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jkpretty (f)
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That was funny  ;DWe used to play with sand in our backyard that was fenced all round. Sand was our rice, some water leaves growing was our soup with water, stones were our meat. There was a ladder we placed on some tall wall, so that we could sight our father's car from afar before he sneaks up on us. If we happen to see him, everyone would throw away what we've been doing, rush into the bathroom, put on our night gowns and behave like saints.  Yes we did all that shit, we built houses with sand, we put our feet and mold sand on it. we make soup with grasses & leaves, we make "Eba" with sand & water. With lots & lots of mummy & daddy. . But just wonder why they mustn't just catch us  You are definitely one of the few that the whole "same sex school keep you from boys" crap worked on because seriously it's usually the exact OPPOSITE. Those are the ones are so bloody boy crazy. I remember the ones around ISI, the way they would throw themselves on ISI boys was so pathetic. The guys that we wouldnt give a time of day those desperate tarts would become their sex slaves. pitiful.
I wouldnt send my kids to a boarding school nor a same sex one.
meeeen! i saw lots of that in high school, u could almost slap your friend. Once a school is coming over for one thing or the other, our girls are high spirited like they are infected by a virus. Na wa. (Funny ISI has been to our school before, our girls formed die but na lie  ) |
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aloib (f)
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You were allowed to smoke but not allowed to use makeup or relaxer.
I thought my parents were weird.
relaxers, i prolly didnt need it, my mum was skeptical bout the makeup because we used to steal hers, but the point was my parents didnt see the point of us uisng makeup while still in high school. lol sis i'm telling yu, sometimes when we discuss, its like we are born from the same family, even we kids behave the same way, 2 boys 2 girls, lol, |
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iice (f)
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relaxers, i prolly didnt need it,
my mum was skeptical bout the makeup because we used to steal hers, but the point was my parents didnt see the point of us uisng makeup while still in high school.
lol sis i'm telling yu, sometimes when we discuss, its like we are born from the same family, even we kids behave the same way, 2 boys 2 girls, lol,
I was allowed to use make up and relaxer but it was my choice not to use themwasn't interested in them
Yes i sure say na from the same family una come fromcrazy people |
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Scarlett (f)
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Nice stories here.
Where i grew up in was a little estate, quite exclusive,
All the kids knew each other, the parents knew each other
we went to the same schools, dated each other, so it was very fun
i didn't interact too much with other people except with the drivers, cooks and all.
Until we went for college, in another country where we were exposed to lots of
other types of people. so i'd say they didn't allow us out of the estate but we could go out of the house.
The only bad thing about this, would be we could have turned out to be very snobbish
very uptight, pretentious even. there are some of my friends back then that i wouldn't want to hang out with now
because they seem to only have fun when they put other people down, its sad really.
In college, we were exposed to lots and with my nature i really blended in,
Coming back to Nigeria was also very eye opening, there seems to be a class thingy going on here
its very very questionable.
But all in all, growing up was fun!
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Guchis (f)
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Gosh! My dad takes the trophy for this one. Growing was fun to an extent but my dad takes the fun out of it more often than not. Not only were we not allowed going out, friends couldn't visit too!  We were left out in almost everything that was done both @school, church & in the neighborhood. Even to go downstairs and play with neighbors was a taboo. Anywhere he wasn't taking us to was a definite NO NO, and he never got the time to take us out because he was a banker. Getting him to consent to our attending a tutorial class (which was the norm then) was a Herculean task because he preferred a home tutor. Looking back now, i don't see how his confinement helped: my younger bro is still the most stubborn boy i've ever come across, my sis often times rebelled against him and i have this strained rtship with him now. If anything, it got us very close to our mom while been scared of him. |
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stillwater (f)
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Gosh! My dad takes the trophy for this one. Growing was fun to an extent but my dad takes the fun out of it more often than not. Not only were we not allowed going out, friends couldn't visit too! We were left out in almost everything that was done both @school, church & in the neighborhood. Even to go downstairs and play with neighbors was a taboo. Anywhere he wasn't taking us to was a definite NO NO, and he never got the time to take us out because he was a banker. Getting him to consent to our attending a tutorial class (which was the norm then) was a Herculean task because he preferred a home tutor. Looking back now, i don't see how his confinement helped: my younger bro is still the most stubborn boy i've ever come across, my sis often times rebelled against him and i have this strained rtship with him now. If anything, it got us very close to our mom while been scared of him. Wow your dad was something else. My dad was cool though pretty annoying in some way now  . My mom was the authoritarian then but now she's cool but my relationship with her is strained, mmmh!!!! |
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Guchis (f)
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Wow your dad was something else. My dad was cool though pretty annoying in some way now . My mom was the authoritarian then but now she's cool but my relationship with her is strained, mmmh!!!! I feel u girl. I think some of or parents consciously forget their kids will become adults someday. My dad isn't too happy with all the attention mom is getting from us now but love him as we do, the flow isn't just there. |
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nana (f)
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Nice stories. . .
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