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CelebritiesRe: Omotola Looked Fat In Her AMVCA Dress - Charles Novia by Ivynwa(f): 5:36pm On Mar 11, 2013
Whoever designed that her gray(mixed with orange) coloured dress is a bad-a*s designer. The dress emphasized her hips, and at the back gave a powerful effect to her a*s. Am I the only one seeing that illusion of a splitting a*s. Wow wow wow, what a design? The designer made a statement with that material, I mean he wrote things without lifting a pen.

I will return to find out the name of the designer that worked that.
FashionRe: Yvonne Nelson On The Cover Of Pride Magazine Uk’s New Issue by Ivynwa(f): 5:29pm On Mar 11, 2013
Hair not nice, I have seen pictures of hers where she looks 3 times better than that. They can do better than that.
FamilyRe: Wife Battering, How Do I Help? by Ivynwa(f):
obowunmi: No, she should stay until she is stabbed 78 times like Titi Arowolo
You understand?

sisiruthy: our parents are late,and we have 3 brother,one has died,the remanin 2,are outside the country
Aw-aw-aw-aw
I'm just seeing that your parents are no more, if you are the closest family around you still have to save her from that man. Involve any extended family member that have your interest at heart. She needs to get away from a man that sends her to the hospital with beating before she dies from that.

sisiruthy: she is a house wife,dat is the problem,so if she go who will take care of her kids
The bad news is that if anything happens to her, you may be the one taking care of those kids. You can ask your brother abroad to help with a little sum for her to start a little business or she can find a factory work and be independent from the man. If somebody is killing you slowly, do you keep returning to the person because the person feeds you. Shouldn't you find a way of feeding yourself so that you won't depend on such a person. Do you and your sister want to watch the woman beater waste her.

Call good hearted extended family members of yours, invite her husband's parents too. Raise alarm (or the ambulance will give you enough alarms if he beat her to death), make it a matter of great importance. The topic of the meeting should be to drum it into the man's ear that your sister was given to him to marry and not to beat down and that you and your sister have decided for her to get a rest from his beating until he decides that he is ready to marry her not beat her. Your opening this thread now shows that he beat her again very recently and i don't think that it's right for her to return to him for more beating without sorting out this issue seriously. (Yes you have a right to organize such meeting, it's your sister we are talking about).
FamilyRe: Wife Battering, How Do I Help? by Ivynwa(f): 5:53am On Mar 11, 2013
You mean that sometimes she ends up in the hospital? Sometimes means not once not twice does she return from the hospital alive?The fact that she returns to get another beating has given the man more audacity to be playing football with her body.
I am sure that if you try thinking that you and your family may not be lucky for her to return from the hospital alive some day that you will spring into action quickly and go tell your parents to come save her from the bully of a man before he kills her for all ya.
FamilyRe: Mothers Day: The Pain by Ivynwa(f): 5:39am On Mar 11, 2013
Yeah, you have to look at the motive behind her action. She is just doing stuffs some mum do, if they are not nagging you to get married---they are match making you etc. You can discuss that with her to find out where she intended to take the pictures to just for you to know what goes on in her mind and how she operates with prayer houses/pastors/diviners, this si to enable you get her off the clutch of people that may mislead her and put her life and yours in danger. You need to communicate more with her not cut her off okay. Tell her to respect your wishes on not wanting to get on with the young man and she may understand, cool off and everything be be alright between both of you.

How did you know that your aunties are attacking your spiritually? Better be sure that you have your facts right, I know that relations from one's mother's side are the closest and always wants the best for their sister's kids (people are different though). Don't feel too sad okay, when I saw your thread I thought it was a case of a person whose mum has passed away and is feeling sad over that on a mother's day. She is still alive and your relationship with her can be improved on with solutions to the disagreements that exist. You don't solve a problem by running away from it.
FamilyRe: Sweet Things About Your Mom That Make You Smile? by Ivynwa(f): 12:16am On Mar 10, 2013
The way she loves me and the pet name she calls me. kiss

