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SouthSouth1914:
Saving 2k every year for 5 years gives you 10k. What are you going to do with that?

Stop all these saving shitt you are feeding yourself, when you have money your taste will always change! Whatever method you think you are applying is just poor mentality with no cause for it. Stay true to yourself and live your life.

There is no Manual to be rich!!

Well i invest 2/3 of my salary, Been buying crypto and stuff and i am happy whenever i check my bags everyday. Still bought more this morning sef. U see, these re the things i prefer to do with my money. Maybe all will go to zero but i am damn sure that if the prices go back to d all time high? I will be having 6figures of money in usd. That might take me 5yrs or sth but i am very patient. And maybe they will all go to zero idk but what i am sure of is that their prices will never be what they re now.
All in all, i am very greatful and happy with my lifestyle.

IronPants:
Ohhhhhh, food in exchange for sex? I see.

Thats all they can offer bro.

ImaIma1:
Sorry of that's how you see it. It still doesn't justify going on a date with 2k. So 5k will deprive you from having nice things? Keep consoling yourself with that

Going on a date with 2k doesnt need to be justified. This is Nigeria... wtf woman?

ImaIma1:
Note that he was the one who invited her on a date.

If a guy takes me on a date and says he is hungry and doesn't have money, i will buy him food. But off course i would wonder what kind of guy takes a girl out with an empty pocket.

Been reading your comments and then i sense a correlation btw ungratefulness and your views. This mentality of yours is the reason why Nigerians dont have nice things cuz they go after shining(on the surface) things of which the end there of its all destruction.

neyobills:
I don't need to have a budget for something as, petty as going for a date,I only have an expenses threshold,its just about the same as going out to drink with a beer buddy which 2k should also be enough in an average bar or hotel,i only add miscellaneous expenses on projects, family expenses and investments not dates.

You dont go to dates with a sweet tooth expecting some form of gratification,its a date, it's it what it is.

It's about the same as going for a meeting and expecting to be welcome with fried rice and chicken,a date is to discuss and get to know each other if the chemistry is right.

If I ask to take u out for lunch or dinner then that's a different ball game, a date is a date.

The point is curtsy. Large percentile of Nigerians(both guys and girls) lack that. They dont want to do anything for themselves, all they do is live off other pple(very disgusting). They only know how to take take take take even without saying thank you.
Why would sn invite you on a date, and you will see that as an opp to satisfy your irrational or rational cravings? If u re hungry then go get it for yourself but if you dont have the money, then ask nicely. Dont make it seem like the guy owes you sth.
Sometimes back i was hangin out with a friend, we were at this bar and this dude ordered for a wine of like 7k, immediately i told him i dont take wine. I prefer a beer instead. Atlast we spent 1.8k max.
Maybe 7k is no big deal to him but then i prefer we just chill, talk and just relax as oppossed to trying to impress eachother. And oops this is thesame dude i lent some money cuz he said he was broke

kunleweb:
I saw Gaspardd on this thread 2.30am, it's 7.30am he's still on it. What a pitiful soul. Wonder if it isn't validation this dude is seeking.

Thats cuz i manage my time. I slpt 9pm woke up 3am, by 7am i am in d bus.

Nicklaus619:
Not to disrespect some comment I have read here so far, the reason why it seems that the rich are getting richer is that they don't care if you are impressed or not, they only care about their personal satisfaction and comfort, but the poor spends the money they don't av to buy the thinks they don't need to impress the people they actually don't know.
I agree with oop 100% its only we the Africans that attached so much importance to Frivolity, a white chick can never allow u pay 100% of the bill especially if u on a date, as an economist before I spend a penny, I calculate if it is important or avoidable, not to brag but my colleagues in the office wonder how I can afford the kind of car I drive with the salary they all pay us, why couldn't I?
My colleagues eats in fancy restaurants, and , collects any thing they brings to the office on credit and thy ends up paying 3 times the actual prize, I cook my food and I don't buy anything on pressure, I go to the market and buy my stuff wen it is absolutely necessary, in conclusion being meticulous with spending ain't stinginess any girl that can't stay within my budget don't share my dreams, it's as simple as that.

