Shola (59) and Eva (49) married in 1996 when she was barely 21. They divorced 22 years later, then they remarried in 2023. In this week’s Love Life, they share how they fell in love in 1993 despite their ten-year age difference, how things unravelled as Eva found herself and why they decided to remarry after everything.

Teju* (37) and Malin* (32) have been living together as a common-law couple in the US since 2021. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about being legally married to other people in their home countries, spending more than they bargained for on Teju’s kids back home and how they plan to remain lovers until they’re discovered.

Nduka* and Ene* (both 36) met through a queer community in 2014. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about the surprising support they get from family, how they feel about Nigeria’s gay marriage laws and their plans for children in the near future.

Shola (29) and Damilola (26) just got married a year after she almost pooped herself on their first date. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about bonding over Twitter, catching feelings after their first fight and how the crazy first date helped them realise they were in love.

It took two years after Ben* (38) found out about Debby* (35)’s HIV status for them to date. Now, they’ve been married for four years. On this week’s Love Life, they share why it took so long and how they navigate intimacy and fertility with the virus.

Lase and Doris (both 30) met in Canada shortly post-japa in 2022. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about starting off as housemates in a small apartment, helping each other through extreme loneliness and how navigating celibacy together transitioned into a relationship.

Tobi* (28) and Tare* (29) met in 2022 and started dating the next day. In this week’s Love Life, they talk about navigating his “hustling musician” lifestyle, keeping their relationship private and ignoring the many people who assume he’s playing her.

It’s an endless loop: overpromise, fail, block.

Ebiye* (24) and Toun* (21) have been together since 200 level in 2021, but their relationship gives “friends with benefits” a new meaning. On this week’s Love Life, they share how like turned to lust instead of love, how sex keeps them from depression, and why her mum got her birth control implants.

Dare* (33) met Vanessa* (29) at a bar in 2017, and they swiftly rubbed each other the wrong way. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about bonding over Vanessa’s work struggles, how their current relationship thrives on their mutual annoyance with each other and why they’re in no hurry to plan for the future.