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Walking away from a five year relationship because I realized I deserved better

Glad to see another part, although I abandoned the dream for masters

First time I went on such a date was in Europe, my legs hear am sha �

So somebody married this one as 'horseband'

The mind boggles

This is really graphic

I will not advise you to block them, grow a spine and make sure your no means no.

My family members already know me for that one, I will never put myself in debt to sort out anybody's needs. If I cannot afford it, I cannot afford it, shikena.

Never have, never will. If it's meant to be it will be

How some people entangle themselves in this kind of bizarre situationships sha

Opinions are like buttholes, everyone has them

I moved out of Nigeria

KingLennon:

All fingers are not the same. For the fact that you have a good grasp of English doesn't mean everyone will be like you. The sky is always big enough for both the eagle and the pigeon to fly...

I wasn't mocking him, just stating what I saw in the write-up

HenryDion:


You're in hell already - Nigeria

I'm not in Nigeria

MrMacinterchi1:

Add it to your collections for future reference.

I will

MrMacinterchi1:
no be only redundancy.
did it affect the Grammer?. That's what you should be worried about.
chill out.

It 'did' to me

KingLennon:

Did u need to remind him that you've never seen anyone use 'did' like he did? Nigerians and their 'I too know' mentality

Yes, I absolutely DID

ernietime:
So in this whole write up... its the "did" for you....

It is really

HenryDion:


You that got F9 in English is now teaching us what redundancy is?

Please park well before I mean business!

Besides, your use of punctuation is appalling!!

Lol, go to hell.

Contango:


You're being unnecessarily pedantic and if you must know, using same words many times is not redundancy in grammar. Redundancy is when you use a word, however few, that will not improve on or detract from the idea being communicated in a sentence if removed.

But nonetheless, as far as communication is made, who cares if 90% of the words are repetitive? Stop complicating issues for yourself!

@Op, If everthing you narrated is true, then I think you are better off without her.

His choice of words made the post incoherent to me, couldn't help but point out the obvious

GeneralPula:


But he used all the did correctly..

And redundant is when you kept on repeating words without making any meaning... Dude’s making sense in this case momma..

He didn't make sense to me, what happened to using the end or d form of showing past tense

Virus99:


So out of the whole thing na weyting you see be that ?
Ode
You are not "A babe and a half" you're just "a half" of whatever you are

And POC, he's right in his use of did

For example where he said "I did play with..." It's his tone and mood. And it shows, admittance, confession and remorsfulness for what he has done.

Find your English teachers and get refund for your school fee. They did a terrible job.

You're dumb and bitter

mrblessed:
Wow! You are good. I'm impressed. I thought you would flare up at seeing my request.

Thank you, I try

mrblessed:
Fair enough. Will you be kind enough to disclose at least two of these "lots of ways to show past tense in a write-up" to people like me and the Op to enable us to write better in the future?

We did went our seperate ways at the airport, and ever since then, we were always on calls. I did notice(d) later that I did most of the calling, and as time went on as it must, the regular calls became once in a while, and soon, it became longer.

I did play(ed) a little with other girls and tried getting into a relationship with others, but it just didn't work out.

Some areas where using 'did' seems redundant, there are lots of instances like these throughout the write-up

mrblessed:
it's precisely because he has a good mastery of the English language. His near-perfect understanding of the language made me to initially doubt the veracity of the story. It's also because he is narrating a past event.

There's such a thing called redundancy, when you repeat a word or phrase a lot of times, it becomes redundant. There are lots of ways to show past tense in a write-up without slamming 'did' in every sentence

Never seen someone use 'did' like you 'did' throughout the write-up

Cousin9999:


You mean like America where some people lose their house for life-saving treatment for their kid, get bizarre surprise med bills, or can't afford critical medication?

I specifically said abroad make of that what you will