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	<title>Adventures from the bedrooms of African women &#187; Relationships</title>
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	<description>We think there is a serious lack of relevant and useful information about the sexuality of African women. This blog is a space for African women to share tips, experiences and more...</description>
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		<title>Sex Advice for Couples about to Get Married</title>
		<link>http://adventuresfrom.com/2010/07/05/sex-advice-for-couples-about-to-get-married.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nana Darkoa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found myself getting irritated Saturday afternoon, I was at my favourite Auntie’s grooming &#038; nails centre (Q’ticules &#038; Nails, 8 Volta Street, Airport Residential) and the radio was tuned to Joy FM which was transmitting a live feed of the presentations being made at their Bridal Fair. I hadn’t been irritated throughout the presentations. In fact I had enjoyed the presentation by Bernice Sam who spoke about the legal aspects of marriage and reminded the audience and Joy Fm that the Bridal Fair needed to be more diverse in recognizing that in Ghana there are 3 legal forms of marriage – traditional, Christian and Islamic. That led me to turn and say to my ...]]></description>
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		<title>Dating Below Your Class</title>
		<link>http://adventuresfrom.com/2010/05/26/dating-below-your-class.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 04:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nana Darkoa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My new favourite blog is ‘Mind of Malaka’ and its not because its written by my BFFFL (Best Friend for Freakin Life) and co-blogger for Adventures. Mind of Malaka is my new fav blog because the writing is excellent, the author’s frankness/humour shines through and the issues she chooses to deal with are the realities she encounters.
Her latest post dealt with an issue that comes up from time to time where women and relationships are concerned – ‘dating below your class’. Now what does that mean? Dating below your class simply means dating a man who is not your equal – not your equal in terms of social status, not your equal in terms of ...]]></description>
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		<title>When Bad Sex is Ruining Your Marriage</title>
		<link>http://adventuresfrom.com/2010/04/22/when-bad-sex-is-ruining-your-marriage.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heterosexual sex]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, one of our readers (Naa) mentioned in a comment that she has been enduring what I consider a HORRIBLE ordeal for the last 11 years. Her husband, who I assume she has been committed and faithful to (she didn&#8217;t indicate that she has cheated on him), performs very poorly in the sack. Specifically, he is prone to premature ejaculation and has been for the duration of their marriage.
Now, what one person deems as &#8220;premature&#8221; ejaculation is subject to experience and preference in my opinion. It can range from cumming before there is any insertion at all (which has been my sad experience) to lasting only a few strokes once there is pelvic-to-pelvic contact. For ...]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Contributor Lolita on &#8216;Open Long Distance Relationships&#8217; (OLDR&#8217;s)</title>
		<link>http://adventuresfrom.com/2010/04/22/guest-contributor-lolita-on-open-long-distance-relationships-oldrs.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nana Darkoa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lesbian Sex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long distance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently recounted on this forum the very torrid and unfortunately very brief affair that transpired between myself and Ms. S about a month ago. At the time I thought it would be a &#8216;hit-it-and-quit-it&#8217;, &#8216;wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am&#8217; kind of deal and was prepared for that. 
Boy was I wrong! We’ve communicated almost every single day since then and are making plans to see each other again soon. In the interim, we’ve agreed to what I suppose is an open long distance “relationship”: we’re free to do whatever we want with whomever we want, and here’s the kicker – we don’t have to tell each other about it. During my previous (very long) ldr, I sometimes wished ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why do people use sex as a tool in marriage?</title>
		<link>http://adventuresfrom.com/2009/11/19/why-do-people-use-sex-as-a-tool-in-marriage.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nana Darkoa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday I was invited to be a guest commentator on Joy Fm’s “Home Affairs” programme, hosted by Araba Koomson. The topic was “why do people use sex as a tool in marriage?”
