Does the festive season mean breaking up?

Does the festive season mean breaking up? (Photo: iStock)

It's that time of the year again, when Nairobi traffic grinds to a festive halt, car boots are stuffed with plastic chairs, and half of the city flees to their rural homes to celebrate Christmas. For most, December brings joy, laughter, and those oddly satisfying servings of nyama choma, Chapatis and pilau. But for others, it marks the end of the road-quite literally-as couples call time on their unions faster than you can say "Merry Christmas."

Yes, What should be a season of togetherness and Instagram-perfect love declarations has become a season of unmatcT hed emotional exits. Once upon a time, lovebirds were cooing over candlelit dinners at Kenya's finest restaurants, going for a vacation overseas; now they are plotting their next exit strategies as the ugali grows colder by the day.