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kayperry:
describing wont do justice to it like you picking one by one and imagine the opposite

imagine talking to her, and her mode of interjection are exclamation "ehn ehn" "really" "are you serious"

OK, I’m not sure I completely understand your point, but here’s what I think you mean:

Each trait, perceived as unpleasant for being on one extreme, can have an equally unpleasant opposite extreme. For example, the opposite of being over-talkative could be someone who is completely unresponsive and contributes nothing substantial to a conversation, only interjections ehn, are you serious, ah ahn 😂 I know this type too.

If that’s the case, I tend to agree with you. Let’s revisit your original question, then go through the list, and imagine their polar opposites. I’ll also consider how I’d likely react to or what outcomes might result from each. (Caveat: These opposites might not be their “natural” counterparts—I’m intentionally taking them to extremes)



1. Turnoff: Interrupting habit

Opposite: Always lets you finish speaking before responding.
Outcome: Better communication, but conversations might feel mechanical.
Reaction: Admiration and respect for her communication skills, I sha value a natural flow.


2. Turnoff: Over-talkative

Opposite: Barely speaks or engages.
Outcome: Conversations lack depth, preventing a meaningful connection.
Reaction: Still a turnoff, as balanced communication is not too much to ask for.



3. Turnoff: Excessive family gossip

Opposite: Keeps personal interactions with family private and avoids gossip.
Outcome: Limited family bonding or bonds formed around different topics.
Reaction: Likely admiration for her discretion, turn-on.


4. Turnoff: Sharing secrets

Opposite: Keeps others' business completely confidential.
Outcome: Builds trust and encourages me to be more open in my interactions with her.
Reaction: Strong admiration for her trustworthiness. Hot AF. 🔥



5. Turnoff: Self-obsessed

Opposite: Poor self-image,
Outcome: frequently seeking validation.
Reaction: Mixed—enjoyment from supporting her growth in building self confidence but frustration if it becomes too draining.



6. Turnoff: Virtue signaling

Opposite: Vice signaling (bragging about bad behavior).
Outcome: I for don already log out tey-tey.
Reaction: repulsion due to misaligned values. Turnoff!



7. Turnoff: Clingy behavior/obsessive tendencies

Opposite: I don't care attitude.
Outcome: no spark, no connection.
Reaction: turnoff!


As already mentioned, I don't consider these above to be natural opposites, just a test for extremes for the sake of building an argument. Below is what I consider as the opposites of the originally listed turnoffs.


1. Respectful Listener: Engages in conversations without interrupting, understands that other people also have something to say.


2. Good Conversationalist: Maintains balance, not chochocho all the damn time. You need to listen to what others have to say too.


3. Healthy Family Dynamics: No excessive gossip. They should all mind their business.


4. Discreet: Protects others’ privacy.

5. Modest Confidence: Comfortable in her own skin without constant boasting or reminding you want a catch she is.


6. Genuinely Kind: She's generous and kind without parroting what she has done to whoever cares to listen.


7. Emotionally Balanced: Respects personal space. 3 missed max then send text expressing your concern and wait.

kayperry:
I dont know why these question popped, Do you think you can stand the opposite of all the things you listed

Could you describe what the opposite of these would be?

6ixT8:
I'm curious to know. Is it ok when a girl you're in somewhat talking stage with hardly asked questions in return, but generous to answering every question thrown her way.

Asking questions about someone indicates curiosity which implies interest. Depending on how early on in the "somewhat talking stage" the two are and the personality (age, experience, exposure) of the person in question, she might not what to come off as being equally interested off the bat, considering the relationship dynamic that places the man as the initiator. Or she could be rather timid.

Responding to questions, depending on the depth of the answers, shows a level of being invested and being comfortable enough with the other party to have things progress.

That said, connection is built through mutual sharing. In reacting to her answers, the guy could share his own experience and perspective, add a little drama and funny hyperbole to what he shares to pull a reaction from her or suspense to pique curiosity.

A good conversation should feel like a playing tennis, freely bouncing from one side of the court to the other with both parties being sufficiently engaged.

seanery:
YOU SURE 10YRS REMAIN INSIDE UR LIFE SO

Hmmm, that's a lot. Three years, maybe.

post=133339247:
Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tori.ng/amp/290545/nursing-mother-arrested-for-throwing-her-10month-o.html

This is so heartbreaking. Almighty God, please don't take offense, but I genuinely think there's something broken with your baby distribution system. I’m not trying to be insolent—you know my heart—but how can couples who are desperately trying for a baby remain childless, spending millions on medical interventions, while others who neither understand nor appreciate the miracle of creating another human soul are given children they neglect or harm? How can someone be stup!d enough to throw a baby into a river because of a m0r0n!c mudafvck!n comment made by other equally demented, !d!otic, disgusting worms. Anyone with half a mind can see this thing no balance. Is it too much to ask you to fix this injustice?

