Abstract: 'Love' no longer has any meaning, and women are, to a degree, to blame...
According to popular culture, you should have been reading this two weeks ago; but if you had, it wouldn't have had any value. In fact, it would have been like what any wife thinks of her husband's opinion in an argument: without foundation.
Poets, writers, and singers have, for thousands of years, made an impact expressing the emotions, trials and fortunes of love. However, I think it's fair to argue, the main focus has always been on what we could call 'young love' - the raw, deeply electrified passion that sparks between two people exploring each other for the first time. This period peaks when one or the other uses the previously unspoken four- letter 'L' word: 'love'.
This word is then used to identify the nature of the relationship
Why ‘love’ no longer has any meaning
When girls go mad
Abstract: Teenage girls display signs of delirium. No, seriously...
Ask any parent of a teenage girl what the experience is like and they will shake their head, appear for a second as if they're about to burst into tears, and then, from somewhere deep inside, bravely dig up a tired smile and say something like, "we do our best". For such parents, science may now be able to offer a reassuring hand on their shoulder. Sort of.
There's something particularly challenging in raising a teenage girl. It's hard to describe without wanting to reach for a double scotch, a carton of cigarettes and then your cellphone to call your therapist. 'Testing' is a word most parents of teenage girls would use to describe their offspring during this particular period in their lives. It's not a coincidence then that their eventual blossoming into young adulthood
Beware the mind of the crowd
Abstract: If you think you're in your right mind shopping in a crowd - think again!...
...and they're off! And they stop. This weekend sees the start of 'the madness', when hundreds of thousands of people gallop into the province's shopping centres and promptly come to a grinding halt. They will curse and they will say how much they hate it, all the time unaware that they are undergoing a subtle but fascinating change.
This is one of the most stressful weekends of the year. Many businesses around the country closed shop on Thursday ahead of the long weekend, their staff heading off on their holidays, many of them into KZN. The province is groaning under the strain of the extra bodies, and most of them will squeeze into the already busy shopping centres, credit and debit cards at the ready, impatient to place added