You just gotta love momma!
Science/TechnologyRe: Lion Hugs Woman That Rescued Him 6 Years Earlier by Ivynwa(f):
Oh my God! I have a string of tear rolling down my eye---that was touching.
I am beginning to have a rethink about animals with these stories showing loving affectionate/emotional sides of animals.
I can't believe that an animal as ferocious as a lion can hug up that lovingly. It's very touching, at a point i wondered whether that is a human dressed up as an animal.
It's amazing and wonderful that the lion remembered the good done to it by the woman sometime ago and appreciates as much as hold the woman that dearly in it's heart. Heart??! Yeah animals have heart these days. Sweet heart at that, better believe it. Lol grin


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRlD5ptuwcc
RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f): 8:43pm On Mar 09, 2013
andyanders: You said the right thing.Why can't they allow the woman to make her choice the way she want's to live? Is her right, but for her brother in law having feelings for her is what I do not like. To me, that young man has questions to answer because bringing up this subject matter, goes to show that he is the one that has feelings for the woman hence he is seeking advise. This woman should be allowed to express her feelings.
The poster has showed some great qualities of a good/gentleman. It was very good of him helping the woman complete his brother's house where she is living now and sending her money to help in her upkeep.

He seems like a nice person caught in between staying faithful to his wife and being with his sister in law. His posts showed that he is just a bit wary as to the extent of relating with her as well as confused by some statements the SIL makes on the phone which is why I said that he shouldn't conclude that the woman wants him to marry her because she is complaining that he doesn't come visiting them.
RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f): 8:33pm On Mar 09, 2013
MsDarkSkin: i'm fine hun. smiley chilling!!
i hope you're enjoying your saturday as well smiley smiley
Yeah Babes.
RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f): 8:23pm On Mar 09, 2013
Poster said that his sister in law has been calling him for some month's now accusing him of abandoning her and I am of the opinion as i mentioned in my first post that that may not be enough reason to conclude that she wants to be married by him and that the poster should still visit once in a while for the children to be getting the feeling of a male presence, that that may be one her of the reasons the woman referred to as being abandoned by him. If the woman comes clear and says that she wants to be with him, that should be a matter between him , his wife and his sister in law. It may work for them, it may not be the best for them.

We shouldn't egg him on and tell him to marry her and solve all the widow's problem and some bringing on posts that made widows out as "her world is finished","who will want to marry her again" kinda views. I hope things work out for good for the poster and the widow and that she finds happiness and love again whether with her brother in law or with some other man she chooses to marry. We all deserve to be happy and be with spouses we are happy with, women that have lost their spouse inclusive too.
RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f): 8:03pm On Mar 09, 2013
MsDarkSkin: ^^IVY!! cheesy cheesy
How are you sweetheart?
RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f): 7:59pm On Mar 09, 2013
biolabee: Ivynwa excellent points made so far.I'd like to know your thoughts on the uganda case you mentioned. I guess you see it more from a standpoint of protecting the woman from lecherous in-laws.
What if the woman wants to stay married to someone else in the family and its not by duress

Will it be ok by you
Yes Babes, it's her choice and that's what I've been saying.
Widows are still women with feelings and emotions and shouldn't be limited by views of others that think that they shouldn't date or should stay married within their dead husband's family. They are free to live and love after mourning their loved ones.

My view about the Ugandan case is that it was good that it was cancelled out, a woman shouldn't be forced to marry a man she doesn't like. People should be with spouses they want to be with.
CelebritiesRe: Ini Edo, Tuface, & Annie Macauley-Idibia At Akwa-Ibom Govt House by Ivynwa(f): 7:19pm On Mar 09, 2013
Are they eating Edikankong (abi na erikaikong soup them dey call am grin )with their governor. Akwa Ibom ladies representing!
I'm happy for them Ojare.
RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f):
wirinet: you must be living in the west, you seem oblivious of the difficulties widows go through in African societies. In some cases (and i mean lots of cases), the late husbands properties are confiscated by greedy relatives and she and her children left in punnery to suffer. Got to an average magistrate court and you will see many widows trying to recover their late husbands properties.