All can bash the OP cus they percieve in their mind that he is poor. Had it been it was Dangote or Peter Obi that said this, thier reaction wud have been diff.
One time i watched a video clip in 2017 where Warren Buffet said crypto is a bad investment and that he sold all his tokens back to dollars when he invested 300usd in crypto and within 2hrs it dipped to 280usd. I really found it funny and laffed.
But if it had been a random school boy who told me that, i would have given him a punch on the face and make him know how pathetic he is. But i laffed at d video cus its the fùcking Warren Buffet.

funmisticqueen:
stories that touch the soul. What you have is poverty of the mind.

So if a millionaire sits facing north picking is hairy nose, then i shld act like him cus he's a millionaire and i am suppossed to act like one?

Preshy561:
Tueh.
Totally shameless.


Please, desist from quoting me.

Walksouttastupidthread.

Do have a nice life

Preshy561:
Have you returned the borrowed shirt to the owner?

Otherwise what would happen?

truthsayer009:
See as your brain small, A used mac book Pro for 15 inches still goes for 420 - 450k. Oga I still bought it for my Boss last week at Computer village. I have the receipts, abi you think say na UK used iPhone 5 you dey buy?

Na small pikin dey worry you, Lmao!!! Na that your 2k you wan use woo babe

Thats computer village bro. On ebay they re a lot cheaper even with d approx 10k for fast shipping.

truthsayer009:
Abeg no mind this mumu OP, he has serious Issues & I won't even allow my Sister to date such Ignoramus.

That being said, please owning a Mac Book is an Achievement oh. Just in case you don't know. It cost about 750k to get a brand new Mac Book Pro, 15 Inches. I'm not even joking. So na big achievement bikonu.

Well, for taking a flight. Aero Contractors Planes be like Molue Bus, so that one no be Achivement

Lol at ur last sentence, but about d macbook, i am goin for the UK used from ebay. So its still not an achievement

ImaIma1:
Having a MacBook and taking a flight are not actually achievements.

If you like, you can go with 350 naira next time

Cmon i'm not sayin they re, i am talkin about choices here.

CaptainMitch:
You keep writing threads embarrassing yourself and trying to generalize you can open a blog and monetize all these epistles and rants, most of you youngsters make females see other Nairalanders as small boys, if you don't have money, park one side and increase your hustle.

Ok i dont have money. But i wont think and act like a millionaire, i want to be a fùcking millionaire

SBL28:
I sincerely feel bad for your future wife.

Who wud you prefer? A guy who would be shrewd to save up to buy a benz or a guy who wud fill your belly in a toyota starlet?

CaptainMitch:
You are just broke, forget this crazy epistle.

You seem to use that in a derogatory manner. But this is Nigeria, where 18k is the minimum wage. Being broke is the norm and nothing to be ashamed of.

MariaLavina:
Not all pastors, even JESUS gave Us the chance to make a choice.

No one is asking you to spend beyond your pocket but don't think everybody is ready to spend within your pocket.

That's the point!

Then you have to understand that i am not my pocket, i mean my pocket doesnt define me. The point is common sense is involved

lefulefu:
if we convert this 2k naira to a dollar how much in dollars e go be?

Convert it to Indonesian Rupiah or Zimbabwe dollar. I can pull out some shìtty currency out of my ass too.

cooluzi:
oop I like your reasoning....

Thanks bro. We will see at the top. And not at the bar

ImaIma1:
Gaspardd you have what my people call "etok" mentality. "Etok" means small.

"Let me manage this my small car"..."stay in an ok apartment"..."let me just be moving small small".

There is nothing wrong in cutting back on cost. That means you shouldn't ask any lady out on a date to avoid deflating your ego.

Nope, i have non of those things. I just have common sense. I guess by the time my Macbook arrives, i will have to manage my small Macbook.

MariaLavina:
I don't have a problem with your pocket it's none of my business But with your reasoning now that's a big call for concern.

Honestly its good to cut your coat according to your cloth, it's good to know your worth, accept who you are and live accordingly. But the problem is at this, you have unknowingly created an illusion that your way of life (economical social and psychological) is the best. You are beginning to force your cloth on others and that is plain stupidity.

2k may be enough for a date to you, but to another it is just enough to set the date. Accept that!

Maybe you should stop going to to church. Or what do the Pastors do again?

virgoquin:
you call spending 2k on a date as something useless lol.

You don't even need a girlfriend now sef just stick to Vaseline and soap it will be better for you.

Meet me in 5yrs and lets see who you wud prefer to date.

virgoquin:
Mtcheeew abeg lock up nobody here cares if you spend 2 kobo or one million on a date.

