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Why side chicks might be the reason your marriage is still standing

Man and woman flirting in a club. (Courtesy/iStock)

The social and sometimes physical battles between GOAT wives and their husbands' mistresses porpulary known as side chicks, are not just about to end anytime soon. This is a long standing tussle that has been there, and is getting bigger and bolder as the years go by. People no longer hide the fact that a married man is a no-go zone no more, better still, married men have made it clear that they're not zipping up and faithfulness was never meant for men!

We see wives - let's call them main chicks in this context, literally fighting for their marriages by going their husbands' mipangos' throats. Some leave. But most of them stay and spend their time being motivational speakers calling the other women (because chances are, a philanderer won't keep just one woman on the sides) home wreckers, husband snatchers and all those nasty names that are not nasty anymore!

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