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The Boy Who Became a Man Too Early People often say a man is measured by how much responsibility he can carry. If that is true, then Chiagozie became a man long before he was ready. When his father died, he was only seventeen. While other boys worried about school, football, and girls, he worried about food. Hunger became a familiar visitor in his life. In the village, there was a forest filled with cashew trees. Every morning, Chiagozie and his younger brother would enter the forest carrying sacks. The cashews they gathered became the difference between eating and sleeping hungry. At an age when most teenagers depended on adults, he was helping to keep his family alive. His mother had travelled to Lagos in search of a better life, but things did not go as planned. When she returned, there was little money and many problems. The burden fell on young shoulders. Then hope arrived. His aunt called and offered to help him register for JAMB. She sent money, and for the first time in a long while, Chiagozie felt his future opening before him. He moved briefly to his father's family house, where he was treated with kindness. He ate well. He slept without worrying about the next meal. For the first time, life seemed normal. But the peace did not last. Old family conflicts resurfaced. His mother, still carrying years of anger toward his father's relatives, decided they would leave. She took him and his brother far away to Nsukka and cut off contact with the family members who wanted to support them. Chiagozie was young. He had no power to refuse. Instead of going to school, he was sent to serve under an oga. It was not the life he wanted. He obeyed because he believed it was the right thing to do. The little money he earned never stayed with him for long. His mother needed help. The family needed help. Sometimes a girlfriend needed help too. Before he knew it, he was carrying responsibilities that belonged to people much older than him. Years passed. Whenever money entered his hands, he shared it. Whenever there was work to do, he did it. Whenever the family needed support, he answered. Yet life has a cruel way of testing people. When his finances collapsed, the respect he once enjoyed seemed to disappear too. The same young man who had carried responsibilities for years suddenly found himself being called lazy, irresponsible, and "not man enough." One afternoon, while pounding dry cassava so the family could eat, he thought about everything he had sacrificed. Nobody complained when he did the work. Nobody asked why others were not helping. Another day, his mother called him outside to kill a cockroach. He refused because he was busy. What followed was not a simple argument. It became another reminder of how little his efforts seemed to matter. The words cut deeper than hunger ever could. "You don't know how to do things like a man." He heard the sentence many times. But what nobody seemed to ask was this: Who was carrying responsibilities when he was seventeen? Who entered forests searching for food? Who gave up opportunities and dreams for the sake of family? Who spent years putting others before himself? As time went on, Chiagozie began to understand something important. Being a man was not about killing cockroaches. It was not about doing every chore in the house. It was not about suffering silently while everyone else judged him. Being a man meant standing up after life knocked him down. It meant rebuilding when everything seemed lost. It meant refusing to let bitterness define the rest of his life. One day, he promised himself, the struggle would become a story. Not a story about poverty. Not a story about betrayal. But a story about survival. Because sometimes the strongest people are not the ones who never fall. They are the ones who keep moving forward even after carrying burdens that should never have been theirs to carry. |
yemmit90:You are a Manipulator |
gerizzim:I'm the same person.... Thanks |
2mch:Trust me my dad's side are far better than my mom's side... My mom's side have not given me a pin or supported me in any way, rather they're the one milking me through my mom.... When my dad was still alive, he'll send money to us , my mom will carry the money and give her my uncle without considering us her kids.... Since my dad died they never helped on bit, at least my dad's side are offering to help not like they're perfect but they offered and and she blocked it... This same woman always curse my late dad... The story deep pass wetin I type |
IFuckWell:Didn't u learn anything when u went to secondary school |
kodix:I will never ask for forgiveness |
Nice2023:Curse?? You think I'm scared of her curse, why haven't she blessed.e or her blessings worked.... Go warm eba chop abeg |
Foodqueen:She made me and my brother hate them, I don't even know where I'll start from reaching out to them |
