PING!!!
"Hello baby.
I'll be going to school this weekend for an urgent assignment. I just got the news this morning. I'll be back latest tuesday.
I want you to be a good boy while i'm away.
I love you baby *kiss*".

Lola and i have been dating for almost two years now, and despite our academic engagements, we still spend the weekends with together frequently. However it looks like this weekend she'll be away but it's okay since she informed me about it in advance.
I have to say here that we enjoy a great relationship, really. We rarely have conflicts, we're accepted by each other's parents and we stay in touch very well. We support each other, even when i'm broke she still keeps in touch and we love each other very much. We look forward to getting married in the nearest future.
Yet i must admit we don't have the perfect relationship. This is what i mean, for instance, i'm the type who loves text messages but she prefers to call all the time, and i love to scatter a few things but she loves things spick and span. Those are our differences.
Another thing is video games. I love them to a fault but she abhors it. She'll say "funmilayo, you're not a 13yr old kid so stop playing that nonsense and help me out in the kitchen". Can you imagine?....
But that's another issue we differ about. I'm a staunch manchester united fan- but my girlfriend doesn't understand why men should kick ball or watch others doing it. She rather prefers shopping or chattin but when she's asked the club she supports she screams "manchester united"- she even owns a customized jersey.
Moreover lola can be very finicky when it comes to food. I beg her to eat most of the time, she doesn't eat a particular type of fish, she detests spaghetti, she likes garri, she doesn't like cold food... In fact i don't understand her,
i thank God she's such a lively person, else it'll be boring for the two of us, conversely, i'm kinda introverted who'd rather listen than talk, but i love it when she's talking or gistin me bout something. I give her absolute attention and show her i'm interested. I have this funny british accent and it amuses her when i talk that way. I must confess i enjoy her company.
To lola, sex is a thing that's worth waiting for and i totally agree with her, not just cuz of any religious obligation, but cuz i feel it's better when we're married and not before. She kinda scared of sex too and that makes it perfect.
Perhaps i should reveal that my lady's lifestyle kind of inspires me, i worry about meeting targets and achieving goals but she's reserved and doesn't worry at all. Yet it doesn't look i'm better than she is. Currently she's kinda on a programme like IT and she seems to be content and focused with her career pursuit . There was this day i told her about my senatorial ambitions in the next 15yrs, then i asked her where she sees herself in the next 15yrs and she said "married to you, training our kids and supporting you". I was moved ; i could have given her a million pounds.
Despite our differences, we still get along well, and i think it's cuz we manage those issues well with patience, respect and understanding.
Now, i'm goin to stop here. The article is about us after all.

NB: *this is a fiction*