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Moyola (f)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #256 on: July 13, 2008, 11:07 PM »

off topic!! Huh

@ gabrywyl
fanx 4 d reply about chinese marryin their relatives Wink
gabrywyl (f)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #257 on: July 14, 2008, 04:28 AM »

Quote from: Moyola on July 13, 2008, 11:07 PM
off topic!! Huh

@ gabrywyl
fanx 4 d reply about chinese marryin their relatives Wink

Yeap. Thats what I'm trying to say but I replied for courtesy sake.  Grin

No probs girl  Cool
WendyRao
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #258 on: July 14, 2008, 07:11 AM »

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WendyRao quote :- -----Be Frankly,those my girls with nigerian guys,they are all kind to me,we stay friendly,but some of them do not have stable work,might be because they do not have good certificate(I mean Good Education)/, and then they do not have a skill for life, So basic on this condistion,how are they going to to survie, I think possibly basic on boyfriend,

Ohhhh. . . . Ok I misunderstood you. So you mean your friends had to depend on their Nigerian boyfriends to survive just because they cannot earn a living on their own? Well. . . . I think that is a shame and I hope they don’t fall in love for the money and to survive but for real true love.


-----I think Not Exactltly Mean they are depends on their boyfriends,basically speaking,each couple has their own style to be togerther,so I think my friends with their boyfirends,they are working together to make money,thats different from me and my boyfreind,as we are working seperately,as he has his own business ,I myself running my own business,bu when he needed,I do him a favor/help me in business,most of them concerning with translating,as he is a foreigner do not know chinese well, its normal happened that he  can not communicate with suppliers as well,

So thats brings somebody would forget the time even do not care whether am sleeping, just as his own wish  make a  call for asking"Baby,Please can you tell me how to say, In chinese, "?---But anyhow its ok,always happy to hear from him:)


WendyRao
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #259 on: July 14, 2008, 07:28 AM »

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WendyRao quote :- ---Forget to tell you,when we move out for shopping,I used to rmber buy something for him/his parents/sister, as he did used to think of me/my parents/brother:)

That’s very thoughtful of you and yes, its also for courtesy. We Asians should be like that. Its part of our culture.

---See Wendy REplied:

Hehe, SHaring some sweet story here, when he decide back to visit his people,we used to go shopping preparing gifts for them(from newly borned baby to old papa), when he back to china bring special food and custume(His sister/mother said he MUST bring back for me,and helped him packed inside luggage, ),



Sorry,I realy would like to type more here,but working just busy like that, wau, Sad
maybe next time,






AshtonJake (m)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #260 on: July 16, 2008, 03:41 AM »

OH MY GOD Wendy. . . . I'm so sorry to say this but the way you type in here, people will get confuse with your story as it is very misleading. Why don't you talk to your fellow friends whom dated Nigerian guys  so that you could talk to them and express to them in Chinese? Cause I think you are confusing Gabby as well and she misundestood you so many times and now I think she also  still misunderstood you (Can see it by reading her post and your post). I wonder how your boyfriend understands you? Can he talk in Chinese?  Undecided  Huh
WendyRao
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #261 on: July 16, 2008, 04:48 AM »

Quote from: AshtonJake on July 16, 2008, 03:41 AM
OH MY GOD Wendy. . . . I'm so sorry to say this but the way you type in here, people will get confuse with your story as it is very misleading. Why don't you talk to your fellow friends whom dated Nigerian guys  so that you could talk to them and express to them in Chinese? Cause I think you are confusing Gabby as well and she misundestood you so many times and now I think she also  still misunderstood you (Can see it by reading her post and your post). I wonder how your boyfriend understands you? Can he talk in Chinese?  Undecided  Huh


---1.Thanks for your open/Straight talking,
Yes,I see my explaining in english seems not so good, But I think if you have mind to read it well,Try to understand,You wil understand it more or less, Ok?