This is long... My father died in 2017, I was 17years old and from that point, my life changed completely. I became the one carrying the responsibility of this family far earlier than I should have. When it was time for me to go to school, my late father’s family agreed to sponsor my education. Instead of supporting it, my mother blocked it completely. Because of the hatred she had for my father and his family, she rejected their help and continued to paint my father in a bad light even after his death. That decision alone altered the course of my life. Instead of school, she pushed me into serving an oga and learning sales against my will. I stayed there for about two years, and it did not work out. When I came back, I was 20 years old, already behind my mates. From there, I started working in factories, struggling to earn money and bring it home. I denied myself basic things I didn’t buy clothes, didn’t enjoy my youth everything went into the house. At some point, she even wanted to be holding my salary, controlling it completely. Eventually, I found a place where I started making a reasonable amount of money. At the time, where we were living was terrible, so with the little progress I made, I paid rent for a room-and-parlour apartment, bought furniture, bought her a big bed, bought a TV, and tried to give the family a better standard of living. I was 22 years old, doing all of this. I told my mother I wanted to save money and set myself up properly so I wouldn’t depend on one source of income forever. Instead of support, she insisted that I must “settle her” first before thinking about my future. When I told her I wanted to leave the house to seek greener pastures, she refused unless I gave her money. Eventually, I counted ₦300,000 and gave it to her to start a business. Mind you, at this point: I was handling feeding rent clothing and most household expenses My brother was contributing nothing, and I never complained or pressured anyone. I carried everything alone. Later, I lost my job and entered a broke phase again. I was still managing to make money online without structure, and we survived partly on the business I opened for her. That business eventually crashed, and as usual, she took no accountability for it. After that, she went fully into farming. I clearly told her I hate farming and begged her not to involve me in it. Despite that, she kept forcing me, threatening that if I didn’t help, I would not eat from the farm produce. This hurt me deeply, because when I was the one providing, I never once threatened my family with hunger. THE INCIDENT THAT LED TO EVERYTHING Today, she was pounding fufu. I was not in the mood and clearly told her I didn’t want to pound. I said she should find another means and I would help in other ways but pounding was a firm no. Her response was that I would not eat from the food. I stepped out to hustle for money as usual and came back later to eat. When I got to the kitchen, my mother stopped me from eating. At that point, everything inside me snapped. I told her that if I would not eat, then nobody would eat. In anger and frustration built over years, I carried the pot of soup and threw it away. She immediately started laying curses on me calling me a cursed child, saying I would never make it in life despite the fact that I have carried her and this family since my father died. After struggling over the pot, she ran outside, called neighbors, and threatened to have me arrested. She told everyone I was wicked and cursed. As usual, it was me against her and the world. The neighbors only saw an angry son, not the years of sacrifice behind it. She openly said she no longer wants anything to do with me. The painful irony is this: I am broke today largely because she has always made decisions for my life, blocked opportunities, and drained what little progress I made. My brother, who obeys everything she says, is also suffering silently but cannot speak. HOW I FEEL NOW I am exhausted. I feel used, manipulated, and painted as a villain. I feel like the more I sacrifice, the more control is taken from me. I am fed up. I don’t feel like I have a mother in this situation I feel like I have an opponent. |
Quite long... So, there's this my friend (male) since 10years now, he's the jovial type and social as well, but right now the friendship is sour. Last year, when I broke up with my ex, he was the so happy about it that he banters me any given chance he gets. I didn't see any fault with it because he warned me before entering the relationship. He introduced me to this girl(chi) from where he is serving so I got interested not because I wanted anything serious with the girl but my friend kept on Insisting dat I try her... So, I met the girl we got talking and she was a vibe ngl, my friend invited me to his place of service, I went and spent 2weeks there. Immediately I got to the town where he is serving he introduced me to the girl and we clicked almost immediately, this babe was so clingy and all dat, we got intimate, I was staying with my friend in his room while the babe has her own room with her roommate, so all of a sudden my guy hated this babe and started beefing her, I was surprised asking him what the problem was and he refused telling me. One day, on a Wednesday he told me he'll be expecting a girl to spend the night with him so I'll have to excuse him and go and stay in Chi's room, which was kinda disrespectful to me for the fact I am a guest here, after telling the rest of our guys in our group, I was persuaded to stay over in Chi's room so dat my guy will spend the night with his own guest, I agreed but on the condition that the next day he'll have to excuse me as well so that Chi will spend the night with me, he