3idiots:
I want to thank the creator of this thread and those that commented for making my day. I lost my job today, but this thread put some joy and happiness in me. If not for any other thing, it's was nostalgic. I remembered those childhood days, when you just have to worry for nothing.

The good old days...

Thanks once again!!

delpee:


@OP
Thanks for making me laugh so hard.

Parenthood ain't an easy task. Life has always been tough for parents in the Lower and Lower Middle classes especially. Mothers know that the only way to have less anxiety is to be prudent and creative about purchases.

Having to buy new stuff every term can be frustrating for parents who are working with tight budgets. Both the parents and the children have to bear with each other under the circumstances.
Great pity but the important thing is to succeed and then to look back and laugh heartily with the benefit of hindsight. God bless African parents.

hbemigho:
I believe it is peculiarly characteristic of Nigerian parents to buy extremely oversized clothing and accessories for their children.

I mean, how can you go to the market to buy a shirt or shoe for me and you left me at home?

How?

So my mum will take a broom stick to measure my leg before going to the market and then come back with a shoe that is almost the size of my father's leg.

Wawu!

Mummy edakun, bhet what happened to the broomstick you went with na?

Or issit that you measure my leg to goan buy shoe for daddy? �

Of course, you know I cannot voice any of these out. Na inside my mind the conversation dey go on.

Or should I talk about how my dad will drive to Warri to buy longsleeve shirts for me and my brother, that after wearing the shirt, we will now be looking like all those overzealous upcoming evangelist sent against their will to win lost souls for Christ in the remotest of villages.

The painful part is that my dad will now be saying,

Wow! See as this cloth fit you. I wish I can take it for myself.

Inside my mind I wee be like, why not just take it na, it's kukuma your size you have bought so.

For many years, I tried to figure out why our parents were always exhibiting this behavior.

If it's because they want us to wear the cloths for a longer period as we dey grow like agric fowl, so that we won't be outgrowing cloths per second, per second.

But you know what usually happens?

Before we will now grow into the cloths, like when the one they bought for me is now actually my size, the shirt go don wash, fade or tear anyhow.

So what is now the point?

As a young boy with too much swag, I was always having severe chest pain in my neck whenever my parents wanted to get us new cloths.

The day I gave up on the struggle was when my mum accompanied my dad to the optometrist to select a glass frame for him

Brethren, my supposedly ever young fineboy dad came back wearing one kind glasses that had him looking like an old retired government secondary school principal in one of those remote villages.

The frame nor just fit am at all.

The thing was very oversize.

As in the glass frame big pass my daddy's small face.

My mum kept saying wow, see how you are looking so smart.

Omo!

Inside my mind, I was saying "yes make e dey go round like this."

This oversize ehn, everybody must collect!

Photos used for illustration

Volkswagen90:
i don't like tight pussci? Ur case is different,

Anyway pls what is size 42 convert to American size? Someone wan dash me shoe there.

hbemigho:
I believe it is peculiarly characteristic of Nigerian parents to buy extremely oversized clothing and accessories for their children.

I mean, how can you go to the market to buy a shirt or shoe for me and you left me at home?

How?

So my mum will take a broom stick to measure my leg before going to the market and then come back with a shoe that is almost the size of my father's leg.

Wawu!

Mummy edakun, bhet what happened to the broomstick you went with na?

Or issit that you measure my leg to goan buy shoe for daddy? �

Of course, you know I cannot voice any of these out. Na inside my mind the conversation dey go on.

Or should I talk about how my dad will drive to Warri to buy longsleeve shirts for me and my brother, that after wearing the shirt, we will now be looking like all those overzealous upcoming evangelist sent against their will to win lost souls for Christ in the remotest of villages.

The painful part is that my dad will now be saying,

Wow! See as this cloth fit you. I wish I can take it for myself.

Inside my mind I wee be like, why not just take it na, it's kukuma your size you have bought so.

For many years, I tried to figure out why our parents were always exhibiting this behavior.

If it's because they want us to wear the cloths for a longer period as we dey grow like agric fowl, so that we won't be outgrowing cloths per second, per second.

But you know what usually happens?

Before we will now grow into the cloths, like when the one they bought for me is now actually my size, the shirt go don wash, fade or tear anyhow.

So what is now the point?

As a young boy with too much swag, I was always having severe chest pain in my neck whenever my parents wanted to get us new cloths.

The day I gave up on the struggle was when my mum accompanied my dad to the optometrist to select a glass frame for him

Brethren, my supposedly ever young fineboy dad came back wearing one kind glasses that had him looking like an old retired government secondary school principal in one of those remote villages.

