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Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: Hannon's Latitude And Meddling's Crib by Matthewbriggs(m): 2:48pm On Sep 28, 2014

Happy birthday herald9. Wish you a blissful celebration

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Literature › Re: Literature/Writing Section's "Chat Central!" by Matthewbriggs(m): 1:08pm On Sep 26, 2014

MizMyColi: @MatthewBriggs
You got mail

Check did not see any mail. please resend it. vai mathewbriggs123@gmail.com

@ AfricanApple yet to hear from you.

Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: Happy Birthday To My E-husband Kelvingraphics by Matthewbriggs(m): 2:57pm On Sep 25, 2014

Wow.. I hope I am not late.
Happy birthday Kelvin. I Wish you a bliss filled celebration.

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Literature › Re: Literature/Writing Section's "Chat Central!" by Matthewbriggs(m): 5:46am On Sep 24, 2014

AfricanApple: is it still on?

Yes

Forum Games › Re: Say Something Good About Yourself, Gossip About Someone Too. by Matthewbriggs(m): 5:19pm On Sep 22, 2014

MizMyColi: Yeah, Outdoor Advertising.

Okay cool. nice

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Forum Games › Re: Say Something Good About Yourself, Gossip About Someone Too. by Matthewbriggs(m): 4:38pm On Sep 22, 2014

@MizMycoli quick question are in you advertising.

Romance › Re: Guys: 8 Reasons Your Ms. Right Might Actually Be Ms. Wrong! by Matthewbriggs(m): 5:46pm On Sep 20, 2014*

Heaven knows I have disqualified so many potential ~~girlfriend~~ wife due to some attributes listed by Op.
I have experienced women with the following traits.

Samwhizzy: 1) It’s always all about her
Selfishness in a relationship is like a disease that spreads and manifests itself into all areas of the relationship. It starts with her being selfish about her time and resources, next thing you know she is being selfish about sex, and before you know it your needs are never being met but all of hers are. If everything is all about her you may be with MS. WRONG!

80% of the women folk have this problem majority think the world revolves around them. cheesy

. Me, Me, mine, leaving you to do all the work undecided

2) She is never happy and shows no appreciation
You work hard everyday, give her everything she needs and wants, and you’ve even sacrificed your happiness for hers yet she STILL never seems happy. She always has an attitude about something and she never stops to just say “THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU.” If this is your woman she might be MS. WRONG because eventually you will need her to be happy and you will need appreciation to encourage you to keep going.

Most ladies see receiving favors from a guy as their birth right, and place no value when a man goes out of his way to do something for them. Once I discover this I run away.

4) She is always passive aggressive and uses the silent treatment often.
Communication is the most important skill in a relationship so if her idea of communication is being passive aggressive and giving you the silent treatment every time something is wrong with her then run for the hills! If she says one thing and means another and either way you lose she may be MS. WRONG!

Silent treatment can make me detest some one for life. It is very counter productive on me ... I have discontinued friendships due to this phenomenon.

5) She shows no nurturing qualities
As men we like to be taken care of and nurtured the same way women like to be protected and made to feel secure. Furthermore if you want a family you will need someone with nurturing abilities. Sure she may be a great career woman but if you want a family and she doesn’t have a nurturing spirit that can benefit you and your future children she may just be MS. WRONG!

Very few women have this traits. Many are losing what it means to be a woman. Imagine been with a woman and due to work you forget lunch and dinner is approaching and she visits and she never asks have you eaten ... The next thing she does is to start telling you about all her problems. damn... the Little things matter

[b] 6) She doesn’t support any of your endeavors
If you are a dreamer and have many things that you love to do yet she takes no interest in any of them then she may not be the woman for you. You are going to need the support of your woman to accomplish the things you want to accomplish. She can’t be a passive participant because you are going to need her to care about you and your life and if she doesn’t do this she may be MS. WRONG!

One core litmus test I use to know how far I can go with a woman is how much effort she puts to know me, my dreams my projects my ideas. How much she cares about my future. Is our discussion all about her, her her or does she try to know more about me... but the irony is majority care about you paying their bills and helping them solve their needs. Instead of what they can do to help you achieve your purpose in life.

I have had my own fair share of the bad ones ... thank God the good ones exists. I have met a couple of good ones ... those goods one have left some impact in my life. cheesy

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Romance › Re: Top Ten Nairaland Relationships That Are Waxing Stronger Everyday by Matthewbriggs(m): 4:34pm On Sep 20, 2014

KelvinGraphics: Iam good boss, and U?

Its been a while o. Hope d money is pilling up swiftly ba?

I am great. Yes it is.

Romance › Re: Top Ten Nairaland Relationships That Are Waxing Stronger Everyday by Matthewbriggs(m): 9:39am On Sep 20, 2014

KelvinGraphics: Matthewbriggs

What's up?