agreed. So, I went to Chi's room to sleep which was awkward to me but anyways I had sex with her that night and unfortunately for my friend his guest didn't let him have his way with her, which was funny... Now it was my turn to spend the night with Chi in his room, my guy refused after telling him I had sex with her, my friend swore on his life that he won't let Chi enter his room, Note; ( this was the girl he hyped and told me she was nice and good) still refused to tell me what his problem with the Chi is after I came. I was still in Ondo(my friend's state of service) 4days before my departure my friend stopped cooking with me, omo but I was still hanging out with the babe till my last day there, my friend refused to escort me to the park the morning I was going. On my way, my friend didn't call me once to know whether I am safe or not, he didn't. I got back to Lagos and still chat this girl as a friend, that day I went back to Lagos was the same day my friend too went back to Lagos. In our circle of friends and our group, this guy kept on saying horrible things about this girl, the most horrible words mehn, I now asked him "If you knew she was horrible, why did you introduce me to her", still no answer🤷🏾♂️. Now, on Christmas Day, we were hanging out and on our way to the bar, we passed my ex's house and my friend intentionally went to my ex's gate and banged on her gate causing a nuisance, I immediately made it known to him that I didn't like what he did, instead of him acknowledging what he did was wrong and uncalled for he started telling me I did him wrong in Ondo state when I came visiting, I was amazed and cold wondering what wrong I did to him in Ondo state... We fell out that day, and the rest of our guys we're asking him what wrong I did, he still wasn't making any sense, he refused to apologize for what he did dat day till today. So, unlike him I was worried and I decided to do my diggings, I had a long talk with Chi and asked him if she had any thing with my friend that I am not aware of and she told me my friend made a move on her for sex and relationship and she turned him down but he wasn't specific about what he really wanted with the girl and I felt used and betrayed but I lock up, nothing spoil *I DON COLLECT MY THREE POINTS* . I thought of everything and I realized what the problem was with him and the sudden hatred he grew for Chi... I was the problem. He had feelings for the girl and couldn't open up, he didn't even tell me his friends about the move he made on the girl, another question I asked myself was why did he invite me and linked me up with the girl in the first place, I've tried to make peace but he's gone cold with me because of this girl that I am not even dating because I told him I don't want a relationship with any girl, we've not spoken since December... I still talk with the girl actually no strings attached tho... Now, early this week the girl told me that my friend is now moving close to her again and acting all nice with her, he even asked her to come to his room and eat with him, saying he wants the friendship back with her like it was before I came into the picture or rather invited. Anyways, the friendship between me and my friend isn't like it was anymore and I don't really care again... |
Nnamdipapa: |
I appreciate everyone who contributed... I hate the family I came out from but it is what it is, once I have some available funds I'll leave the house to work on my growth, the responsibilities are too much... Thank you all |
[quote author=heykims post=135809967]Your focus seems to be NYSC and not really University education...... You re wrong... I want to study international finance |
Nemesis0147:Maybe I don't see it that way... But I'll kill dat inferiority complex... Thank you boss |
I am a 24 years old guy into business... So, I lost my dad at an early age when I was 17 about to enter the university but I couldn't anymore due to the death of my dad. That's when everything changed for the worst for me, I have only one brother and my mom, she's the emotional type so 2018 my aunty(dad's sister) told me to go and register for jamb which I did and I scored 256 then but the bad blood between my mom and dad's family made my mom cut all means of contact with my dad's family, instead she suggested i go and serve oga and learn a trade same 2018, so I moved from Enugu to Lagos around October 2018 to serve oga for 7years. I really wanted to go to school but I couldn't make decisions because I didn't want to go against my mom, unfortunately after 2years of service I left the trade back home in d same Lagos, I couldn't continue because they wanted to extend my service to 8 years which I told my mom I won't serve anyone for 8years... I came back home broke to the bone, 2021 I had nothing, I did different jobs to survive because my mom isn't buoyant too and she's not really the hustling type, around August I stumbled upon a business, building materials around where I lived so I started doing sales boy for this woman from 2021, mind you we were dirt poor very poor as at that time, I was working for this woman without pay for the first 4 months but she gave me cash like 2k , 3k almost everyday which was huge for me then... B4 Christmas I linked up with my secondary school classmates and they were all in school, four of them