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First, growing up was rough. I thank god for my life today but I have a minimum standard I can't compromise when it comes to caring for my wife and kids. Financially, I’ve not reached that level (I thank God still, I’m not poor).

Secondly, I love ladies with brains and I still want her to be very beautiful yet submissive (I’m not the controlling type). Most of the brainy ladies are average looking and just few of the very beautiful ladies have high IQ. I strongly believe I’ll one day find one of those ladies that posses all these qualities (so few).

I’m yet to meet that lady that will keep me interested in the relationship all without sex (Sex shouldn’t be all she’s got to offer). It takes a lot of courage and discipline to dig one hole for life. Beauty fades faster than you think and I’ll want a reason, a bond that will keep me glued to my partner for life.

In conclusion, what I want is a lady with ‘spark’ and independence. When I find one, I’ll put a ring on it.

so, i read this from yahoo new this morning...

When I ask my single clients what they look for in a partner, there’s one thing that always comes up:

PASSION

And they don’t just mean skills in the bedroom.

What they want, is a lover who has something in life that drives them.

A job, a hobby, an aim, an ambition.

Well, if you are looking for a "live life to the max" kinda character, then grab yourselves an entrepreneur. Right?


Entrepreneurs are fearless and driven. They have decided upon their raison d’être and now live a sleepless life devoted to "making it."

However, the price you pay for their sparkiness is often WAY too high.

The question is: Do we want to date people obsessed with their jobs, or just obsessed with us?

The App Man

Everyone wants to make an app these days, but dating an app creator can be RUBBISH.

A client of mine came to me the other day with a story about a recent relationship.

She was meeting a man who had an idea for an app.

He had secured 50K in investment and was now hooked on his impending success.


He suggested they meet up in Shoreditch - ten minutes from the Silicon Roundabout and a few steps from his office door.

Arriving at the bar, he looked like a mess.

Bloodshot eyes, coffee stained shirt, two-day stubble.

The girl wondered if she’d have to carry the conversation.

Not so.

The app man locked in fiercely and spent the next two hours firing carefully constructed questions her way.


At first, she LOVED the attention. Who doesn’t like to talk about themselves?

It felt like a bond of intimacy was forming.

He soon went in for a kiss and suggested a taxi to his.

She said yes - heart on her sleeve.

The next morning there was no awkwardness – it had been intense and fun.

But things were not as they seemed.

A Case of Priorities

Their next date was in two weeks.

The next one happened a fortnight later.

The dates were fun and wild and she had grown used to answering his quickfire questions.

But she was no closer to knowing a thing about him...


As time went on, she grew attached, but the gaps continued.

Bringing it up with him one morning over breakfast she told him "I’d like to see you more."

He nodded in what seemed to be agreement.

The next gap was three weeks and she started to worry.

He told her they were fine – he was just focused at the moment.

The next gap was a month and then…. it went quiet.

What Happened?

I met the man weeks later by chance and he confided in me about his reasons.

“It’s just that it had stopped becoming fun”, he said, but it was easy to see through this excuse.

"She was angry - so I didn’t see the point of hanging with someone who would be glum. …My social time is PRECIOUS," he said.

The dates had threatened to turn into a real relationship.

He was a thrillseeker, invested in his app, his ambitions and himself.


So what’s the takeaway here?

That entrepreneurs are a waste of time? No, but it’s harder to keep them interested.

What they look for in a partner is ‘spark’ and independence.

When you live a life of extreme highs and lows, it’s harder to accept the plateau (and demands) that a relationship offers.

The one thing the entrepreneur fears most is boredom. So dating often becomes just a past time to excel at - a game rather than a means to an end.

But a genuine relationship? Well, they’ll get round to that when they’ve "MADE IT."


Source: https://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/blogs/by-invitation-only/entrepreneurs-and-egos---the-problem-with-dating-a-whizz-kid-153103933.html

I'm in too. My name is Adedayo, co-founder of READYHANDS TECHNOLOGIES. This is a welcomed development and we all stand to gain alot from each other by sharing ideas/opportunities. We are doing fine in our current line of business but as an enterpreneur, learning about new ideas is really important. To succeed, one must have an unwavering passion, be open minded, think ahead (have a forward looking approach), have a constant flow of ideas(always think, what's next?) and lastly, you must like challenge. If you don't like challenges, then you should start thinking about other line of work. But the good thing here is, ability to overcome those challenges is what makes you an expert and before you know it, money will start coming in right , left and center. Enterpreneurship is the key to making it big in a civil service/banks centred state capital like Abeokuta...soon salary earners will become jealous of you. Wish you guys the best.

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how much?

Its best if you can control yourself, so you'll not ruin your friendship. But for your information bro, except for the married ones...friendship with opposite sex normally lead to intimacy with time. so, don't be in haste.

