Why Do Most Nigerians Abroad Feel Too Big (important)when They Come Here!

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TCUBE (m)
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Abroad Feel Too Big (important)when They Come Here!
« #32 on: July 21, 2008, 06:43 PM »

ask yourself,  how do u behave when someone comes from abroad?  i should feel important because I am and by the way, be yourself and stop acting like beggers when someone comes from abroad, that way, they wouldnt walk all over you.
naija_diva (f)
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Abroad Feel Too Big (important)when They Come Here!
« #33 on: July 21, 2008, 06:59 PM »

Quote from: TCUBE on July 21, 2008, 06:43 PM
ask yourself, how do u behave when someone comes from abroad? i should feel important because I am and by the way, be yourself and stop acting like beggers when someone comes from abroad, that way, they wouldnt walk all over you.

ok, a little harsh but anyways, sometimes i don't think they act like beggers but they don't expect you to be cheap when you give them a gift. i see how some africans here pack cookies and candies to take back home and expect nigerians to be excited about it. personally, i'll be offended because its like you're saying that i don't have anything so i should take what i see and be grateful with it.

there are some however that will ask for some outrageous things like i had uncles that will ask my mom to buy them a brand new laptop or car, seriously, money doesn't grow on trees. with all the media, they protray people from abroad to have large sums of money off the back and to be giving it away like its nothing.
ty4real (m)
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Abroad Feel Too Big (important)when They Come Here!
« #34 on: July 21, 2008, 09:34 PM »


Simple question requires simple answer! Smiley Smiley Smiley
Na you people make them feel big and na you dey come halla for hia,It amazes me that people in Nigeria will ask poeple in abroad to buy me next shirt when you are coming oo, buy me chocolates,infact buy me the queen or the president Grin Grin as if this things don't exist in Nigeria or someone coming home tells them I am coming for visit,con see request list,so tell me why wont they feel big when they arrive with all your orders even though they wont tell you that it was credit card that was mostly used in buying the stuffs.
Nigerians at home should get a life,when someone comes back from abroad,welcome him and give him a gift for coming back,that way they will feel small and you will tell them that you are also better foo staying in Nigeria E o tago Grin Grin Grin
lucabrasi (m)
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Abroad Feel Too Big (important)when They Come Here!
« #35 on: July 21, 2008, 09:41 PM »

@poster
don't mind them jare,its true even someone just back from china or south africa will be posing ans speaking fake phonetics,
anyone you know that spent less than 15 years abroad and speaking phonetics is faking it big time, for most of them i think its because for someone that never believed he llever travell out or who has not been travelling before its a massive deal to him or her
darkroll (m)
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Abroad Feel Too Big (important)when They Come Here!
« #36 on: July 22, 2008, 05:30 AM »

This topic reminds me of the last time i came to Nigeria , i was so excited to  visit nigeria and meet with some friends and families  so i made a big mistake by informing  some of them of my flight details. i recieved lot of calls from people (even names i cannot remenber again ) asking me to buy all sort for them (Mobile phones was the highest request , laptops , clothes , shoes  e.tc ) . i was shocked when i got to nigeria , first of all at the airport there were more than 20people to welcome me (i don't see any point for 20people to come welcome  me , i am not a GOD) , the other issue i had was hanging out with people or going to the market to buy things ( at the market if i bargain for price , my friend will tell me why am i barganing , u just came back from abroad and u barganing !) these is shocking to me , is it that people who live abroad and when they go back to Niger they don't bargain ?

I went out to check for the prices of the above items people asked me to buy for them (Mobile phones was the highest request , laptops , clothes , shoes  e.tc ) some of the items are even cheaper in Nigeria , I live in the Seychelles one of the most expensive place in the world , i did not buy some of the items i only bought things i could afford and things i thought they will  appreciate but the comment i got from some people is that people who live abroad are stingy and they feel too big .

My next trip to Nigeria i will just find one small hotel stay and spend time with close friends and families alone .

@ poster .
U people back home in Nigeria make them feel big when some of you guys treat them as GOD or GODESS , that is why some returnees just keep to them self and don't want to hang out with some people again
benincitys (f)
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Abroad Feel Too Big (important)when They Come Here!
« #37 on: July 22, 2008, 11:19 AM »

people back home make those abroad feel big.
londoner
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Abroad Feel Too Big (important)when They Come Here!
« #38 on: July 22, 2008, 12:06 PM »

I think too many people have a distorted view of what being abroad means. They equate it with having money, a never ending supply of it.

To be fair, they usually do the same to very rich Nigerians who have never left the country. The only difference is that they don't demand as much from him/her.

It would help if people didn't brag/pretend about how much they have in the first place though. You will find that many people nowadays travel to Nigeria without the knowledge of friends and family, or just a select few, simply because of the hassle and expectations of people there.

Its like you are not related to as a person, simply an opportunity or a bank.
adamsy07
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Abroad Feel Too Big (important)when They Come Here!
« #39 on: July 22, 2008, 06:22 PM »

i think it as to do with what u yourself think about people living abroad.
some people leaving at home ave inferiority complex,they feel people abroad behave special because they want to pick up fault from people leaving abroad.
let me share my experience,when last i was home i found out that many of my friends did not want to come close to me probably because they taught i would behave to big to them,but those i found around me knew i was the same person they ave known,so i can't beg people to come close to me or else they think u are showing off,and the truth is that the more people around u the more u spend.
another thing is that leaving abroad does not mean you are better then your coullegues,that my impression.
personaly i think is just about where God want each and one of us to make it.
u can make it in niger if u are destined and if u are destined abroad so be it.
we all miss home because no where like home.
jacq (f)
Re: Why Do Most Nigerians Abroad Feel Too Big (important)when They Come Here!
« #40 on: July 22, 2008, 06:57 PM »

@ OP take heart even here or the abroad where you have to work hard to pay what have to be paid
you still find some plenty naija men/women who thinks they re better than others,such people i avoid like the pest.
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