Even though a widow is young and childless, it might still be difficult for her to get a husband. Superstitious African societies attach a certain stigma to widows. Some men and their families are weary of marrying widows because of superstition. They believe the widow must have been responsible for the husbands death, even if the husband died in the Dana plane air crash. I have a rich uncle who refused to marry a very beautiful and successful banker because he learnt she had been widowed twice. So he strongly believed he would be victim number 3.

Believe me, for a poor widow with 5 children in Nigeria without the support of her family or her husband's family, her life is almost "finished".


I understand you are looking from the perspective of the man's wife. Yes, it is not fair that she would now have to share her husband's attention with another woman and 5 children.and that is the only negative. But from the point of the society, the family and the widow and her children, it has positive implication. Imagine the effect of 5 destitute children and their mother on the family and society.

I am not saying the man must marry his brother's widow. I am only saying that it is an option if he feels he is financially and emotionally capable.
Superstitious African stigma you called it----some posters are here unconsciously displaying these superstitious stigma thing in their post in this age and time. Should we continue in darkness that darkness or light may abound to us? Let's free our minds & make away with these superstitious belief and others will learn, follow examples and slowly we can shed off some of these beliefs that are not benefitting anybody. Somebody was displaying these beliefs in his post and when I mentioned that widows in other parts of the world live on and date after spousal death, he was telling me that I am not more modern than he is and still displaying ancient beliefs in his posts.
All I'm saying is that widows should be allowed to live on without the people around viewing them like their "world is finished" etc or any attempt by them to date be viewed like she is being irresponsible, not caring for her children and that the only mercy that should be given to her is that her brother in law comes to her aid and marry her off so as to solve all the problems in her poor widow's world.

I mentioned the "wife inheritance" that was recently cancelled in Ugandan because they are a bit closely related. A society where it isn't the law but is being practised by some, the moment a woman loses her husband, her husband's brothers may start eyeing her or start thinking that she is entitled to them just because they see others doing it even if it isn't the law of the land.
RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f): 10:55am On Mar 09, 2013
maclatunji: Don't make it about me. The widow knows that she can have another man but at what cost- the proper upbringing of her children? It is you that have refused to be objective.

The chances of them having an affair is already high. There is absolutely no need to create a mess, just make it official if he wants it.

There is a lesson to be learnt here- the woman was married with respect and had the respect of her husband and family which is still in effect even after his death.

If she was an ill-mannered wife, do you think this man would risk turning his life upside down for her?

Ivynwa, no need to fight over this. cheesy
Whew!
I don't do the "war of words" that most people bring on to the forum so I don't have time to waste arguing and bandying words, friend.
Stay here and be displaying laughable and ridiculous notions after notions that you have towards "widowhood". Bye and take care.
RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f):
maclatunji: All of what you typed is irrelevant here. This story is not about 'wife inheritance'. It is about a widow wanting to be under the care of her late husband's brother and we have shown how it is understandable. Did the people you mention have 5 kids at 39?

You are not any more modern than I am. Spare us the 'enlightenment'.
You are so confident of your take of this that you are nullifying the takes of others and feeling cool without knowing that you only displayed some ridiculous notions you have towards this topic which some people pointed out to you. What problems were being solved when you are blatantly telling a man that he should talk to his wife and solve all the problems by marrying his brother's wife. I am only saying that the decision must be the widow's own and that she is free after mourning her husband to find love and that she mustn't cling to a brother-in-law and mustn't take on the "my life is finished" stance like some are making widowhood sound like.
Your question "what happens to the nieces and nephew" (children of the dead husband) is equally a short sighted/myopic one, it sounds as if a 39 year old woman with kids that is dating and trying to find love and be happy is doing wrong in your mind's eye and that children of a widow that is dating again after the death of her husband are liable to get lost to their papa's family or not be well taken care of. Your view of a widow is ridiculous, friend.

By the way there's no need to be throwing acidic statements to others because they don't agree with your "I-have-the-wisest-answer-for-the-poster-and-nobody-should say-anything-again" view. Jeez! Take things easy bro.


maclatunji: Eyah. If you were a Muslim, I would have said consider marrying her. She wants a man and has set her eyes on you. No woman would like a co-wife so I understand your wife's position too.