One of my opening gambits was that for the majority of women, sex is not enjoyable; research such as that documented in the Shere Hite Report has indicated that 70% of women generally do not orgasm during sex. If you follow that logic this means a lot of women are having sex purely to please their husbands/partners/lovers so if for any reason your husband/partner/lover upsets you then your reaction is “No sex, until you have done x, y, or z”. If women were ...]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Marriage, Anti-Relationship and Anti-Children</title>
		<link>http://adventuresfrom.com/2009/09/27/anti-marriage-anti-relationship-and-anti-children.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nana Darkoa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago one of my oldest friends accused me of being “anti-marriage, anti-relationship and anti-children”, I was shocked. “Me?” I responded, “Where did you get that impression from?” “It’s true” she said, if you like ask “Koshie* ”. What? My friends were discussing me and had come to the conclusion that I am anti-marriage, anti-relationship and anti-children? 
“Well, I know you and I know deep down you are not anti-marriage, anti-relationship and anti-children” my friend conceded.  I asked Koshie and she agreed with Aminata’s*  original view, and vigorously defended their position. 
So for the record I would like to clarify my position on marriage, relationships and children.
Yes, I am fairly cynical ...]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Contributor Ms A: Can a ‘buddy’ be just that?</title>
		<link>http://adventuresfrom.com/2009/07/28/guest-contributor-ms-a-can-a-%e2%80%98buddy%e2%80%99-be-just-that.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nana Darkoa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buddy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I’ve been experiencing miscommunication. My mind and my body are tuned into different channels. I’ve made up my mind that I do not want a relationship. I’ve just left one. It’s been painful and heartbreaking, and I’m not ready to open myself up to someone else right now or in the immediate future. But my body is craving the attention of a man. It wants to be made love to, to feel the pleasure of having someone close to it through the night. The solution? Get a bed buddy. Now regulars to this blog know that Nana is all in favour of the buddy system, but a newbie such as me is not so ...]]></description>
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		<title>My Dream Relationship</title>
		<link>http://adventuresfrom.com/2009/07/26/my-dream-relationship.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nana Darkoa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dream man]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My dream man will be a feminist. This means he loves women completely and utterly. He has not bought into narrow minded definitions of “womanhood” and thinks a good woman wakes up at 4am to make Koko for him.
My dream man is confident, he doesn’t need me to make less money than he does or to be less educated than he is&#8230;he wants me to be the best that I can be.
My dream man is supportive of my dreams and has dreams of his own too. In fact he not only has dreams, he is well on his way to achieving them.
What would your dream man or dream woman be like?
]]></description>
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		<title>Long Distance Relationships: What&#8217;s the Point?</title>
		<link>http://adventuresfrom.com/2009/07/11/long-distance-relationships-whats-the-point.html</link>
		<comments>http://adventuresfrom.com/2009/07/11/long-distance-relationships-whats-the-point.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nana Darkoa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long distance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post is for Miss Anonymous who wanted me to blog on long distance relationships
I have to be honest. I do not get long distance relationships. Seriously, what is the point? Someone please tell me&#8230;I am obviously missing something here.
To my mind, the advantage of being in a relationship is in order to have companionship and good sex with a person with whom I share common interests. I know, I don’t ask for much do I? I recognise though that there are so many more advantages in being in a relationship. There is social status, recognition, security, a recognised union in which to have children, synergy, more money&#8230;is there anything else you would add to ...]]></description>
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		<title>My husband’s third leg</title>
		<link>http://adventuresfrom.com/2009/07/08/my-husband%e2%80%99s-third-leg.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heterosexual sex]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps I am biased, but I believe that African women have the best child rearing skills on the planet. Period.
There is so much unrecognized and under-appreciated wisdom that our women employ in the running of their households. It starts with compartmentalizing relationships. In Africa, children are children; elders are elders and husbands husbands. On the rare occasion, one may cross into the realm of “friend”, but for the most part, children in African society are not thought of as their mother’s friend until they are MUCH older. The thought that you are not your child’s friend is shocking, almost a dirty sin, in the West and I am ashamed to say that I have forsaken ...]]></description>
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