Ask Gase
May. 17 |
MY 12-YEAR-OLD SON’S BEHAVIOUR IS WORRYING
DEAR GASE,
My first-born child stays at Sowa town with my aunt, but there are serious problems.
Every day he is reported for unbecoming behaviour such as breaking into neighbours’ houses, but he is...
May. 10 |
Deciding to break up with someone is not always black and white.
You’re caught wondering, “Am I weak if I stay? Am I a quitter if I go? Am I just not seeing things clearly? Are these feelings a phase?” And if there are children involved,...
May. 3 |
DEAR GASE
I agreed to move in with my boyfriend because I thought it would give us a chance to get to know each other better before marriage.
Many of my peers are doing it so I thought why not.
But now some of those friends who started off cohabiting...
Apr. 29 | MY WOMAN IS A CHEAT BUT I CAN’T LET HER GO
DEAR GASE,
I have lost trust in this person I have shared my life with.
I found my girlfriend on a date during working hours with some guy next to her work place.
I had passed the place by chance and decided...
Apr. 19 | MY FRIEND HAS BEEN SECRETLY ‘COUNSELLING’ MY GIRLFRIEND
Dear Gase
I’m a young man aged 25 and my girlfriend is 20. We have been together for three years.
Right now we have a problem because I came across some text messages on her phone, sent by...
Apr. 5 | THEY BLAME ME FOR THE DIVORCE
DEAR GASE,
Growing up I was raised by my uncle and mum, so I got used to calling my uncle dad…such that I ended up taking his surname.
At that time, I thought the guy my sisters and brother always visited was my dad,...
Mar. 22 | MY EX BOYFRIENDS JUST WANT SEX
Dear Gase,
I want to ask about men. I am a bit confused because my relationships never last.
My ex-boyfriends and I always had very happy moments when we were together before having sex.
After sex the guy just stops the...
Mar. 8 |
I CHEATED ON MY FIANCÉE AND DON’T KNOW IF I SHOULD TELL HIM
Dear Gase,
I am a 24-year-old lady who is engaged to be married. My boyfriend moved away so I hardly see him.
My problem is that a week ago I slept with another guy.
Now I am torn between...
Mar. 1 | I’M CALLING OFF THE WEDDING
DEAR GASE
I’m calling off my wedding because I found out that my fiancé is not the man I thought he was. I thank God that he has been delaying the whole process, starting with lobola.
First he lied about his children,...
Feb. 22 | I REALLY LOVE MY MAN BUT I’VE BEEN CHEATING
Dear Gase,
I’m a 24-year-old lady and I have been dating this guy for 5 years now.
My problem is that I have been cheating on him since last year because most of the time he is away on work-trips.
The...
Feb. 15 | HE DOESN’T WANT TO PROVIDE FOR HIS DAUGHTER
Sis Gase I’m writing to you with a sore heart and I really don’t know what to do. My ex and I have a 9- year-0 old daughter.
He started staying with the child while we were still together but...
Feb. 8 | FIGHTING TO GET MY DAUGHTER BACK
DEAR GASE
Hi. I wrote to you last year seeking help to get my daughter back.
brought her up since she was a baby but when she was 22 months old my ex-girlfriend came to my home when I was at work and took the baby away.
She...
Feb. 1 | MY HUSBAND TO BE HAS DESERTED THE CHILDREN
Dear Gase,
I was engaged to be married last November to my live-in fiancé and father of our two children aged seven and five.
Bogadi had been paid and a date set at the District Commissioner’s office when...
Jan. 18 |
PROPERTY GRABBING WIFE
Dear Gase,
I got married in December 2010 and in July 2011 my wife left me because I was not working and went back to her parents’ place.
There were some fights when I asked her to come back home. She then reported me to the...
Jan. 11 | HE NEVER TELLS ME HE LOVES ME
DEAR GASE
I’m a young lady aged 22 and have been seeing a guy for almost a year and a half now.
I love this guy so much and never for once has he told me he loves me.
This breaks my heart so much and I don’t know what...
Dec. 28 | She doesn’t care for me
DEAR GASE
I have been with my girlfriend for over two years now.
When I met her she was a bank teller, she then enrolled to study at a tertiary institution, where she had to rewrite some of her exam papers for nearly two...
Dec. 14 | Many women want to believe that behavior pre-relationship is not a sign of what a man’s behavior will be post-commitment – as if he just transforms into a new man once he takes on the title of ‘boyfriend.’
So if you’re thinking of getting into...
Dec. 14 |
doesn’t-care
Dear Gase,
I have been with my girlfriend for over two years now.
When I met her she was a bank teller, she then enrolled to study at a tertiary institution, where she had to rewrite some of her exam papers for nearly...
Dec. 7 | WHEN TWO’S COMPANY AND THREE’S A CROWD
Dear Gase,
I have a newly acquired girlfriend who nI would like to spend some quality time with. Trouble is it is proving difficult to be alone with her because every time we are supposed to meet for a date she...
Nov. 21 |
MY PARTNER’S BROTHER HAS MOVED IN WITH US
Dear Gase,
I used to rent a one-roomed house and my boyfriend was staying with his brother at the time.
Then I decided that since he would sleep at my place and wake up early in the morning for work,...