To be honest marrying her sorts out many problems. If we say she should go and look for her own man, what will happen to your neices and nephews?

Talk to your wife about it, who knows she may have the heart of a saint. However, is your ex-brother's wife a decent woman? Can she relate with your wife with respect?


Your story is one of the reasons I can't claim 100% that polygamy is out of the question for me even if I prefer monogamy.

It is a tough call.
RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f): 1:56am On Mar 09, 2013
HisRib: So does marrying your late brother's wife, when you are already married. I don't care what you say, wrong is wrong. Your wrong is not better than myu wrong & vice versa. Thanks to morality, I can recognize when something is wrong.
Hey! We are of the same opinion. You didn't read my posts.
RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f): 1:32am On Mar 09, 2013
HisRib: Marrying your late brother's wife, when you are already married is just as wrong. It's NOT any better than homosexuality.

I love how you are speaking as though Africans haven't adapted anything from the West. Anyways, there is not wrong with learning from other as long as it is good. I hate some things about the African culture, just like I hate some things about the Western culture.

Please stop with the nonsense. This man should tell his late brother's wife to move on. He can still help her financially BUT she needs to go find a man elsewhere. The fact that some of you even think it's okay for him to marry her is DISGUSTING.
Girl, an African country recently banned that after realizing that it does more bad than good. I think that the country is Uganda.
RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f):
maclatunji: It is a very simple arrangement- Man, his wife, and the widow agree that the man marries her in a simple living room ceremony. The widow remains in her old husband's house with her children. Man will still continue to show widow care. Widow's heart is at ease- her children are assured reasonable care and she does not have to steal attention and love from the man as she is currently doing.

Man's wife should understand that her husband is not doing this for lust, greed or lack of love for her. It is just that life happens and we have to adapt. She can have legal documents transfering certain assets to her and her children if that will make her feel better.

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Some posts here make widowed women sound like wretched human beings that should forget about living and dwell in the shadow of their dead husband. Time has passed when people are regarded gone under just because they have been widowed or gone through one or two failed marriages, the likes of John Fashanu and Yobo's mother-in-law are still loving away and enjoying their lives even after being through one or two marriages. Let's get the thinking that (the place of a widow must be in her dead husband's home) out of the head and we may be able to see the bigger picture. Out there people pass through widowhood and divorce and broken relationships and still end up with people they love very much in their forties,fifties and twenties,thirties,(for those who lost their spouse early)etc.

Life is beautiful, when people marry they promise till death do them apart not to follow each other to the grave grin. When a husband dies and gets mourned properly, wifey can still get on living the way she wants not clinged up to her husband's brothers. What happens if the man is an only son and has no brothers that should marry the widow and "solve all the problems" as you said in an earlier post here. There is even an African country (can't remember which) that recently banned the tradition of men marrying their brother's wife against her volition.
CelebritiesRe: Funke Akindele Cries Over Late Colleagues (PHOTOS) by Ivynwa(f): 12:56am On Mar 09, 2013
Oludrex: Thousands of Nigerian Die everyday,we just dnt hear abt it..So two or three dead celebrity is not a big deal and there is no point of making a deal out of it
Do you think so dearie?
Do you think that it's not a big deal?
I was thinking that it is somehow for that number of deaths to be from one industry. It's not two or three of them, the people that can count will give you the numbers. E plenty. May God protect everybody Ojare.
FamilyRe: May The Soul Of My Mother Rest In Peace. by Ivynwa(f): 4:34am On Mar 08, 2013
@ Mr Luluosas
Do accept my deeply felt sympathy, May God comfort your heart.

I don't think those pictures of your mama's grand kids should be posted online unless you think so.
May God be with you as you do her funeral.
RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f):
babyosisi: I am doing just fine,thanks for asking
Kicking azz hia and dia as usual grin
I hope you're good too
grin grin grin

Just where the heck were you when you were needed to kick one or two good looking a**es days ago? Lol grin
Sometimes I want to kick some a**es in NL but just can't lift my legs to kick em. Hahaha.
Now if I ever come across an a** that needs some good kicking, Imma call on you. grin
Do have a good day.
FashionRe: Celebrities At Nollywood@20 Presidential Dinner (Pictures) by Ivynwa(f): 4:08am On Mar 08, 2013
Aw-aw-aw-aw
See my darling girl, I haven't seen her face in a long while.

RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f): 4:04am On Mar 08, 2013
babyosisi: I also have a feeling he didn't mean it that way
At least I hope so
Yeah I think so too. How are you Babes? Hope good?
RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f): 3:56am On Mar 08, 2013
babyosisi: First of all,my condolences on the untimely loss of your brother

This story is quite touching and you sound like a genuine guy but please keep your emotions in check and don't have anything romantic to do with your late brother's wife
Polygamy should not be for you first of all then secondly
She is family to you and cannot be your wife
Assist her financially when you can,I am glad you are already helping take care of your nephew but don't mess with her heart
It doesn't end well and when the chips are down,you would have a lot of people hurt including this young widow
If you have a friend you can introduce her ,do so
Take care
Why would you want her out of her husband'd house? That last line sounds very odd
I hope you don't mean it the way it came out
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@Babyosisi

The part poster said "Should I tell her to leave my brother's house to go and marry another person with five children"----
caught my eye too but I didn't comment on that because he didn't say all that he meant. I mean that phrase means a lot of things to a lot of people and the way he said it is not very defined.
RomanceRe: Can I Marry My Senior Brother's Wife? by Ivynwa(f):
@Poster
The woman saying that money is not everything and that she wants to see you does not mean that she is trying to seduce you into her laps or something unless she has made it obvious to you that she wants to start an intimate relationship with you which I don't think is the best for both of you. She may simply be missing that male figure and needing that you come and be present sometimes in the life of her children through visitations in order for the kids to still have a feel of a male presence so don't trip all over the place and think that your brother's wife wants to bed you down badly because she wants you to visit her and the children unless she has spelt it out.
There isn't a law that said that when a spouse dies that living and enjoying love and life should die along with the partner. When the mourning is over such women should be encouraged to find happiness and her happiness doesn't have to come from putting hands in one pot with you and your wife. The fact that she already believed that no man will want to marry her with her 5 kids shows that she has some beliefs stuck up in her which may not allow her be open minded to finding a new partner. There is nothing wrong if she finds another man to get along with, there is nothing disrespectful or abominable or disgusting about her marrying another man. The world is open out there please. Thanks.



COOLDUN: From your comment you seem to be a kind man, and God fearing too, it is not bad to take care of your late brother's wife, but thinking of having an affair with her or remarrying her is never good and advisable.

I don't know what a woman with 5 children and a grown up man, as son is looking for in marriage again. My advice to you is to try to raise some fund for her to start any business which she can handle, so that she will not be more dependent on you as you have your own family too.

She can have a male friend which all of you her family members should know about, but remarrying is not the best option. She has sacrificed a lot for the family. If she really love her dead husband , she should honor him by staying behind and take care of their children. Your family members should encourage and support her to stay. Marriage is never the solution as she do not know what she will meet at her new matrimonial home.

My father's junior brother died and left a very pretty young and educated woman, what my father did after she finished mourning her late husband was to call her and asked her what she wanted to do then, my father began his words by first letting her to know that God had made her a member of our family, never mind that death had put asunder in her marriage. My father made her to know that all of us love her and are very ready to have her as our sister in law.My father told her that anything she decided then would be accepted by all the family members. Then she had a son and 2 daughters.

When my father finished talking to her, she fell down and held my father's feet and swore that she will never leave our family to any where, till death take her away. We all busted into tears and hugged her, and reassured her of our everlasting love for her.

Today she is still with us, her daughters are all married, his son is married with 3 kids now, my father sold some of our lands and raised some money for her to start business. She is doing greatly. She has a male friend which all the family members know and respect so much. If your family love that woman, then don't let her leave.She need you all now.
In as much as your post is heartwarming there's no fast rules for you to say that poster shouldn't let the woman leave his extended family. It's her life and it's her choice. Just like your uncle's wife chose to remain unmarried so do other women have the rights to how they want to live their lives after the death of their spouse.



maclatunji: Eyah. If you were a Muslim, I would have said consider marrying her. She wants a man and has set her eyes on you. No woman would like a co-wife so I understand your wife's position too.

