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Submit coo, turn in nee. Na paper them dey submit or what? Nobody is yet to explain to me what is meant by 'submit'. Pheww, Roflmcao.

L0L, umm, I wouldn't use the word 'feminist' to describe myself. Maybe 'gutsy'. Feministic held it down because she replied all ur posts wisely. That means I'm a feminist?

L0L, it's true now! I personally don't wanna marry a Nigerian dude living in Nigeria. it has nothing to do with money or promiscuity. It's my personal preference, right?? Since y'all say it's a matter of preference.

Ha, ain't nothing more for me to post. Feministic held it down for real.

[Quote] If you are a girl living abroad, you may be better off with a guy abroad because a guy at home may not resonate at the same frequency with you except you are willing to adjust.[/quote]Yes, you are very right!!

So, as y'all can see, some Nigerian girls living abroad do not want to marry Nigerian guys living in Nigeria. Their own preference!

Damn! I can't even reply Cuz people keep posting and posting! Una get time oo.

@$$Rhino, I know both husband and wife own the house but a man won't ask for permission from his wife before letting someone visit, right?? Besides, what kind@ visitor are we talking bout here? You mean a woman has to call her husband before her girl friend visits?? Na wa ooo!!

@HCH3COO, I can't answer you right now Cuz am at work besides it's tedious postin with my phone. I'm sure you get what I meant. U just like 2 ask too many questions.

Damn! I can't even reply Cuz people keep posting and posting! Una get time oo.

@$$Rhino, I know both husband and wife own the house but a man won't ask for permission from his wife before letting someone visit, right?? Besides, what kind@ visitor are we talking bout here? You mean a woman has to call her husband before her girl friend visits?? Na wa ooo!!

@HCH3COO, I can't answer you right now Cuz am at work besides it's tedious postin with my phone. I'm sure you get what I meant. U just like 2 ask too many questions.

[Quote]
here is an example:
you are home and your husband isnt home and someone called that they want to come over, you ought to call your husband to make sure it is aiight first and you just don't go ahead and make such decision, because he is the head of the house.
You don't go around and just doing anything you feel like because you can afford it, because all decision ought to come via him.
please don't misunderstand me oh, if his reasonsing is not that good, like if he is such that don't even know how to take care of money, u cld help him out and still not that you will rub it to his face, but to complete him[/quote]Hmm, interesting! Take a look at the highlighted text. Since when did naija people start callin people before coming to their house? Matter of fact, very few Nigerians do! That is a western thing, which I think is a very good thing Cuz you just don't go to people's houses anytime you please. But I totally disagree with you that a woman has to call her husband to confirm whether or not to let the visitor in.

See, people cause problems for themselves and they go about blaming western culture. Look at it this way, if a woman's inlaws call to say they'd be visiting and the woman tells them that she has to get back to them after she has asked her husband, the inlaws would most likely not believe that crap. They'd feel that she's being disrespectful to them, the people who raised her husband. They'd say so many horrible things about her, making the woman feel guilty. And guess what! Most of the time, the man rarely stands up to his parents and vouch for his wife.

Hence, she'll be portrayed a bad woman and the parents pressure the husband into leaving her. This is all due to ur so-called submission. Now, my example is based on a Nigerian level anywayz but honestly, I think the situation u put forward can only occur if the woman is a house wife. That is exactly the points people have been making here- those naija men who prefer to go home to marry are INTIMIDATED! They want someone who'd be completely DEPENDENT on them.

Shit! I don't usually post in this romance section, I thot this topic was under 'family'. I'm gonna reply anywayz.

Wait!, I'm yet to understand what y'all mean by 'submitting' to your husband. Can somebody give me examples of how a woman can 'submit' to her husband? Maybe, I can actually reply this topic Cuz right now, am seeing loads of BS.

Pheww, long-ass posts indeed! But I read 'em all. Una don try!

Umm, it's a nice show but I gotta say that the characters aren't that funny. Tyler perry is fond of getting cheap skate actors in his productions and they usually portray the same stereotypes being made about blacks!

Ok, I was shocked to see Rudy Huxtable(Keisha knight Pulliam) from the cosby show on 'house of payne'. Dang! She ain't getting no more jobs or what?? to stoop to acting in a sitcom and a low budget one at that Cuz I don't think many people watch that show.