The frame nor just fit am at all.

The thing was very oversize.

As in the glass frame big pass my daddy's small face.

My mum kept saying wow, see how you are looking so smart.

Omo!

Inside my mind, I was saying "yes make e dey go round like this."

This oversize ehn, everybody must collect!

Photos used for illustration

Santinho:


OP I appreciate your writing skills and sense of humour. And also, thank you to all those that contributed to this thread. This is my post of the year for now.

Honestly, my bellle don scatter with laugh. I
hardly comment on nairaland but this one touch me Wella. Nairaland is fun sha. After reading to the last page, I had to come back to quote you for reference. I go share this post with a friend going through a tough time make my guy laugh small.

I know say I go come back view this thread again to laugh more.

001spice:
Oga will you be kind enough to saw us the ones you have bought for your kids

hbemigho:
Haba!

I can't go and continue doing the same thing my parents used to soffocate me na.

Oya see my sons here na

StreetFight:


I detest anything tight.

ford101:
All this small boys wey no get swag. I remember the days of fubu 05.God that year was off the hook.if you see me on my afro, big white tee shirt, fubu and timms. Then u ll respect the game.

hbemigho:
Haba!

I can't go and continue doing the same thing my parents used to soffocate me na.

Oya see my sons here na

001spice:
nice one bro. But still you need to appreciate your parent.coz they give u wat they can. You even learn from the them to do more better

NoToPile:
Oh my Goodness's

I have been laughing since, grandma bought christmas suit for my son in 2019, the suit is still not yet his size

I am also guilty of some of these sha.

But then these kids grow so fast.

You buy accurate size for a 3month old, in 4 weeks max it might not size them again

hbemigho:
Honestly, this made my day.

Even me that created the thread didn't know it would be this fun and exciting oh.

I don laugh so tey I don dey get stomach pain for my neck.

Guys, please follow me, I will definitely be dropping more engaging threads like this.

This country don already too hard, make we dey use this side dey unwind abeg.
I

Santinho:



Thanks Bro. I have followed you already. Keep the threads coming and please, kindly quote me when you drop any. Threads like this help you unwind the daily stress of Nigeria.

Dee4luv:
Nobody is even talking about those kinda Mary amaka shoe with strong leather☹️☹️ they will be like this is everlasting..

hbemigho:
I have been trying to start another thread since morning but I keep getting this message that I should try later that the server is down.

Please, is anyone experiencing this too or it's just me?

Santinho:



Thanks Bro. I have followed you already. Keep the threads coming and please, kindly quote me when you drop any. Threads like this help you unwind the daily stress of Nigeria.

hbemigho:
It was going well until I got to the last line where you said trouser be looking like skirt.

Guy!!!!!!!!!!

chukwugoziegi:


My mother used to call it Everlasting if you see the soles of those shoes ehen. Dem fit take am break person head. I stuff shoe with shoe pad and Tissue so they my leg white. God! I love that woman. Our parents all went to the same school.

sisisioge:


I have two terrible pictures from childhood where I looked like an hanger used to hang an oversize dress ....may God bless us jare....they said I will grow into the dress

1F30M4:
Hahahaha this guyyy na my primary 1 school uniform vex me gan and popsy been wan snap me with im camera for morning, I no gree smile at all.

Equity15:
Lwkmd

This is the funniest thread I have seen this year. Mehn I don dey laff since. Damn!!! You guys made my night. Nigerian parents just act the same way. Lol as I dey read all the comments I just dey remember my Papa and Mama face(especially my mama) when I don wear the over sized cloths with my shiny head ,one yeye glass and over sized shoe and them go dey say. " 'fine boy' see as the cloth fit you. Chai. 'i born fine pikin oh' hurry up make I call I call that camera man make him come snap you'. Mehn it wasn't funny then.


African parents are too much

africapeople:
Haha, till Today my childhood Friends still call me herbalist because of the big big native kaftan my aunt used to sew for me Every xmas , Chai, person go just resemble baba ijebu on a day we are supposed celebrating the birth of Christ o.

gfon:
Omo i dey always shed tears wen mumsi go buy suits(coats) for us,coats looking like agbada with enough foam for shoulder.I dey always see am like parachute.For the shoes area,abeg no go there,i no wan start to cry this monday morning.

Zeuslord:
Some of you guys are complaining!
Mumsy go tell me say make I follow her go market make she buy shoe for me.
but we will still return to the house with a shoe meant for the future (5years + ooo).
so my own internal pains and tears dey start from market.