To be honest marrying her sorts out many problems. If we say she should go and look for her own man, what will happen to your neices and nephews?

Talk to your wife about it, who knows she may have the heart of a saint. However, is your ex-brother's wife a decent woman? Can she relate with your wife with respect?


Your story is one of the reasons I can't claim 100% that polygamy is out of the question for me even if I prefer monogamy.

It is a tough call.
Tunji "I ga egbokwa ogu ma okpotuwa" (Will you separate the polygamous wifey wifey fights when it starts?" ).
Why insinuate that he bring her into his household? What problems does that solve? It can create more problems than you can imagine.
So what happens to the nieces and nephews? If their mama gets married to somebody else it does not mean that the children are lost to their father's family, don't children leave their families to go as far as across the atlantic and other countries to go and school and live so that has no weight at all. It is a woman's choice to decide whether she wants to remarry or not biko.
RomanceRe: A Thread for Single Ladies :) by Ivynwa(f):
DailyNews: @chichi, sorry to say that u weren't really objective or will I say specific. Tall could mean diff things to diff ppl. Now when u say taller than u, is it 5ft7, 5ft8, 6ft, etc or what? That's by the way.

Now, again ur taste is kind of too high, and if this is how and what all our ladies have as their dream man, then so many guys and ladies will definitely end up in unhappy relationship and marriage.

The probability of finding him is 0.0005, very slim. You have to be more realistic pls.

He should be a member of your churchhuh As in if u are an Anglican church member, he must be Anglican toohuh And must also come from your statehuh And must not be fairhuh Oh Chichi, that's way too much dnt u think sohuh

Be open, start now to make adjustments ok? Fair guys aren't bad, and neither are dark skinned guys bad too, but be more open.

Now, you need to be attending your tribe's ppls weddings and ceremonies, make yourself more visible, lying down on d bed can't get u that guy. And it mustnt come from the internet cos most ladies nowadays seem to have this conviction that he must be on the internet, come on, he mustnt be online, so dnt ignore those around u too.

Will be back....more to come...we are going into practical class here and practical questions are welcome but pls no insults or use of demeaning words pls.
The bolded here is exactly what came to my mind when i read Chichi's list.
Chichi that your list is almost the tall, dark, handsome Lamar Odom kinda dream man that most girls see in their Cinderella dream land . Hahaha grin
Your Prince may come riding looking tall dark and handsome but Babes does he have to be from your state of origin, your kind of church too etc?. You need to open your eyes beyond the horizon, if you meet a non Nigerian you like very much or even a Nigerian you like that isn't from your state----do you mean that you will not give him a chance to get to know him because he isn't from your state and church? Your list made me realize that you are a young hearted woman even if you are a 39years old (i don't know your age group but girl open those eyes).