----2.Me and my boyfriends,we communicate in English as well, but sometimes we joke in Chinese,
Basically speaking,I think he can understand me well as we has been together for a while,

----3.Am here,Never Expect Everybody to understand/Know what am talking,
But whomever give me a reply basic on what i post I would be great pleased and thank to them.
For those whom can not understand even ignore my post,I Dont care,


Thats All!!






olrotimi (m)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #262 on: July 16, 2008, 04:53 AM »

yes thats all Angry
WendyRao
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #263 on: July 16, 2008, 04:56 AM »

Quote from: olrotimi on July 16, 2008, 04:53 AM
yes thats all Angry

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gabrywyl (f)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #264 on: July 16, 2008, 05:41 AM »

Quote from: AshtonJake on July 16, 2008, 03:41 AM
OH MY GOD Wendy. . . . I'm so sorry to say this but the way you type in here, people will get confuse with your story as it is very misleading. Why don't you talk to your fellow friends whom dated Nigerian guys so that you could talk to them and express to them in Chinese? Cause I think you are confusing Gabby as well and she misundestood you so many times and now I think she also still misunderstood you (Can see it by reading her post and your post). I wonder how your boyfriend understands you? Can he talk in Chinese? Undecided Huh

JAKE. . . . HOW MEAN AND RUDE. . . .  Do you even see yourself? Dude, I completely understand what Wendy has to say so if you don't understand, why don't you go to the next thread? Bro, I'm actually surprise, speechless and dissapointed with you cause I know you too well. You're not this kind of guy. . . Hmm!  Angry
WendyRao
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #265 on: July 19, 2008, 02:09 AM »


  Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #265 on: July 16, 2008, 05:41 AM » 

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Quote from: AshtonJake on July 16, 2008, 03:41 AM
OH MY GOD Wendy. . . . I'm so sorry to say this but the way you type in here, people will get confuse with your story as it is very misleading. Why don't you talk to your fellow friends whom dated Nigerian guys so that you could talk to them and express to them in Chinese? Cause I think you are confusing Gabby as well and she misundestood you so many times and now I think she also still misunderstood you (Can see it by reading her post and your post). I wonder how your boyfriend understands you? Can he talk in Chinese? 


JAKE. . . . HOW MEAN AND RUDE. . . .  Do you even see yourself? Dude, I completely understand what Wendy has to say so if you don't understand, why don't you go to the next thread? Bro, I'm actually surprise, speechless and dissapointed with you cause I know you too well. You're not this kind of guy. . . Hmm!   




--------------Grabby,Just Thinking when he was typing here,possibily he was  drunk, Smiley Cool
gabrywyl (f)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #266 on: July 21, 2008, 01:40 AM »

Hey Wendy, I havent heard from you in a long time. How are you? How is your relationship with your boyfriend going on? The last I heard, it is doing fine so I hope that it will maintain that way.

Wink All the best sister.
WendyRao
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #267 on: July 23, 2008, 05:07 AM »

Hi gabrywyl

Because of Peak Season for delviery,
So has been busy for a while did not come here,


He called me to be his city by this weekend,
I DOnt think I would have time ,
Maybe he will come over my side,


Thats All, Thank for care My Dear Sister/Friend,


Good Luck to you!
Wendy
AshtonJake (m)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #268 on: July 23, 2008, 05:21 AM »

Quote from: WendyRao on July 23, 2008, 05:07 AM
Hi gabrywyl

Because of Peak Season for delviery,
So has been busy for a while did not come here,


He called me to be his city by this weekend,
I DOnt think I would have time ,
Maybe he will come over my side,


Thats All, Thank for care My Dear Sister/Friend,


Good Luck to you!
Wendy

You wait for him to come and you wont go there therefore he will surely  be sleeping around girl . . . .  Undecided  Lips sealed

Good luck to you.  Cry
WendyRao
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #269 on: July 23, 2008, 08:29 AM »

Quote from: AshtonJake on July 23, 2008, 05:21 AM
You wait for him to come and you wont go there therefore he will surely  be sleeping around girl . . . .  Undecided  Lips sealed