they asked me due to shame I told them I am also in school, that was a lie but I didn't want them to know I didn't enter the university, and I kept this lie till now... After 2years with this woman around 2024 I left her shop and started trading the building materials business on my own and I don't even have a shop, the little money I was making during my 2years stay working for this woman I spent everything on my family, feeding, clothing because we had little to no clothes, shelter( we were paying rent and our rent is 250k and all on me) my mom and bro contributed nothing, since 2021 I have been carrying my family 99% of everything in the house are on me, I feel angry sometimes because it is kinda stopping me from achieving what I want to achieve, I told my mom I'll have to leave dem and pursue my path because the responsibilities are suppressing me, we fought about it she said I will not leave until I settle her which I did, I gave her 300k which I saved up, I gave to her to start a business so she can help reduce the burden, she traded for few months and the money just vanished... Now, I am 24 and still doing my business which isn't too profitable and I am still shouldering the responsibilities in the house and my classmates are all doing their NYSC while I am stuck here... They keep asking me when I'll go for service but they don't know I didn't even attend the university, I am so sad about how my life played out and I have no one to help me I am doing all these by myself still catering for my family, anytime I discuss with my mom she'll tell me God's time is the best but she was the number cause of all these, I am still with her because I don't even have the money to move away, and I really want to attend the university and go for NYSC I am 24 turning 25 this year and I feel it's too late to do that... I plan on writing jamb next year can I still make it to become a graduate and serve my country... |
drmuri:Same with the food we eat as well... Maybe we will stop eating as well |
MondayOmoAdugbo:Clean am well... I still dey see d catarrh |
MondayOmoAdugbo:Clean ur catarrh... U go dey alright ![]() |
MondayOmoAdugbo:Uncle, I no force ur papa to read ![]() |
Quite long... So, there's this my friend (male) since 10years now, he's the jovial type and social as well, but right now the friendship is sour. Last year, when I broke up with my ex, he was the so happy about it that he banters me any given chance he gets. I didn't see any fault with it because he warned me before entering the relationship. He introduced me to this girl(chi) from where he is serving so I got interested not because I wanted anything serious with the girl but my friend kept on Insisting dat I try her... So, I met the girl we got talking and she was a vibe ngl, my friend invited me to his place of service, I went and spent 2weeks there. Immediately I got to the town where he is serving he introduced me to the girl and we clicked almost immediately, this babe was so clingy and all dat, we got intimate, I was staying with my friend in his room while the babe has her own room with her roommate, so all of a sudden my guy hated this babe and started beefing her, I was surprised asking him what the problem was and he refused telling me. One day, on a Wednesday he told me he'll be expecting a girl to spend the night with him so I'll have to excuse him and go and stay in Chi's room, which was kinda disrespectful to me for the fact I am a guest here, after telling the rest of our guys in our group, I was persuaded to stay over in Chi's room so dat my guy will spend the night with his own guest, I agreed but on the condition that the next day he'll have to excuse me as well so that Chi will spend the night with me, he agreed. So, I went to Chi's room to sleep which was awkward to me but anyways I had sex with her that night and unfortunately for my friend his guest didn't let him have his way with her, which was funny... Now it was my turn to spend the night with Chi in his room, my guy refused after telling him I had sex with her, my friend swore on his life that he won't let Chi enter his room, Note; ( this was the girl he hyped and told me she was nice and good) still refused to tell me what his problem with the Chi is after I came. I was still in Ondo(my friend's state of service) 4days before my departure my friend stopped cooking with me, omo but I was still hanging out with the babe till my last day there, my friend refused to escort me to the park the morning I was going. On my way, my friend didn't call me once to know whether I am safe or not, he didn't. I got back to Lagos and still chat this girl as a friend, that day I went back to Lagos was the same day my friend too went back to Lagos. In our circle of friends and our group, this guy kept on saying horrible things about this girl, the most horrible words mehn, I now asked him "If you knew she was horrible, why did you introduce me to her", still no answer🤷🏾♂️. Now, on Christmas Day, we were hanging out and on our way to the bar, we passed my ex's house and my friend intentionally went to my ex's gate and banged on her gate causing a nuisance, I immediately made it known to him that I didn't like what he did, instead of him acknowledging what he did was wrong and uncalled for he started telling me I did him wrong in Ondo