Ok, I've criticized the show in every way possible - I like the show(don't get me wrong) but they need to step their game up! It's really not that funny. What's funny is how fat aunty Ella and her husband are._{lips sealed.}

Hahahaha, what a buncha clowns!!

Yeah, sure.

Yeah, maybe.

Blondie?? Nah, am far from that. Do I really gotta explain this? Here I go, I confuse myself by callin one thing another. When I'm thinkin 'tv shows' or 'comedy', am typing 'soaps'. Just like I confuse martin lawrence with Eddie murphy. I call the former d latter and vice-versa. I dunno why but I think martin looks like an Eddie and Eddie looks like a Martin. Weird, right?

I didn't know guys watch soaps. Anywayz, I confuse myself. I grew up watching soaps: passions, the young and the restless, ER, etc now, I don't watch 'em any more but I call comedy soaps still.

Oops, I don't watch any of those. General hospital*. . . .been a long time.

Did I say soaps?? I meant TV shows, comedy! What was I thinkin?

[Quote]. Shiest is the superlative of shy.[/quote]aiight, thanks!


[Quote] The same American kids who were smart when little grew up to do the stupidest of things, so you should think of another method of proving that Americans are superior because this one isnt' working o.[/quote]Okk, you got me on that one. Haha, Lindsay Lohan.

[Quote] anyway let's talk of the stuff that actually interests you . . .
which soaps do you watch? AMC, OLTL, GH . . . ?[/quote]What are those? Sorry, you're going to have to write those in full Cuz am not used to using acronyms for soaps. Hehehe.

[Quote]Abeg ooo no make me laugh here jare. . We are here chatting about being street-smart and you are discussing movies. Let's save nollywood episodes for another thread jor.[/quote]Hahaha, ok.

[Quote] Maybe it boils down to the way one is brought up or it boils down to your talents as an actor. The FEW you have watched. Also speaking from experience, the many I have watched had kids who eased into acting and in my opinion perfected the roles assigned to them. I am with you that acting in Nigeria can be awful at times but I don't see how that measures your ability to speak out when you need to or your street smarts. Also remember that actors make up a minute percentage of the overall population. Not all American kids act just like not all Nigerian kids act[/quote]Ha, the few I've watched is enough for me to know, please. The shy-est(is that a word?) or most reserved American kid actor can still not be compared to the Nigerian one, I'm sorry but it's true. I don't even watch much American movies either, am more into soaps. So, forget d population thingy. I think they're pretty equal in this case as I don't know much American kid actors either.


[Quote]You are contradicting yourself. you said you don't believe it works then you said it works sometimes. Of course it works and I speak from experience. It may not work on everybody, but that shouldn't be misinterpreted as not working at all[/quote]Dude, you get my point, that's all that matters. The contradicting thingy was an error because I was posting in a rush.

The video is on the internet, onlinenigeria.com/video. My sis was watching it like a month ago. I tried 2 watch it with her but they pissed me off so bad I had 2 stop watching. Omotola played Rihanna, she didn't answer rihanna in d movie tho but the name began with the letter 'R' (I forgot what it was) and d ghana chick, nadia played beyonce, I think she answered Benice or sumn like that, really stupid. And she called jim iyke 'jay' like jay-z. I was like to my sister 'wtf? I am soo outt@ here' Nigerian movies are Bs, am sorry 2 say that.

@naija_diva, I cosign with ur post.

[Quote]how did you jump to the conclusion that nigerian kids are timid because they are book smart?  there is no correlation between the two.  dashing across the streets of of nigeria, seeing the way people live, experiencing the atrocious living conditions, hopping on those severely damaged danfo buses is almost enough to make you street smart anywhere, so don't even bring that into question here.
instead of generalizing all nigerian kids, why not say it's those you have come across that act in that manner?  you don't need to be stupid to give respect to your elders when it is required.  if that means listening to them talk and then speaking your mind after, so be it.  engaging a war-of-words with your parents to assert that you are right does not mean you are outspoken, it just shows that you are a disrespectful, out of control child.  americans consider spanking disadvantageous, nigerians believe spanking works. different strokes for different folks.[/quote]Posted on: Today at 02:44:52 PM Posted by: HCH3COO

Ok, I agree there was a generalization on my part. However, seeing the ills in the Nigerian society such as hunger and poverty doesn't necessarily make one street-smart. The whole of America is not a bed of roses. Lots of people in America see such in their everyday lives.

