-So nimekuwa nikiongea na this guy whom I met on Tinder for like a week. Proper banter. Dry humour. Kidogo toxic. The usual Nairobi romance starter pack.

-I used to think I had found the perfect girl.

-So, there's this day nimetoka tao, it was in the afternoon hours, nikaingia mat ya kukuja mtaa, I was busy on my phone and had my headphones in, so I sat on the window seat, then a guy came sat next to me, I didn't look at him but alikuwa ananukia fiti Sana, and I like my men smelling nice, but sikupay so much attention. I had on a black maxi dress and flat shoes, my bag and phone and earphones, so this guy sat next to me and tapped my knees to get my attention, so nikatoa side moja ya earphones, and paused the music, he was like "hey, fare ni how much" I replied " ni 60" and I was ready to put on my earphones again when he told me, usieke earphones, ata me nimetoa earbuds zangu, si tuongee, nikacheka then I told him sina story, he was like yeye hawezi kosa, so akaniuliza nashukia wapi nikamshow kwanini anataka kujua, akaniambia maybe we could be neighbors, nikamshow very unlikely. He chuckled then akanishow nimpee IG handle yangu, nikamshow zii siko IG, Niko IG yes but i am not…

-In my early twenties, love felt like a shimmering, absolute truth. I adored Maya with a naive intensity, convinced our late-night drives and whispered promises were the blueprint for a shared future. I poured my energy, my meager savings, and my entire heart into "us," blind to the flickering inconsistencies in her stories.

-I recall it was 2018,i just finished my high school. I dated this Lady called Mercy, we had started from school.. So we parted ways as usual, but after few weeks like 3, she reached out saying that it was difficult for her to be without me. Sema kunice?🤭🤭. Nikajiambia, "she's the true gem have been looking for" since mapenzi ya highschool haiendagi mbali. By that time nilikuwa naishi Mathare slum, ndio nimeanza life with the help of my Dad...

-I met this girl in 2022 at Mathare North area 3. Actually she's the one who noticed me first, atajaribu mbinu zote apate attention yangu. After a very long time sikujua, so since i was doing photography part time,she asked for my number from a friend eti anataka apigwe picha na anataka kunibook. She texted me on whatsapp for the first time kama client. I gave her the quatations adi tuka agree. So siku ya shoot tukapatana,nikafanya kazi yangu vile inafaa na tukaachana ivo tu bila kujua am the target. So i went. Edited the pictures nikamtumia . Still akaona nikama plans zake hazijago through. Alinitumie morning message aki confess her love to me,i was shocked since i didnt expect a lady to shoot her shots on me. Niliingia box juu ata i was single. We dated for 2 years but sasa ikafika place adi nikaona nimepata wife. Only to come and realise that she had a baby na hakuwahi niambia. I felt betrayed and dissapointment, na sio eti niko na shida na mtoto, the silence she kept for 2…