Good luck to you.  Cry



Is that Hows you Used to  deal with your girlfriend?
WendyRao
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #270 on: July 23, 2008, 08:41 AM »

AshtonJake,

I Dont think thats your Own Pic in your Profile,

The Face Looks like thats an italian, OOOOOOOOOOOOO

Becuase we are doing business with Italian guys,


gabrywyl (f)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #271 on: July 23, 2008, 09:43 AM »

JAKE!!! SHUT IT OR ILL MAKE SURE YOU DONT COME VISIT ME!!!

Sorry Wendy, sometimes he can be very boyish. . . . . Ignore him girl. And also because of his attitude, thats why he doesn have no girlfriend. Oh and he is Spanish but he lives in Italy.
WendyRao
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #272 on: July 23, 2008, 09:46 AM »

Haha ,
Gabby Thank you!!!


Noted that he is Spanish ,
timmfikk (m)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #273 on: July 24, 2008, 12:09 PM »

Hey, well to my own view,  I think its not a bad idea that a man is calling her woman mom or mama or whatever,  all i know is that it must be that he is in a kind of good or great mood, which will make him do that,  such as feeling so much excited on a particular project or something else such as getting a promotion or the wife give birth to his desired choice,  and so on, and also  it has to do with the act of african man and american as well, i have been able to hear many american saying hello ma'm or something like mama,

To me, mom/mama means samething
Mom---old school
MaMa---old school

So i think any one can really feel great and cool among you ma'm s if your man call you such a name. Its showing a great honour to you and also showing he loves you more than you ever thought.

@Gabrywyl,  your man is showing it to you that he is a great african man, and he also understand the word africa and thats why he is cheering you up all time with the word mama,

@Ibkhaye,  well i think every woman or lady have a choice of theirs, what you need to do is tell your man you always enjoy it when ever you are called with the name"babie mi" and i believe he will understand but i want you to know there is no problem with the word mom or mama its all about encouraging and cheering you guys, ladies or womans of these world will always be the mom or mama to guys whenever till eternity thats their position in life.
ibkaye (f)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #274 on: July 24, 2008, 12:10 PM »

@timmfikk
it's just weird
timmfikk (m)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #275 on: July 24, 2008, 01:30 PM »

Yea, you might said so,  thats a little bit to your own opinion but average Nigerian do like there man to call them such a name,  alright tell me what you felt with the word you said you like babie mi


Also can't believe your post 6666 was to timmfikk, uhmmm hope gabrywyl won't come out with another fishy word , hehehehehe Grin
gabrywyl (f)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #276 on: July 24, 2008, 06:41 PM »

Hey Tim,
Nice to see ya in here. My boyfriend no more calls me mom anymore. Now he calls me Iyawo. I ask him what does it means and he refuse to tell me and just smiled. Even his friends did not want to tell me so maybe it means mom as well but in some Naija language??? What does it mean? Do you know?


Hey, since when I came out with a fishy word Huh
Scopium (m)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #277 on: July 24, 2008, 09:03 PM »

It sounds stupid to me. I don't do it. I can be like Sawyer in LOST if I really like you and call you lots of nicknames. Nicknames where darling, honey, sweety, etc won't even show up
sistawoman (f)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #278 on: July 24, 2008, 09:50 PM »

Quote from: gabrywyl on July 24, 2008, 06:41 PM
Hey Tim,
Nice to see ya in here. My boyfriend no more calls me mom anymore. Now he calls me Iyawo. I ask him what does it means and he refuse to tell me and just smiled. Even his friends did not want to tell me so maybe it means mom as well but in some Naija language??? What does it mean? Do you know?