If at this time you still see 2k in this present economic dispensation as a big amount then you better goan double your hustle

Doublin my hustle and at d same time spending recklessly? Thats like swimming upstream.

kunleweb:
Takes time to grow mentally, it'll take years. I'll check u on you not to worry. Cheers

Ill rather be comfortable and happy with my choices at the risk of being stupid than to feel sad and inconvenient myself cuz i want to appear mature.

MariaLavina:
"Anything beyond that is pure garbage".

Like seriously?

Yes seriously

kunleweb:
Smh oya you've been called out


Missjoy29

Sexybaby22

ImaIma


As for me, I give up , may I not have a son with such mindset, I rest my case by saying povertly can be addictive

Bring it on. Their opinions are invalid to me

From my last thread about how i took a girl out on a date with just 2k.
Let me background this with some facts in view.

When i said i dont spend money on mundane things, it means that...sometimes i dont get pple with the way they spend money on frivolities.
1. For instance birthday celebration is a complete garbage to me, i mean if u re beyond 18, and thats cus you can excuse kids for being stupid. Life is tough and we have to acknowlegde that fact.
2. Having more than 2 kids is bullshìt cuz i feel with 2kids u can give them the best life they should exp with d limited resources "you" have. Imagine if this country had like 30m instead 200m population.
3. Expensive Wedding.. Oh my gosh, complete arrant nonsense, why not divert it to biz or sth.

Those things i highlighted up there to me are complete mundane things i do not or wish to spend money on. But then if you have extra large cash then no biggie but they re still bullshìt.
Then what re things i spend money on... i love to spend money on things that will gives me a new level of experience, for instance, one time i wanted to travel, i could have boarded a bus but then i decided that i would take a flight instead. So that means i would have to cut back on some mundane things i spend money on. Like clothes, foods, alms giving and all that so save twice or thrice the intended amount.
Ok right now i need a new laptop, i could have gotten a good HP with nice RAM and processor speed but i want to get a Macbook instead almost 2x the price so that means i have to be more sagacious with my spendings...Grab?

Now on the issue of that date, seriously its not really about saving money or sth, but its about common sense, its a date for crying out loud. Its to share moments, talk about unserious things, after having a very busy week. Its not a job/business interview where you proof a point and get a mark or a nod of approval, its to unwind and being in the moment. Two adults who understand this would make things simple for eachother.
But then if u re on a date to proof a point, or seeking for something which your future/life depends on, then maybe you can go all serious trying to catch all the fallen cups just to appear like a perfect guy.

So with this few reasons of mine, I still maintain my stand, 2k date is the cool date. Anything beyond that is pure garbage. Either you have the money or not.
I am not averse to the fact that you can treat yourself to some nice and expensive things onces in a while, but then i understand the greedy nature of humans, someone asks you out on a date and you want to use that opportunity to the fullest. But i feel if u can afford those things, then you wouldnt feel the need to want to use the opportunity to fill up your glut stomach or whatever it is. Thank you.

@Jayneek i made this thread in response to your thread trying to school me on how to go on a date. I dont need your noob dating skills. Been going on a date since 2011, so i am well experienced in that field and ive got it covered.

afribabe:
please tell us what happened at work the next day. Please

I will get it all out but i ve been inundated with lots of bashes, advices, both on NL and off NL my brain needs reset, or maybe to shrug it off, but either way i need time. But bae didnt take it easy on me.

ImaIma1:
The op gaspardd is conveniently responding to only people who cheer him on and support his actions. He cannot handle the truth and criticism.

And i don't know if evercurious is actually serious with her comment or just trying to get likes from the guys.

Would you go on a date with me if i asked?...I am gonna come along with only 2k

vingeophysicist:
Okay do you remember me ?

Lol ofcourse bro. U were always d controversial guy back then.

vingeophysicist:
Which local government ? Ohoazara or onicha lga .I know you .Gaspard so this is you .one of the shy guys in camp .Hope you still hear from maria

I wasnt shy in camp. Camp was a very horrible exp for me. I queued for all the nonsense one spoon ration. I had to conserve my energy.
Derby and I served in ohaozara but its been long i heard from maria

LeoFish92:
Lol, we were all part of one whatsapp group that year, which I think was formed from here on Nairaland.

Yea i remember the Leo. How ve u been bro?