What? Life's not fair? OK, if you say so. But that doesn't stop me from praying that you divert all innocent babies from the wombs of ido!ts to those of responsible "baren" women desperately looking for fruit of the womb. How much will it take? You can remove 10 years from my life for whatever number of children that can be saved through this prayer. Over to You.

ANSMEDIA:
View of Onitsha at day and night.

She's gorgeous! Beautifully symmetric.

God bless Onitsha!
God bless Anambra and its beautiful people, our brothers and sisters!
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria

May the Almighty bring us ease and the end to the reign of greedy, selfish men and grant us a united nation where justice, fairness and brotherly love reigns. Amin.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
A serious same country will declare penalty for kidnapping crime

But here they encourage it, just as they empower looting of public funds

There is impunity in Nigeria my friend

There is still a semblance of restrain, that's why there's a relative sense of stability

Otherwise all man would have raised their bare hands against each other and drag for the pie

My brother, I've always wondered what the breaking point would be. My people have a saying that if you pushed the goat to the wall it'll turn back and bite but I'm shocked by how far the wall is with the goats in our fatherland. With the rapid decline, I'd expect that we already must have reached the point where these "barehands" should've started trading blows and the scuffle for the pie escalated.

Islie:
https://leadership.ng/nigerians-paid-n2-23trn-ransom-to-kidnappers-in-12-months-nbs/

I love statistics and I appreciate the work done at NBS, but always wonder about the validity of datasets reported by this mudafuckaz. With a firsthand understanding of how public institutions are run in Nigeria, and the level of lies necessarily involved in their operations, I'd love to learn about the particular methodologies used and the validity of their data source and efficacy of their methods.

We’re all familiar with Nigeria’s problems.

Inflation and other economic woes
Insecurity
Corruption
Poverty
Unemployment
Nepotism
Poor infrastructure
Poor healthcare
Poor public education
Religious exploitation
Bigotry
And more


Do you believe Nigeria can get it right within your lifetime?

If not, knowing that japa isn’t an option for everyone, what’s the best life strategy for those of us who may live out our lives here?

I haven’t been to church in ages—probably fewer than five times since 2015, so nearly a decade now. But I’m planning to start going again next year. I may never believe their stories, and I’m certainly immune to their antics and shenanigans, but my perspective on religion and its role in a person’s life has evolved over the years.

Even if its spiritual value doesn’t resonate with me, I think exploring its cultural value with my current mindset could yield something worthwhile. I’m now more open to making space for it in my life, not becoming a tool for pastors or the church, but for my own benefit.

I’ve done extensive research on a particular church, sampled their sermons online, and even attended a service about a year ago.

I hope it works out, but if it doesn’t—ajuwaya, no harm done.

ChiefDelegate:
[color=#550000][/color] keeping silent for too long can be misinterpreted, a very huge barrier to effective communication 😍

Touché

theenchanter:
don't. Wait, don't dump her yet.

Girls/ladies/women are all the same, they communicate through body language, expecting u to decipher them.

If u dump her cos of this reason, the next female will do worse. Just chill and understand this female psychology.

I get where you're coming from, brother, and I agree to an extent about the universality of this behaviour in the female psyche and the importance of patiently learning to understand them.

That said, enabling this can be dangerous for their relationship, and others like it, in the long run. The inability or unwillingness to communicate openly and truthfully often breeds resentment, which jeopardizes the relationship’s well-being, and signals emotional immaturity.

Let me share a recent experience from my own life that gave me a glimpse into this behaviour pattern:

I had a visitor recently who stayed over. I had to go to work, so I woke up early, she was still sleeping when I went to fixed myself breakfast, and, since I was already in the kitchen, decided to prepare something for the both of us. That took longer than usual. Breakfast served. It was already 7:30, and she asked me if I was running late. I said yes.

Here’s the key part: at some point, I realized there was something wrong with the shirt I'd picked, which required ironing another one to switch. While I was ironing, she was scrolling through her phone in the same room. The thought that crossed my mind was this: She just asked me if I was running late, which I said yes, saw me swap the shirt I picked initially, and now sees me ironing the new pick—how does it not occur to her to help me iron while I jump in the shower to save time? After all, I made her breakfast and it contributed to why I'm running late.