Yea, speaking from experience... I ended up having sex with all my female friends except the married ones cos that is a line I will never cross no matter what.(I believe i'll one day meet one that will keep sex off our friendship, I'm still waiting)

Mostly, we don't even communicate it... we just see it happen. Some will make it just that one time thing while some happened multiple times, infact some are still happening.

Which is why girl-guy friendship must be limited and formal. The moment you start to hang out together at romantic sites, granting each other unnecessary privacy... something else go enter.

Note: Most of these sex scenarios between me and my friends were not even initiated by me... I just play along. It all start when their boyfriend is not treating them right and you give them a shoulder to lean on... LOL

SEE

Obiagelli: deesquarediddy, It would be a shame if you don't reply me, i saw your viewing a moment ago.

LOL…i was preparing my reply and I had to attend to something in the office.
See, I understand the whole point you’re trying to make about we not throwing the baby away with the bath water all because we feel the water is bad but should we continue to thrive in this hardship, oppression, imbalance all because we want to stick to doing things the same way we have been doing it for years when it’s not yielding results?

Obiagelli:

Question to you is how then do we get these people to win election. Waiting for your response.

Like i said earlier, the average Nigerian citizens deserve the kind of leaders we get; we have this abnormal way of supporting mediocrity.

What is wrong with Politics in Nigeria? We don’t act with reason rather we allow factors such a religion, ethnicity, language differences come first all above normal reasoning when making our choices. I know these factors cannot be neglected in a country as diverse as ours but we can rise above it with adequate knowledge of what democracy means, proper reorientation and above all…change in our mentality.

So, how do we go about it? Education! Education!! Education!!!

The way some graduate (tertiary education) reason, it will amaze you they are just schooled and are not in any way educated. Not to talk of the masses who did not go to school at all and these number constitute the majority (they have the highest voting power). How do we educate them to know that voting should not go to candidates who can distribute money and bags of rice? The money/rice will not last for a week but hardship will last for four years. In Nigeria of today, you only need two things to win an election; police and soldiers on your side if you’re in power or thugs if you’re not in power and above all, money.

And, just when you’re trying to deal with that, you’re truck with our so called graduates who work for these thieves may be as thugs or political e-dog (they are all over Nairaland) all for financial gains not minding if they implemented the policies they promised in previous elections.
It’s a pathetic situation that will push any concerned Nigerian to the verge of loosing hope. It’s not all about today; the big question is…what does the future hold for you and me, our children and children’s children?

I'm afraid if things did not change for good, this crop of people we talked about will never win an election in Nigeria because by today's standard...they are politically disadvantaged.

Obiagelli: if Nigerians can't find and support a better candidate amongst our poliiticians then we are our own problem.

Btw i hate this saying of Nigerians that don't have bias for any party. Are you looking for leaders from heaven.

I refer to Nigerians who are not politically biased as people who will under no circumstances allow their political affiliations/interests becloud their judgments.

Also, I did not at any time make that statement that we can’t find a better candidate among our politicians. I only talked about the current people in power (PDP) and the potential people who might serve as alternative (APC, the opposition members). In all of them you will find common qualities… greediness, corruption, cluelessness regarding how governance should be delivered except for few. These politicians (PDP and APC, the two giants as case study) lack internal democracy if you study their party structure and activities, so how do we even expect them to perform.

So, are you saying there are no politicians outside this category (the ones we don’t see as big fish, the ones we see as mere technocrats/professionals) or politicians from parties we see as unpopular who will outperform these thieves? We tend to look at only candidates from PDP/APC/LP as credible when we talk about whom will lead this country. Are there not other politicians? We forgot that majority of members from these political parties are all the same people in power since 1999. (Changing from one party to another)

Nigerians, funny people…we crave for change, yet we see the political jobbers as the real politicians, we support them and vote them into power and cry for 4 years thereafter. When people like utomi contested for president, how many of us voted for him? Remember Late Gani Fawehimi once contested the Presidency, how many people voted for him? Wole Soyinka has a registered political party, with patriotic and nation building ideologies, what is its membership strength? We will continue to get the kinds of leaders we deserve. We need to change our ideologies and a lot of re-orientation is required on the part of the citizenry before we can get it right in this country.

Ngwakwe: Depending on your perception?

Hate or like him, he is a Nigerian and has considerable supporters from within the electorate to see him through a second term if he so desire to contest.

Democracy is about the wishes and choice of the majority and not of the vocal minority, though they will have their say while the later have their way.

I opened this thread for Nairalanders who are not politically biased or loyal to any political party (PDP or APC). Only few who will view issues the right way as a concerned Nigerian and make reasonable comment.

Left to me, GEJ will score below average in most of these indicators. Therefore he doesn't deserve promotion (second term). However, i'm also concerned about whom should come into power by 2015 if not GEJ (a better alternative) considering the fact that the current crop of politicians we have in power are all political jobbers mortgaging the future of our dear country. Both PDP and APC are two rotten apples, so no one should talk about party ideologies here.