Programming › Re: Challenges Finding A Technical Co-founder In Nigeria by Matthewbriggs(op): 12:16pm On Sep 19, 2014

Very well said @ nollyj .. We are both saying the same thing.

Family › Re: Revive The Habit Of Self-sufficiency- For Every Nigerian Woman/girl by Matthewbriggs(m): 9:38pm On Sep 17, 2014

Word !!! What been independent and self sufficient does for you as a woman far out weighs the gains of dependency.

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Programming › Re: Challenges Finding A Technical Co-founder In Nigeria by Matthewbriggs(op): 8:49am On Sep 17, 2014

Literature › Re: New Opportunity For Writers by Matthewbriggs(op): 9:04am On Sep 14, 2014

Politics › Re: Open Dialogue With APC Progressives by Matthewbriggs(m): 4:32pm On Sep 13, 2014*

@ Seun I have this feeling you are under pressure to take this steps, like you've been secretly threatened by another data loss by some group of people. That is a very sad position to be. Been at the mercy of a particular set of people is really unfortunate.

I might be wrong ... I hope and pray the wisdom and grace to handle this challenge be unto you.

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Family › Re: Would You Marry a Spouse like your Father or Mother? by Matthewbriggs(op): 9:41pm On Sep 11, 2014

MOBBDEEP: Perhaps someone patterned after my step-mum.

In another news, Mr MatthewBriggs, I think I have the medicine for your illness.
You seem to be searching hard & the height is damn too high to reach.
I have some good news for you.
I'll offer my professional service free of charge by providing you personalities with this hard-to-meet profile of yours.
Ummmmmm!!!, I'm talking about 2 people here on NL viz:
* Ms MissMeiya.
* Ms Kulyie.

Hope you quite understand that occasional throwing of "tantrums" goes along with the profile you sooooo much desired!!!

No not their type. cheesy

. My mother no dey give my father headache.

There is a clear difference between strong willed and been stubborn.

PS. I am not in any way referring or not referring to those stated.

Family › Re: Would You Marry a Spouse like your Father or Mother? by Matthewbriggs(op): 9:38pm On Sep 11, 2014

Vivly: God forbid.

This is an intense reply with deep meaning. cheesy

Family › Re: Would You Marry a Spouse like your Father or Mother? by Matthewbriggs(op): 9:13pm On Sep 11, 2014

sholasholala: Lol.
He won't just write speak that English in one sentence but in AT LEAST 3 paragraphs.

Lol If I catch you eheh. grin

Family › Re: Would You Marry a Spouse like your Father or Mother? by Matthewbriggs(op): 9:11pm On Sep 11, 2014

MadCow1: I couldn't have married someone like my mum... Reason; My Mum is a very strong willed woman with serious anger issues (though she has calmed with age).

However, I developed myself to be more like my Dad.. Calm and cool cos though he was married to my sometimes very annoying mum, he never once hit her and I struggle to remember a time if ever when he raised his voice at her or was violent towards her. I chose to be like my dad cos I realized that I wanted an equally strong willed woman like my mum (without the anger) and the only way I could ever live happily with such a woman was to be like my dad..

Same here my dad is cool calm and collected. The cool thing is I share both their traits to great degree. With my later siblings either lean to the dad or mum side character wise.

Moreover one thing that fascinates me is that she is bold and daring but has her emotions eg. Anger under check even tho when she is pissed the next moment you both would be gisting like nothing happened.

I think one core thing I like about her is her sense of purpose and the doggedness she uses to achieve that purpose. I find this trait very attractive in a woman. cheesy

My dad basicly helps her refine her focus where neccesary and steps in when she needs help.

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Family › Re: Would You Marry a Spouse like your Father or Mother? by Matthewbriggs(op): 8:54pm On Sep 11, 2014

standd: @MatthewBriggs
I created this same topic with my first NL handle. And I'm seeing the same response I got back then.
I think coming from a happy home isn't even enough reasons to want a spouse like ones parent. My dad is a good man but knowing how individuals differ along several aspects, I wouldn't want to marry a man like my dad. With my kinda temperament, marrying a man like my dad will most definitely stress me a lot...

I see ... Very true there are several diverse reasons people will not be willing to get married to someone who share same character traits like their parents and coming from an unhappy home may not be the reason.

Very well said standd. Inbtwn how are you ... hope you're good.

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Family › Re: Would You Marry a Spouse like your Father or Mother? by Matthewbriggs(op): 8:24pm On Sep 11, 2014

RoyalRoy: Mr Matthewbriggs, its only natural to want a life partner who will give you much happiness like the man/woman you have known earlier in life. Most people will approach a lady simply because "she looks like their mum" while some ladies will trip for a guy simply cos "he reminds them of their dad".