This is exactly the kind of thinking that assumes the other person should telepathically decipher your needs—and it seldom ends well.

It was a bit annoying but also amusing because I realized I could’ve simply communicated: Hey babe, could you please help me press this shirt while I hop in the shower? Thanks. How hard is that really?

Back to our brother and his woman, I think a better approach would be for him to explain that he’s not a mind-reader and that she needs to express her needs clearly. That's the mature thing to do. At the same time, he should create a safe space for open, honest dialogue. Relationships deepen when both partners learn to communicate effectively.

Dogalmighty17:
32 missed calls? That's some serious serial killer vibes.

Absolutely! Huge red flag 🚩

For more context, I think she overestimated how much she meant to me. Something happened, and she demanded an apology. I didn't believe I was in the wrong, so I told her she'd wait an eternity for that apology. Unfortunately for her, she decided to use the silent treatment manipulation tactic. I ignored her, and that was when the 32 missed calls happened.

When I called back the next day, she sounded all meek, and when I noted the number of missed calls, she said she thought something bad had happened to me and that she was worried. It was still crazy, though.

Madly in love with? Naah, too old for that sh!t.

However, if the question were what turned you off from someone you fancied, I could pull out a fairly recent instance. I could list a bunch of things that turned me off, but here are the top seven.

1. She has a habit of interrupting. I'd be right in the middle of a sentence expressing my thoughts, and she'd just interrupt and hijack the conversation. I find that rude and off-putting because this attitude has to sit on the assumption that what she has to say is more important than what I'm already saying. I'm not used to struggling to put a word in, or having to raise my voice in a perfectly civil conversation just to be heard. Along the same lines is:


2. She talks too much. We could be on the phone for an hour, and she'd have talked for 55 minutes. I understand the stereotype of the talkative female and their need to air out the entire content of their mind, but a conversation is supposed to be a dialogue, not a monologue, for a reason. I tend to think this behavior signals a self-centered person.

About 3 weeks in, I knew virtually everything about her—down to the marital issues of her parents' neighbours back home. She doesn't even know how many siblings I have or what their names are, I asked her which State I'm from and I swear she guessed the wrong one. Leading us to:


3. She's always on the phone with her mom or sister, sharing the latest gossip—be it about an extended family member, a church member, a neighbour, etc. Every 10 or 15 minutes, the phone rings—mommy is calling. Even informing her mom of my presence when I visit. Not far from this is:


4. She shares secrets of mutual friends/acquaintances without being asked. I literally have a big sack of people's secrets that I'm taking to my grave and I don't understand why people just volunteer other people's private business when there isn't a pew-pew 🔫 pressed to their temple.


5. She talks about her own beauty too much. If it's not her luxuriant, long black hair, it's her spotless fair skin, and the list of people who fell for her because of these features.

🎼So if you like
The way 🎶
🎵 you look that much
Oh baby you should go and fvçk yourself 🎶


6. She fakes virtue. Always talking about acts of kindness and generosity that she and her family have done.


7. And finally, the most scary thing—the straw that broke the camel's back—is: she once gave me 32 missed calls in a single day. Maybe it's a joke or something, but to me, it was absolute psycho!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyEuk8j8imI?si=_vnk-But-QOXCCbB

You people should free this woman abeg. Is it by force to associate with Nigeria? What have the country contributed to her success? Now she's party leader in UK, everyday famzing, everyday dragging. Despicable! Tueh!

SamuraiXXX:
It's a female not a male!

In the military it is normal for every officer, regardless of gender, to be called Sir.

Congratulations to the distinguished Officer. May the skies be kind to you. We're proud of you, Sir.

Janosky:
Pls Let me ask you few questions:

*1.
How many threads have you opened on this forum to bash the religious group you exit from?

Zero.

*2.
When you quit a close relationship for almost a decade & your former partner spends every opportunity to bash you, defame your name and character with vindictive, abusive language, do you accept that you were the guilty partner,at fault for the break up?

My former partner's reaction has no bearing on the facts that led to the end of the relationship. If I am guilty, her forgiveness or vindictiveness does not change historic facts. I strive to maintain integrity by acknowledging my faults when and where it is warranted.

3.
Taking *1 &*2 into cognizance , do you agree that any mature, emotionally stable person would see a semblance between you (Demon slayer) & Courz?


