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PhonesRe: IOS Iphone Anyone? Find A Solution For Ur Iphones Here by joeyemi: 1:28am On Mar 13, 2020
hello, i am new to iphone. i am using iphone 8 plus. how do i resolve the issue of itunes declining my payment method.
ProgrammingRe: Html & Css by joeyemi: 10:08pm On May 17, 2018
09054403023 please add me
PetsMale Caucasian Shepherd Available For Stud Service by joeyemi(op): 5:17pm On Jun 05, 2017
14 months old male Caucasian available for stud service, location is plateau,mangu to be precise,whatsapp 08186160418
AgriculturePhone Number Of Any Tomato Or Pepper Farmer In Mangu Jos by joeyemi(op): 9:14am On Jan 13, 2017
Please can anybody help with the phone number of any tomato farmer in mangu jos, thank you
AgricultureRe: Nairaland Farmers Contact Details by joeyemi: 8:53am On Jan 13, 2017
Please can anyone help with contact of tomato seller in mangu jos
BusinessRe: What To Do To Make Money Online? by joeyemi: 7:39am On Jan 12, 2017
Am having difficulties in listing my domains on after I cut, how do I go about it?
PoliticsRe: PIX: Massive Protest In Portharcourt - Biafrans Demand Release Of Nnamdi Kanu by joeyemi:
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PoliticsRe: Saraki Was Actually Stoned In Illorin..punch Newspaper by joeyemi:
[quote author=chukwudi44 post=38353897]The heart of man is desperately wicked, who can know it. wink wink wink
RomanceRe: 10 Reasons Why Long Courtship Should Be Avoided By Ladies. by joeyemi: 10:10am On Sep 11, 2015
bros ur number 7 and 10 summarizes everything if ladies only understand they won't be falling into the hands of irresponsible guyz
RomanceRe: LOVE AND SEX (love Race 2) by joeyemi: 9:47am On Jun 26, 2015
love and sex re two different words and mean two different things especially to guys,these two words create problem btw males n females,once some females agree to av sex wit you dey av given u there body and soul whereas to the guy its just like playing with each other.i think this is why sex should be between couples only
PoliticsRe: Saraki Replies APC Leadership On NASS Crisis, Says "My Hands Are Tied" by joeyemi: 9:37am On Jun 26, 2015
what do you expect him to say
PoliticsRe: Radio Biafra Now Trending On Twitter. (pics) by joeyemi: 9:05am On Jun 26, 2015
when you have neva witnessed a war you won't know what it means.
RomanceRe: Ladies What Qualities Do You Look Out For In A Man? by joeyemi: 11:27pm On Mar 27, 2015
sometimes we don't get to decide who we are attracted to,here am i attracted to a.lady that has the opposite personality based on wot.i used to have in mind
Music/RadioRe: What Song Reminds You Of That One Person You Love? by joeyemi: 8:57am On Mar 26, 2015
leCaptain:
"Lemar - Time to grow"
I can listen to this song like forever,it helped me to heal when i needed it the most
RomanceRe: Intellectual Property Removed At Owner's Request by joeyemi: 1:34am On Mar 04, 2015
ihedinobi2:
Not that I think you'll believe me, I'm just saying it anyway.

Standd, I'm as Nigerian as they come. From deep in the East. And I know exactly what love is and what it is not. And I don't think I'm being arrogant or boastful saying that because, well, it's the exact same type of speech you use in declaring that Nigerians don't know what love is. I can be just as confident as you are, you see. smiley

I am going to be matter-of-fact about this. Ever since sexúal promiscuity became fashionable, love has been an ambiguous word. This would only be news to those who have never stopped to think. You have only to think how important TV and cinema is in fashioning ideology to understand that.

First, there was an agitation for better treatment for women in the West. Domestic violence was an issue way back before Hollywood. There was also the issue of poor pay because of the Industrial Society that existed then and treated men like machines that incidentally had biological functions. Women needed to be able to bring in income to augment what their men had. So the agitation expanded to accommodate the right to work and be paid.