Our parents are heroes to us in most situations and this is what most of us look forward to reciprocate in our new family too.

I would like my future wife to be a copy of my mum but with a slight adjustment.
Obviously we can't want a 100% copy of someone else cos no one is 100% perfect .

Very well said Roy I quite agree with you ... Moreover going from the comment sofar I think this may be subjective given that not everyone might have received so much happiness from their parents and in turn may detest copies of their parents.

As for me I want an improved version of my mum. cheesy

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Family › Re: Would You Marry a Spouse like your Father or Mother? by Matthewbriggs(op): 7:52pm On Sep 11, 2014

Idrismusty97: Matthewbriggs, Judging from your write up you must be a typical introvert. Am i wrong?

A blend of both worlds. I am an introvert and extrovert depending on the scenario

Family › Re: Would You Marry a Spouse like your Father or Mother? by Matthewbriggs(op): 7:37pm On Sep 11, 2014

sholasholala: I will like to marry a man who will treat me the way my Dad treats my Mum.

Family › Re: Would You Marry a Spouse like your Father or Mother? by Matthewbriggs(op): 7:36pm On Sep 11, 2014

freshness2020: My mummy is just one rare super mum...
I will ask for her kind again and again!

Same here. cheesy

My mum is really what I call strong and very supportive.

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Family › Would You Marry a Spouse like your Father or Mother? by Matthewbriggs(op): 7:05pm On Sep 11, 2014

I recently stumbled on a thread that asked the question Why are you single, that got me thinking because I have never give that question any thought. I think the reason was because I am your typical career focused young man who rarely has the time to really invest in a relationship.

Moreover I discovered also one key problem is that I am very picky. I discovered that over the years I had used a certain set of criteria to screen potential love interests criteria that where some how embedded in my subconscious. On a closer look I discovered that these criteria where identical to traits possessed my mum. Moreover it is important to note that these criteria leaned towards character and behavior and less on physical look.

For eg I detested weak women, women who needed to pushed, who cannot take initiative, and clearly do not have a clear plan and focus for life and I find my self turned on by the go getting type of woman, the ones we call strong women. The kind that does not just have the ability to plan but also has the strong will and dedication to execute on them just like or even better than my mum. I might be attracted to a woman but one's I get closer and discover she lacked these attributes no matter how beautiful she is my interest dies automatically

Now back to the purpose of this thread. To you reading this piece Especially if you are already married Did your parents character traits influence your choice of a spouse ... did who they are as an individual define your expectation in regards to your choice of spouse...

#Mathewbriggs

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Literature › New Opportunity For Writers by Matthewbriggs(op): 11:48am On Sep 11, 2014*

Hello
Currently working on a project with client, One I am really excited about. Moreover we currently are in need of really talented writers, to come up with content ... It's not for a blog, it's for something way cooler.
The writers will be tasked to tell short stories in conversational style ... the style would mimic the way we chat on mobile devices.

Please Click on this link to have an idea of what we mean. ( https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B77Y2zDWbMiaMzVYZGtpMlVOenc/edit?usp=sharing PS Zooming into the image to reveal the content).

You would be given creative freedom to explore your theme

Benefits.

1. You would be payed for your service.
2. You would be working on something tons of people around the world would get to see a plus to your portfolio
3. It would be challenging and hopefully push your writing skills to the next level.

Please if interested send a mail via mathewbriggs123@gmail.com with a brief information about your self attached.

Regards.

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Literature › Re: Literature/Writing Section's "Chat Central!" by Matthewbriggs(m): 10:49pm On Sep 10, 2014

Hello
I am currently working on a project, One I am really excited about. Moreover I am currently in need of really talented writers, to come up with content ... It's not for a blog, it's for something way cooler.
The writers will be tasked to tell a very short story in conversational style ... the style would mimick the way we chat on mobile devices.

Please Click on this link to have an idea of what I mean. ( https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B77Y2zDWbMiaMzVYZGtpMlVOenc/edit?usp=sharing PS Zooming into the image to reveal the content).

You would be assigned a particular type of theme.

Benefits.

1. You would payed for your service.
2. You would be working on something tons of people around the would would get to see a plus to your portfolio
3. It would be challenging and hopefully push your writing skills to the next level.

Please if interested send me a mail via mathewbriggs123@gmail.com with your contact no attached.

Forum Games › Re: Tag And Ask by Matthewbriggs(m): 7:53am On Sep 10, 2014

DesChyko: Obinoscopy, MatthewBriggs, AbuMikey, Fynestboi, Jarus,
Caracta, Omolola1, ujsizzle, Tgirl4real, alutacontinua..

I hope you are all okay and doing well??

Thanks man ... Am good

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Romance › Re: My Top Cuties On Nairaland by Matthewbriggs(m): 7:44am On Sep 10, 2014*

marieolae: ok ur opinion

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