DS,Make you respond & talk true ooOOOO!!!

A mature and emotionally stable person would carefully assess the similarities between the two personalities and their motivations before drawing any conclusions. In the absence of sufficient information, they would avoid making hasty judgments based solely on the answers to just two questions.

xeju:
Russia & Iran fail again. Israel destroyed a large % of Iran supports for Syria😎. That is the middle-east for you. You think you've finished one war, another war dey around the corner. Hezbollah joining the Gaza war played right into the hands of the rebel big time. And Russia fighting Ukraine left her ally Assad exposed with little help. The same Russia some mumu Africa countries think has the capacity to support them🤣

The idea is to project strength when you're actually weak—classic Art of War principle. If nobody calls your bluff, you're fine. Shey Wagner Group is still cashing out in these African countries? Their eye go soon clear.

Appletek:
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Russia is very foolish.
They are using Ukraine to tie those fools down.
Russia supported Hazbollah, Iran, Syria, etc. Where are they today?

If you see the shege their houseboys in Mali and Burkina Faso are seeing ehn.

Russia is so useless and impotent.

The funny thing is that all the muscle flexing 💪🏾 was to win them some international
influence and credibility so other nations will take them seriously. Seems their strategy has backfired.

dkidd:
A very glorious one. God keep us alive 🙏

Amen 🙏🏾

F117nighthawk:
Nigerians don't have this united revolution mentality,they are divided along ethnic and religious lines.
The Nigerian people themselves do hate one another,once a set of tribe and zone have their people in power u see them look the other way,they don't have that collective unity to thing and reason and take Nigeria first,they are more loyal to their tribal and then religious lines.
In addition it's only the national cake that those in power benefits from that make them speak with one voice as if they have the national interest of the country at heart,once it doesn't favor them u then see them singing the tribal song

Brother, I understand your point and agree with you about the detrimental impact of bigotry on nation-building. However, for the sake of accuracy, it’s important to clarify that the conflict in Syria involves multiple factions, each with distinct ideological foundations and, in some cases, ethnic divides. For instance, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which some view as more of a terrorist and a secessionist group than a true democratic movement, is one such faction. In total, there are at least four major groups involved in the conflict, each backed by different foreign powers with different interests, further complicating any notion of a united resistance.

dumahi:
After half a decade of the Al-Assad family's rule over Syria, the President just got ousted by the rebels, Reuters reports within the hour.






https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syria-rebels-celebrate-captured-homs-set-sights-damascus-2024-12-07/

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Point of correction, Oga OP. It's not "half a decade of the Al-Assad family's rule over Syria" it's half a century, 53 freaking years!

The al-Assad family has ruled Syria since 1970, starting with Hafez al-Assad, followed by his son Bashar al-Assad in 2000, totaling over 53 years.

So after all the gra-gra, Bashar still fall yakata? Russia and Iran don do ‘bros, e don do, we no dey again.’ Na wetin dey happen when your hype men no get strength to hold mic again! 😆😆

Trump back as POTUS while the world’s on fire. Ukraine now has the green light to fire into Russia—talk about turning the heat up on Putin. Meanwhile, Israel is juggling Iran and their proxy, Hezbollah. With all this, 2025 might just bring a world so chaotic that even Trump’s Twitter comebacks (or Truth Social zingers) won’t keep up. 2025 is going to be wild!

Courz:
At the bolded, JWs are tired of Preaching. They tasted Freedom during COVID and they realised they have been suffering all this while. So, after COVID, preaching reduced then they stopped .Some prefer to preach online or through Phone. Times are hard. Their Leaders have been begging them to go out and preach. Did they hear them? NO. They pretended they didn't hear anything and continued with their life.

In summary, JWs are Tired. No one listens to them. Time are hard and a lot of them are struggling. That's why you don't see them around anymore. It is the same thing I noticed in my area. They are nowhere in sight. LOL.

the way you put it cracked me up 🤣
Covid has really changed the world, I didn't realize it has changed the Church too.

pinkylovely:
Some days I just want to vent. Other days, I really just want someone who understands to hear me out without tagging me an apostate.

As a JW, over time, I've questioned some of the denomination's doctrines. E.g abstinence from blood transfusion even in life threatening situations, 144,000, marrying only in the denomination...etc.

It's sad that when I genuinely seek to find answers about why certain things are the way they are in the denomination, I end up getting bashed.