By the time Hollywood arrived, the agitation had spread to include sexùal "freedom" which essentially was licence for promiscuity. Hollywood (that is, moving pictures) was like dry wood for that fire. Before you knew it, sex became a household commodity. Suddenly, the term "Victorian" was coined to mean "sexuàlly repressed".

What followed? Wanton women at every corner. Easy sex for men. Without the attendant responsibility. Also since men were now competing with women for work too, manliness had depreciated both in appeal to young men and in value to society.

Love thus began to be defined by hormonal changes. "If I feel this way, it must be love." "If I feel that way instead, it mustn't be." Now, since it is women who do this whole emotional, feely-feely thing really, and you had gotten used to agitating to be heard you also took responsibility to define love.

Here's what happened. Men don't feel like you do. It's pretty black and white for us, ORDINARILY. "I like her, she's such a nice girl and she's pretty too." That's it, the dude is sold. He simply looks are how you behave and how you look and then he starts looking to get your attention. But now, it's supposed to be some kind of feeling. That's what mothers start telling their sons and women are shouting from every rooftop. And men have been schooled into listening.

So we start peeping around in our souls to figure out HOW WE FEEL. Truth? We find nothing. Nothing, that is, besides, raging sexùal desire. And we say, "ok, that's probably what she means". So we start describing love in terms of horniness. But then we find that as men we can feel the same way about several females at once. How can we choose then?

We don't. We just try to make the most of it while we keep looking for that "something special" that tells us we've found the one. We don't ever find it until we learn to see past a woman's physical appearance. So we take a looooooooong time to settle down.

And women feel used.

That's just the result of messing with life's natural course.

Love has a sexùal component. There is no doubting that. But love is not just about how Hot seeing or thinking about you makes keep feel. That's for guys.

For women, your feelings may be slightly more complex. There is the "feel safe with him" issue. There is the "feel at home/I can talk about anything with him". And there's the "he makes me weak at the knees" issue too. All of them are love, as far as women are concerned. But what you typically go with today is the last.

All that because one big truth is lost on us today: man and woman are sexùal complements. Regardless how either looks, if you marooned a pair on an island with no access to any other human being they WILL have sèx. It is not debatable. But today, everything seems to be so anyone can try. A hunk of a man will sleep wíth a crippled woman with a half-burned face if he sees that she's all he has. And enjoy it too. Although the enjoyment will last much longer if she's a really good person. And a drop-dead killer beauty will báng a toothless, short ugly man and enjoy it too if there was no other person around. Especially if he's a really good person.

If the marooning happened after they've experienced other lovers or seen other "more attractive" people, it will take a few years maybe, but soon their whole world will consist of each other and that will be quite enough for them. Until you bring in new people, that is. For some though, even new people will make no difference.

Sex is therefore a natural response that either sex has to the other. Thus it should be taken for granted when the issue is romance.

What is Love? It's a deliberate decision to make somebody else your business. Every single thing about them - their insecurities, weaknesses, strengths, pride/confidence/sense of identity, hopes and fears - becomes your own pet headache. They are your burden to carry and your feast to enjoy.

That is Love. I challenge anybody to dispute it.

Do Nigerians know what love is? Well, if Love is about making somebody else your own wahala, I'd say Nigerians are probably more likely to know what it is than the violently individualized West that focuses so much energy on using legislation and science to disrupt trust-fueled human relationship.

The Nigerian economy is hard, so men marrying late is not really that far-fetched. Nor is it particularly surprising that men keep long-term romantic relationships. I doubt that many men start out expecting that it would take three, five, ten years to marry the girl that's got them wrapped around her little finger. I fell in love with my ex early 2007 and was fighting my dad late 2008 to help me set up a business so I could marry her (didn't tell him the agitation was because of her o). And I know a bunch of other stories like that. Even better.

The real problem? It is defining romantic and marital love by sex. Doing that means that you the woman will feel used when things get tough or drag. Because, like it or not, a woman's body is a major prize she gives, in her own eyes (and in a man's eyes too).