What I meant when I said street smart is being confident and out-going in public. Can you compare the acting skills of a Nigerian kid to that of an American kid?. The few Nigerian movies I' ve watched which had kids in them, the kids were either too shy to face the camera or too quiet when talking. It all boils down to the way one is brought up. The olsen twins, what age did those kids start acting? They must have been less than 5 but look how smart they were at that young age. And you dare say being outspoken isn't good.

I don't believe spanking works. It does work sometimes but not always. Some people grow a backbone to pain, y'know. If it works so much, why doesn't all students in Nigeria graduate with flying colors after receiving all those spankings for failing a test or exam? Hope you get the point.

@ice_zik, I don't stay in Nigeria. So what radio are you talking about?

Who's Asa anywayz??

Umm, you mind explaining what 'bombshell' means? Cuz je ne comprends pas all these 'downlow' talks.

Pheww, see how they changed the topic. Nobody asked if you like 'em or not. Shoot!

@Bamsyle, give urself a break. You wrote a friggin college essay, I dunno where 2 start from. They copy usher, they copy usher, is usher the first to start dancing? So, I can also say usher copied Mj and James Brown. Give these dudes a break. It's just like the feud between soulja boy and ice-t. I think it's stupid. Soulja boy never said he's d best just like p-square never said they are. They're just tryin 2 make their money. And if u don't like it, I don't think they care. If not, they wlda changed since people have been criticizing them.

I personally don't listen 2 Nigerian music much. 98% of naija artistes suck(my opinion) but I can manage few songs by few people like 'p-queer', 2face, and u kno d few other gud ones. My point is, all artistes get their inspiration from somewhere, it doesn't have to be where you're from. And if usher inspires them p-square, let 'em be!

@Dis Guy, thank you, jare. Culture coo, torture nee. That's why an average Nigerian kid cannot be compared to an average American kid. Nigerian kids grow up . . .what's the word?. . .timid(worse than that) all in the name of culture. They can be book-smart but not street-smart. What do u expect when you're flogged like an animal over petty things. When they get old, they feel like they lost out on childhood fun and that's when drama starts! Hahaha.

@ripple, umm, it's on the literature section. Have fun!

[Quote] Dude! I was talking about Dognomite! This is how we Nigerians fail to read correctly and twist things then spread rumors everywhere!!![/quote]Okkk, my bad! And please, don't get ahead of urself. I really don't care if he's Nigerian or not. I'm just making sure YOU are not spreading rumors. And about Nigerians failing to read correctly, speak for urself.

Cosign with the above post! True talk.

@topic, if y'all tell me exactly what the Nigerian culture is, maybe I'd get the topic more. Culture is something that changes. The culture of yesterday is not the culture of today.

If you think that artists who do not sing in their native tongues are not being 'Nigerian', then I dunno what to tell you. Last time I checked, english was the official language in Nigeria.

That yahooze song(I dunno who sang it) had some yoruba in it but is that a song that reflects ur 'culture'? According to the song, it encourages fraud. Correct me if am wrong. African queen by Tuface is like the only Nigerian song that I've heard Americans here say they like. Nothing in it says that the song was made in Nigeria, Nigeria was not written on their foreheads. As for their outfits, I know y'all are goin to say that they dressed african but how does a foreigner know they're specifically Nigerians?

Besides, you could see non-africans wearing those outfits, nothing new. Now, don't get me wrong @poster, I get ur point but u don't have to speak a Nigerian tongue or scream 'nigeria' in ur video to show ur Nigerian-ness. The p-square you talked about actually got a video with an igbo name 'ifunanya' and actually spoke igbo if that's what u wanna hear. There was nothing usher about their dance steps in that video, it was totally 'nigerian'.

@A-40, aiight, got yu.

@Alexalibur, Lil wayne is Nigerian?? Buhahahahaha, pheww, that's how they said Nas is Nigerian. In fact, any American rapper who uses 'nigeria' in their song is Nigerian!

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