Thank Goodness for this thread some of these sweet hearted young women needs these "Dailynews" sweet chaperoning and all the nice and educative discussions going on in this thread in order to open their minds more.
RomanceRe: A Thread for Single Ladies :) by Ivynwa(f):
LondyC: [color=#770077][/color] this is a very interesting thread and i'd not pass without contributing.
These days, it seems like a lady is incomplete if she isn't married or in a relationship. Infact, recently i started feeling that way, my single friends all got hooked up and just yesterday, d last of them just found a girlfriend. I saw myself asking some questions but in the long run i realised that it's not just about being in a relationship but the quality of the relationship. I encouraged myself and now i do encourage the single ladies here: Be whole in yourself first! I'd rather be single than be in an abusive relationship or in one in which the guy makes me feel like crap or doesn't have any regards for me. It's life draining and i'm made for much more than that. I'd rather be my best while charting my future than dribbling my destiny in the hands of so many guys just in d endless search for Mr. Right. There should be no space in your heart for 'make-do' relationships. No! That time would be better invested in your future. Know your worth! You're too precious for child's play.
Good you realized that you don't have to run into this because all your friends are hooked up. One thing one must avoid is to want to settle down because every other person is settling down, it can drive one into making decisions that are not too good. I have experienced some of these feelings of wanting to settle down very much, mine was because I love babies sha. I have been through all that circle and come to the painless place where it doesn't hurt and I am all positive, being happy within me, enjoying and appreciating my single life and still trusting God for a companion. Sometimes I want to be angry with myself that at my age I still look into my heart and tell myself the truth that "No I don't like that man enough to want to marry him". I was jokingly gisting an ex about the man I mentioned that came making marriage advances with an "Afo Beer"(protruded tummy grin ) and the ex asked me "Ichoziri boy George? (Do you want a man so handsome as boy George? grin) and I replied that if I wanted boy George I would have chosen (him) because he is handsome too. He himself we dated and on having a little misnderstanding he started dating a Non-Nigerian who he doesn't want to marry, didn't want to tell her so too. The poor girl packed up and came living with him. Years later we made up, wanted to give things another chance and then he told me about the girl he is fooling and telling me to hang around the corner and give him time to dismiss the girl and I was like what?---I am not waiting for a man to dismiss another woman, I don't even want you to jilt her---she is human, again if you dump her now how am i sure that you won't give me the same treatment tomorrow? etc

Our destinies are all different, I have a primary school friend that married fresh out of NYSC and before you can count all your fingers she had two kids and lost her husband. I mean she passed thru marriage,motherhood and entered widowhood in a surprising flash while there are mate of hers that haven't had children or married. Her destiny is different from theirs, our pace can't all be the same. Above all we were promised that in his (God's) time he makes all things beautiful for us. Alleluiah! grin
I know that some of us may be experiencing some unhappiness about being alone in a society that has a good number of people that look down on single women and what with families and friends that pressure one and tell you how a woman "has no time" as if you are the creator of time and life grin. It's nice that through a thread like this that one can share some of those feelings with others and get comforted---that is one of the reason I gave Taio Luv a huge hug. Let's keep being our sister's and brother's keeper. The thread may indeed be helping somebody somewhere and some of us too. Yeah the other day, some of you had to tell me "sorry" when i didn't feel too well---that I appreciate. Thanks all.
RomanceRe: A Thread for Single Ladies :) by Ivynwa(f): 3:27am On Mar 06, 2013
taio luv: @all people who contributed to this thread,tank u all,thumbs up

Today is my birthday and am alone, d' pressure is high,bt i pray to God it wil be wt my husband for my next year bday IJN.

Love you for ur words of inspiration and advise it is shaping me up nicely for my soon very soon husband
Oh darling! Hugs and hugs and hugs to you. Happy birthday to you.
When I did my NYSC I had a female roommate that was crying on her birthday because she wasn't married and then we were just a little pass our mid twenties.grin
CelebritiesRe: P-Square, Karen Igho, & Ruki Sandras Pose For a Photo by Ivynwa(f):
[quote author=tpia@]dont discriminate dear, you can always withhold your comment instead of being hypocritical about whose breasts you prefer seeing.

were you forced to post?

i fail to see why you commend one b.reast and attack the same b.reast on another woman.

care to explain?[/quote]You seem to be in a warring mood but the problem is that i am not. Telling somebody to cover up some part of her br-east is not the same thing as appreciating a good work of God in appreciating my fellow woman's shape. I can't believe that you are so myopic and small minded as to think that i was referring to a Mercy Johnson's br-east when i said that she has a nice shape. Your mind and thinking pattern is baffling dearie.
You are being funny, why do you have a problem that I appreciated Mercy Johnson's shape? I have a right to appreciate somebody's nice shape. You seem confused, I said in this thread that Karen should cover up some parts of the br-easts and not show us all and in the thread of the baby of Mercy Johnson https://www.nairaland.com/1215428/say-hello-mercy-johnsons-baby#14620229 I complimented the new born saying that she may have a shape as dangerous(nice) as her mums. There is no picture of Mercy Johnson in that thread neither is mercy johnson showing us half of her br-east there so this two posts are very unrelated. Whatever it is cooking soup in your heart made you mix the two together to serve to the world here in order to label me that did you no wrong bad.

