The Parklands Diary

                 Image by Freepik on Freepik Your face in the threads of morning light, Your fair hair shining like fine silk, My soul with the angels takes flight, To hold your skin glowing like silk, To lay my head on your beautiful shoulder, For all my heart ever screams is “hold her.” Mbarak Khalid Mazrui is a first year student at The University of Nairobi.

Courtesy of Family Institute Despite what you think, come-we-stay relationships are here to stay. Getting married is something that most people fantasize about from a young age. It is very common to see children playing mock weddings. Moreover, books also talk about falling in love with a prince or princess, having a wedding, and riding off into the sunset. Adulting and the current economy have unfortunately snatched away the dream from most people. The "let’s just live together" situation is one that most couples now prefer, blatantly avoiding an official wedding. Most people enter into come-and-stay relationships in the hope of one day being able to afford a lavish wedding. For others, it is just a matter of wanting to find out whether the marriage will be suitable for them and their partner. Commonly, it is the hope that kills. In fact, research points to cohabitation before marriage as the leading cause of divorce. A factor that makes come-we-stay relationships even more ...