Hey, since when I came out with a fishy word Huh

It means wife.
timmfikk (m)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #279 on: July 25, 2008, 02:41 AM »

@sistawoman,  thanks for helping out


@Gabrywyl,  don't mind me so much, we have always know when we are both upto something,  i am still looking forward to some revelations from u,

gat it,  Kiss
gabrywyl (f)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #280 on: July 25, 2008, 04:05 AM »

Quote from: sistawoman on July 24, 2008, 09:50 PM
It means wife.

WIFE Huh Huh Huh OH NOOOO This is bad. . . . .  Lips sealed

Ok that explains why all his friends are laughing everytime he says it. . . .

Quote from: timmfikk on July 25, 2008, 02:41 AM
@sistawoman, thanks for helping out


@Gabrywyl, don't mind me so much, we have always know when we are both upto something, i am still looking forward to some revelations from u,
gat it, Kiss

Yes sure Bro but you always dissapear into thin air ohhh. . . . How can I catch you?  Grin

And what type of revelations are looking forward to hear from me?

baby4u2 (f)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #281 on: July 25, 2008, 05:37 AM »

Anyway back to topic. Why is that we ask nigerians to be creative and stop copying then they form "mom" as nick name for their girlfriends. Am shocked. I've been passing this topic since cause i thot the question was stupid not knowing it was really true. Nigerians leave mom for mothers now. Guys you can't even find something better, then some girls your allowing it. Meanwhile in america they don't call their girlfriends mom infact we never hear am here oh. so some people should stop saying false stories.
gabrywyl (f)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #282 on: July 25, 2008, 05:40 AM »

Quote from: baby4u2 on July 25, 2008, 05:37 AM
Anyway back to topic. Why is that we ask nigerians to be creative and stop copying then they form "mom" as nick name for their girlfriends. Am shocked. I've been passing this topic since cause i thot the question was stupid not knowing it was really true. Nigerians leave mom for mothers now. Guys you can't even find something better, then some girls your allowing it. Meanwhile in america they don't call their girlfriends mom infact we never hear am here oh. so some people should stop saying false stories.

HAHAH!  Grin  Grin  Grin
timmfikk (m)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #283 on: July 25, 2008, 06:55 PM »

@Baby4u2


Here we come with another lie,  Don't tell me its not said in the State, you will only tell us you never come across it,  okay thats the point of correction i need to do in your post,  more so, its really not new that babes are called mom, ask someone who knows better right from the beginning of the world is been happening and it will do continue, either we support it or not,  there are other people out there who do always support such an idea. ok. Lips sealed
sistawoman (f)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #284 on: July 25, 2008, 06:59 PM »

Quote from: gabrywyl on July 25, 2008, 04:05 AM
WIFE Huh Huh Huh OH NOOOO This is bad. . . . .  Lips sealed

Ok that explains why all his friends are laughing everytime he says it. . . .


What is wrong with that?  do you not see him as a future o'ko' ( please forgive me if the accents are not correct)

timmfikk (m)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #285 on: July 25, 2008, 07:02 PM »

@Gabrywyl,

You should be proud of that,  so whats the problem with it, well they are laughing because they are happy for you. thats all i can say about them laughing
gabrywyl (f)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #286 on: July 25, 2008, 07:07 PM »

Well, I think it has to do with the cultural differences. I remembered my boyfriend told me that to him, he says that after one year of knowing each other and the both happen to love each other, both will get engage and than marriage after that. But when dating, the guy would call their girl Mom and African queen and all these names but for my culture, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years is too short. It take a couple at least 5 years to know each other before declaring each other as husband and wife. Thats why most of us get married quite late.

I am flattered that he called me his wife but its a culture shock and I never knew of a guy wanting to be so commited to a relationship?  Undecided
timmfikk (m)
Re: Is It Normal For Nigerian Men To Call Their Girlfriends "Mom"?
« #287 on: July 25, 2008, 07:14 PM »

@Gabrywyl,  So many people also support the idea of 3-5 years over here as well i have heard of people whom their was 9 good years, so its not a big deal shey,  but also some do go for a shorter year due to the age or being so close and wealthy which do end up in divorce after 4-6 years of marriage.
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