Sometimes, I wish my heart just never started questioning things. Maybe I'll still be wallowing in my naivety and agreeing to every single thing the denomination tells us to do. But no matter how hard I try to just ignore what I feel, I still have questions. Lots of 'em.

So, my only option? Bottle up how I feel even it deeply hurts and pretend everything is fine. Yet, every day. Every blessed day, I feel like I'm fading away.

Was just wondering if there are other Nigerian PIMOs in here?

You can always drop your comments. Maybe vent it out as well and let's all connect.

My sister, I've never been a JW, but I understand your pain. Although our situations differ, I've had a similar journey out of faith, and I know how sad and draining it is to hide your authentic self and the questions that come with it. It’s exhausting to act a part in a community whose beliefs and values your heart is struggling to accept. I remember the turmoil—wishing my mind didn’t ask so many questions or pick things apart. People often act as if one just wakes up one morning with dead faith, but they don’t see the struggle to keep it alive, trying to address the questions that challenge it.

I’ve left (though not from JW), so I guess I’m a POMO and have become the black—or lost—sheep. I know my life would have been much easier if I’d stayed with the herd, but I’m more fulfilled living authentically, and I’m at peace.

I don’t wish for your journey to have the same destination as mine, but wherever it leads, don’t panic—you’ll be alright. And remember, you’re not strange for having doubts. Doubts are a sign of a healthy mind, capable of critical thinking. They’re something to be celebrated, not shamed. If you decide to step away, you’re not alone; there are millions of us like you, many of us doubling and tripling the freedom and joy in our hearts. If you decide to stay, it helps to find people you can share with authentically—like you’re already doing with this post—people who have gone through a similar phase and endured. Faith can be a powerful thing when it’s true, mature, and measured. Still, it’s okay to be the black sheep.

I wish you the best on your journey, and I hope wherever it leads is magnitudes better than where you started.

By the way, I was just wondering the other day—I haven’t seen any JW door-to-door evangelism or stands on the wayside in years! What happened? I kinda miss you guys.

Omooba77:
https://punchng.com/rccg-free-buses-gulped-n63m-fuel-in-seven-weeks-leke-adeboye/

I'm not a Christian and have my qualms with organized religion but I have to say this is a commendable initiative. I see a Church serving its community at the point of their need. Kudos RCCG! Hopefully more churches, mosques, temples and shrines are inspired to join in significant and practical community work.

You people keep saying that the Nigerian military should step in to save the country. But honestly, we suffer from a serious case of national amnesia in this country—wallahi! If the military is so competent, why didn’t they save Nigeria during the 29 years they were in power? Let’s not forget the impunity, human rights violations, sectional coups and counter coups, corruption, mismanagement and embezzlement that characterized many of those years.

We've been there before, we've done that, severally, how come we never learn? I won't judge you for being too young to remember IBB, with his charm and sweet mouth. He played the military Messiah card well, sold Nigerians false hopes and dribbled the entire country like Maradona, earning him the notorious title of Evil Genius. Our core economic problems were
exacerbated in that era with his structural adjustment policy (SAP). We've never really recovered since then.

The truth is, the Nigerian elites—whether military, political, traditional, religious or otherwise—are all cut from the same cloth. It doesn’t matter what uniform they wear, the titles they hold, or the roles they play in daily life; their actions often reflect the same self-serving interests. They're the scammers, the masses are their mugu. Until we address systemic issues and demand accountability across all sectors, expecting salvation from any one group is just wishful thinking.

We also suffer from a chronic case of "the grass is greener on the other side." Just because a young military officer seizes political power doesn’t mean he has done or will do better than the civilian leaders we criticize. Have we paused to ask the everyday people of Burkina Faso how they truly feel after all the euphoria of "change" has settled?

Did they tell us that the jihadists—the threat that supposedly justified his coup—have been defeated in the two years he’s been in power? Have they said they are happier, safer, or more prosperous now? Or are they grappling with the same, if not worse, challenges?

But no, as Nigerians, we’ll just see a charismatic young man in military fatigues and instantly assume he’s the Messiah. This is dangerous romanticism.

Leadership, whether military or civilian, requires more than rhetoric or appearances. Without competence, accountability, and a genuine commitment to the people, power—regardless of who holds it—will only serve the same elite interests.

All things black and wonderful, the Lord made them too.

We thank God for your life my sister. We pray blessings and prosperity over you, your family and your endeavors. Your sojourn in a foreign land will yield the bounty that you've sacrificed a lot for. We celebrate with you. Ise.

That said, emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. There's nothing special about oyinbo or snow.