Ngwakwe: I cannot guess or rate his performance using your so-called world standard but one thing I know, is -

He is better than Barack Obama and nowhere near Angelo Merkel but can be grouped with Nicolas Hollande

This is my assessment.

On what basis do you want to rate his performance?

PhockPhockMan: Op, I fit piss here.......?





This thread stinks.

You need a brain...not all that roam the street are mad.

Left to me, Muller deserves it...


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I don't really agree with this. Women(the ambitious ones) are very multi-tasking that most men wonder how they manage to cope with career and at the same time be a good home maker. If you love each other, you both help each other achieve your individual dreams. Its simple, you fill-in any area your partner in found wanting.



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The virus is spreading fast. May God help us.


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Nice info.....

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hard to believe...

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https://www.nairaland.com/1810238/rate-gejs-administration-based-worldwide

Based on a long-standing research program of the World Bank, the Worldwide Governance Indicators capture six key dimensions of governance (Voice & Accountability, Political Stability and Lack of Violence, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption) - In Measuring the quality of governance in Nigeria, using the above indicators, and the underlying data behind them...How will you rate our president? Will you vote GEJ for second term?

kayusbrown: Will this debate ever end? No!

Will Nigerian HND ever be made equal to bachelor’s degree? That’s not gonna happen either.

Why?

1. According to an article titled “The Conversion of Federal Polytechnics into Universities: the funding aspects” in African Research Review Journal: The polytechnic education was not originally intended to belong to the tertiary tier of education. It was initially conceived by the French and perfected by the English and Russians to be education and training aimed at discouraging elitisms and geared towards the practical preparation of its recipients to fulfill prescribed norms of the economy, which are lacking in the traditional academic institutions. The aim was to evolve an educational system based on work and training. This was later reformed in China, which led to its being regarded as university level institution, specializing in Engineering and Technology and providing inservice training and continuous education.

2. The Nigerian HND programme is an ill-conceived programme. Why? Nigerian Polytechnics are established with the mandate to produce middle level manpower. The term ‘middle level manpower’ by implication means graduates of Polytechnics (no matter how robust their programme is) will never be considered equal to their University counterparts, who are regarded as the ‘higher level manpower’. It has been argued that the National Diploma (ND) holders from the polytechnics constitute the 'middle level manpower' referred to in the polytechnic Act. If that’s the case, then the laws establishing polytechnics ought to have been amended or polytechnics converted to Universities before they are allowed to run a programme higher than the ND. The HND programme was introduced without doing any of that. What were they thinking? The HND programme of the British government, from which our own HND was copied, does not require a prerequisite two-year diploma like ours. It’s an independent two-year programme and is considered equivalent to the first two years of a 3year bachelor’s degree programme, that is with the British HND, you’ll only need to spend one more year in the University to get a bachelor’s degree. Clearly, those who designed the Nigerian HND programme didn’t know what they were doing. The ND programme was sufficient to supply the much needed middle level manpower.

3. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? My first point highlighted the prejudice against Polytechnics generally from inception and the second point highlighted the fact that Nigerian Polytechnics were never intended to produce graduates adjudged as being capable of leadership, hence the institutionalized discrimination!

Why are HND holders agitating?

1. It takes 5years to get Nigerian HND unlike the 2-year British HND that many compare it to. Courses worth more than 120 Credit-Hours, the minimum required internationally to bag a bachelor’s degree, must have been passed before earning HND. The clamour for equality by HND holders is based partly on this premise and World Educational Services (WES) has been affirmative in this regard by revealing that Nigerian HND is equivalent to bachelor's degree in their evaluations.

2. The discrepancy in admission requirements (O’level and JAMB cut-off marks) occurs only at ND level and most reputable federal Universities don not tolerate such discrepancy in their admission requirements. NO POLYTECHNIC (federal, state or private) will admit you to its HND programme if you do not meet the minimum 5 O’level Credit requirements.

The way forward:

1. HND programmes should be discontinued in Polytechnics.
2. A one-year Top-up degree programme should be designed by NUC to allow existing HND holders obtain bachelor’s degree.
3. Polytechnics should be re-focused to run only technical courses and the highest qualification obtainable from there should be ND, the original middle level manpower.
4. Existing Polytechnics with the requisite facilities be converted to Universities.

For further reading on this issue:

[url]
https://www.nairaland.com/1315065/breaking-yoke-discrimination-against-higher[/url]
https://www.nairaland.com/1312040/asup-strike-hnd-discrimination-conspiracy

Q.E.D

oyinbogirl: what about Greatgod and Chaircover? very sensible women with a lot of patience & good advice

The list is incomplete if these two are not on the list. They are so matured, intelligent and their contributions to diverse issues are what I watch out for always in most threads.


But the OP made it clear..... His personal opinion.

Cool....

begwong: but i just did mine a few minutes ago

check, you're still using ur 15 mb...immediately you exhust it, it will stop browsing. You would not be able to use the 3072mb. Its still going for people that suscribed before yesterday night anyway.