Are you such a fan of mine that you have been following me around threads and weighing my posts on scales or am i simply a target of something in your heart that went sour? I mean the bad feeling in your heart is so eating deep that you had to copy my post and delete what I wrote to write in "Karen" where I was referring to Mercy Johnson's daughter. Your heart is looking to play the soured game of the heart, play on-----na you go tire. I've always been pleasant and nice to you and this is the second time you enter a thread and try to twist my posts, i ignored you the first time, this time around i realized that it's deliberate.

Know what sweet------I don't have time and will never direct a post, a word or a letter to you again. Get on please. Thank, you!
I do myself a favour and doesn't bother reading posts that are not healthy for me so whatever you decide to cook up, twist, delete, write and add my username to it here does not pertain to me as i won't be reading. Bye and God bless sis.
CelebritiesRe: P-Square, Karen Igho, & Ruki Sandras Pose For a Photo by Ivynwa(f):
@Tpiah@

What is the meaning of those quotes of mine you rewrote and pasted there.
How can you get another post I have in Mercy Johnson's baby thread and add Karen's name to make it seem like i said different things about Karen when your last quote was another post in another thread posted over a different matter. You alone knows what prompted this, go ahead and humour yourself. I don't have time for this height of -----I even lack words to describe this------.Is this poster above really Tpiah or some other person? Whoever you are---you get time sha, carry go, have fun if that is your idea of fun. Know what I'm laughing at you at whatever is there in the crannies of your heart that made you think of doing this. I am sorry for you if it was ill motivated. The field is all yours---------play on----some day you will sing a different tune of song to this.

https://www.nairaland.com/1215428/say-hello-mercy-johnsons-baby#14620229

Ivynwa: O duka Nne ye. (She is like her mother).
I just said it the way my people say it, some will get funny and say "O dewere anya, onu na imi ka Nne ye"(She keep eye,nose and mouth like her mama).
She looks lovely and may have a shape as dangerous as her mama's. I mean Mercy Johnson's shape dey give some wive's heart attack because when the hussy sees that shape he doesn't want to go to sleep anymore. He will want to watch that hot shape in the movie all night long. Lol lol.
Foreign AffairsRe: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Is Dead by Ivynwa(f):
MsDarkSkin: To tell you the truth I am not concerned about Iran...my fear is for Cuba because I know how devastating the American presence in the caribbean can be. The CIA [b]TORE UP Jamaica, continues to hold down Haiti, messed up Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands [/b]etc. The plans they have for Cuba...I don't even want to talk about tbh. undecided

I didn't even realize how duped and ignorant we are as democrats until I started paying more attention to what Pres. Obama has been doing lately. It sucks but I really believe I voted for a permanent "black face" character. undecided undecided
Darkie from your post I am just hearing the first caribbean person to have a middle-east kind of view towards the US govt, some Caribbean countries have great relationships with the US really. I know for sure that beyond all those political moves of some first world countries lies some selfish motives yet I agree that there is freedom in democracy, man is not born to be held down but to be free. I like the freedom to all men being preached by the Americans. Many people attack the US policies and the minute these same policies buy them freedom and emancipation they are overjoyed.

MsDarkSkin: To tell you the truth I am not concerned about Iran...my fear is for Cuba because I know how devastating the American presence in the caribbean can be. The CIA TORE UP Jamaica, continues to hold down Haiti, messed up Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands etc. The plans they have for Cuba...I don't even want to talk about tbh. undecided
I've got bad news for you Darkie, the US has the heart of the caribbean. They are best friends, major trade partner with the most happening if not the richest caribbean country. The country have made efforts to reconcile the US and Cuba, better have no fear about the American presence in the caribbean because they are right in your face. tongue tongue Now I mustn't be insensitive.
These countries you are listing that the US tore up, held down, messed up etc, don't they have a mind of their own? Chavez stood up for himself even while selling plenty oil to his adversary and collecting his dollars from the Americans, Smart Hugo.

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