What else can romance be about? Geez! Nigeria is hard. Both of you want to settle down and do life together. Combine your intellectual power and share your drive and ambition and you will both accomplish it together like a joint project. He wants a good job? Well, you know how to Google, right? You can discuss qualifications and skill acquisition, no? When he's had a hard day, can he trust you with his fear that he might not get what he's fighting so hard for? Can he count on you to share some of your strength with him when he's lost so much of his?

And you. Can you trust him with your tears? With your fears? Your hopes? Your dreams? Can you let him lead you in your fight for destiny?

In short, can you both be friends? In the most intimate sense of that word? Can you not be a gang?

People do it all over the world, and certainly in Nigeria too. I'm very Nigerian and that's how I personally roll.

When I say, I love you, I mean that even when you breathe a little different, it concerns me. You are my headache and my party. And that's really what it means. Whether in the 1500s or in 3086, at the North Pole or in the most remote village in Nigeria, that is what Love means. And those who are willing to use their heads for a little more than flood their nether regions with hormones and blood get it.


Thank you. Forgive the length of the epistle. Happens sometimes. smiley
you just defined love in the most accurate way,when you decide to make someone else your headache and the funny part of it is that you are happy with the headache and it is an headache you always want to have,most people know this but are too scared to show it probably because of past experiences,i wish people can think deeply about this word love before saying it to someone else
RomanceRe: How Long Should A Guy Woo A Girl Before Giving Up? by joeyemi:
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RomanceRe: Intellectual Property Removed At Owner's Request by joeyemi: 7:32am On Feb 27, 2015
This is wot i tell people,dont go about telling ladies you love them because you are nt sure,just tell d lady you are attracted to her and in the course of d relationship you will knw if you really love her,can you cope with her strength and her weaknes
RomanceRe: Reasons Why Ladies Send Unclad Pictures by joeyemi: 7:31am On Feb 20, 2015
Sometimes i wonder how people rationalize what should not even come up as a topic,if you truly love a woman as you guys will always say you will not pester her for such a thing
RomanceRe: Can You Marry An Illiterate? by joeyemi: 3:28pm On Jan 16, 2015
i cant believe you just typed the sentence i have been looking for for about a year.thanks
PoliticsRe: State By State Breakdown Of Goodluck Jonathans Achievements by joeyemi: 8:15am On Dec 23, 2014
captain247:
Those of you that rants your lips like running tap what have you contributed to your community ? In your whole life have you ever head an organisation? Olodo rapata
dis ur excuse for failure get as i bi o
PoliticsRe: State By State Breakdown Of Goodluck Jonathans Achievements by joeyemi: 8:10am On Dec 23, 2014
if u have all the resources he has at his disposal and u dnt achieve more than these then you need serious deliverance
CareerRe: Thread For ATS/ICAN Candidate by joeyemi: 2:55pm On Dec 09, 2014
ednut1:
ATS is a cool exam, had an 100% record, my tips for u, get the syllabus, get ats pack and 2 textbooks and use simultaneously, if u dont understand how one textbook solved something check d other ones. good luck . ATS 1 is a thing u can read on your own if u hv accounting knowledge already
gudday,plz i need help on accounting it is actually nt my line bt i want to diversify,i dnt av d basis,plz wc books can u recommend.tank u
PoliticsRe: [UPDATE] Kano Bomb Blast: Police Announce 35 Dead, 150 Injured by joeyemi: 2:40am On Nov 29, 2014
for those shouting GEJ till 2019 they should also include suicide bombing till 2019 as part of his campaign manifesto
Nairaland GeneralRe: President Jonathan Press Release Condemning Attack On Kano Central Mosque by joeyemi: 2:31am On Nov 29, 2014
i think our president should use another word, we are tired of that word
RomanceRe: Do Successful Women Scare Men? by joeyemi:
I don't know what I was doing here smiley smiley smiley smiley smiley but i don't think I should
FamilyRe: Which Lady Is a 'Wife Material'? by joeyemi: 4:34pm On Sep 05, 2014
scribble: ladies pls remember...even if u r 10000 yards of wife material

ur man will still cheat on u...because thats what men do
no offence meant,bt with d way ladies talk about men cheating i get scard of getting married and i am a guy.

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