companionship in the arms of a younger herbal mixture hawker. But months into their undefined relationship, he’s slowly realising he may have been played all along. I’ve been married for 10 years, but I don’t know if that’s the right word to use anymore. My wife and I live in the same house, but that’s about it. We haven’t had sex in over two years, and we barely talk beyond things about the kids or what’s missing in the house.