state when I came visiting, I was amazed and cold wondering what wrong I did to him in Ondo state... We fell out that day, and the rest of our guys we're asking him what wrong I did, he still wasn't making any sense, he refused to apologize for what he did dat day till today. So, unlike him I was worried and I decided to do my diggings, I had a long talk with Chi and asked him if she had any thing with my friend that I am not aware of and she told me my friend made a move on her for sex and relationship and she turned him down but he wasn't specific about what he really wanted with the girl and I felt used and betrayed but I lock up, nothing spoil *I DON COLLECT MY THREE POINTS* . I thought of everything and I realized what the problem was with him and the sudden hatred he grew for Chi... I was the problem. He had feelings for the girl and couldn't open up, he didn't even tell me his friends about the move he made on the girl, another question I asked myself was why did he invite me and linked me up with the girl in the first place, I've tried to make peace but he's gone cold with me because of this girl that I am not even dating because I told him I don't want a relationship with any girl, we've not spoken since December... I still talk with the girl actually no strings attached tho... Now, early this week the girl told me that my friend is now moving close to her again and acting all nice with her, he even asked her to come to his room and eat with him, saying he wants the friendship back with her like it was before I came into the picture or rather invited. Anyways, the friendship between me and my friend isn't like it was anymore and I don't really care again... Saw jealousy in him and I don't welcome that... The End |
[quote author=Edojoma post=133105369][/quote]You go dey alright... You are really unhappy 😂😂😂😂... Bastard |
Edojoma:Ur mumu still dey smell... U bastardized saddist... If u are pained I am not the cause of ur predicament, and I didn't drop this story for dead brains like you😂... Ogun Kee u and ur mama for this stupid comment... Next time, you shut up if u don't have anything to say... No be ur papa get Nairaland... Dead human being... Walking dead dat has not experienced happiness for once in its miserable life because u are definitely a thing not a person... Bastard |
Edojoma:Ur mumu still dey smell 👃... Idiot |
Tallesty1:I am moving on but I always check who views my status even before I broke up with her, how is dat a yardstick... Nawa for una sha... Make I no look people wey view my status 😂... Okay... I don't block my exes... My other exes I still have their contacts till today and they all view my status... So, knowing who views my status doesn't mean anything... For 2months I didn't notice it was recently I found out she's always d first to view, and she called me three times in which I didn't pick up, so how am not moving on Read to understand pls |
kingbee90:Read to understand next time... Thank you |
I broke up with my ex 3months ago and it has not been easy for me emotionally, but I just had to break up with her because she was wrong in all aspects and I couldn't continue the relationship any longer... So after the break up, 3 days after we broke up she posted a guy on her status and she has been doing dat... She posts different boys and those stuff... So, 2weeks after the breakuo, I stopped viewing her status and decided to move on and distract myself and which is working for me, I decided to travel to osun state to meet a friend for like 2weeks to distract myself .. But, me thinking dat my ex has moved on or she moved on faster that's what I thought... But, since we broke up she views my status everyday and she views dem like d speed of light... Immediately I make a post on WhatsApp, she's always the first to view it... She also used her mom's phone to call me 2weeks ago, she called me three times but I didn't pick up because I am already moving on... Pls, what does it mean if my ex views my status immediately I post every single time... |
imagrg:u are dull |
papyjaypaul:Our dad is late and my one of my uncles already agreed with it... But, my mom is still kicking against it |
My people, I am.bothered about the decision my sister is taking... This is my twin sister she is 23years old... I am here in Lagos while she is schooling in Enugu... Now, she called our mom telling her dat she has found someone who wants to marry her, we were happy, I didn't have any problem with that... You know on a norms, I asked my sister about this man and what I heard didn't sit well with me at all... I am among those guys dat believe in a good healthy relationship dat grows with positivity I am against gold digging... But, unfortunately my blood sister is exhibiting gold digging. The man in question she wants to marry is a man who is not fully separated from his wife and this man is in his 40s and has three kids already, but he is rich and that was what attracted my sister to him I know, but I am not in support... My mom as well is not in support, our younger bro is also not in support, but my sister has made up her mind🤦🏾♂️... She doesn't know what she is getting herself into... Omo, naija girls sha |
Double0h7:Your brain isn't braining at all... Foolish talk |
including you storyteller!!

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