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Prettyhurts:When she is 17 and collecting money for allowance, deduct the price of the calculator and tell her why |
thorpido:Then she waits until she can show some great behaviour to Mum. But let her go and find out the process herself. Do you have an idea how far GH Igando is from her, is it bus or keke or trekking distance? Please did you speak to her mum about paying bills? Is it something her mum is willing to enforce? Because if Moji26 can, it will really convince her mum that it is a fresh, responsible start. |
Hello mamas hope everyone and their bumps are doing well. Please, may I ask, is there any mama registered at GH Igando for antenatal? Please what day(s) is it? Thanks. |
Moji26, please decide if you wish to apologise or not, to Caveatemptor. Remember rule no.1: Don't apologise if you don't mean it. You can say the words when you do. How far with the bank? Do you know what documents you need now? Where did you stop with beauty school? Because you have to go back. Where is the nearest SLOT to you? Please go and find out how much it will cost for your tablet and powerbank to sell off. They will cheat you (whatever the price they mention, add N3k to it and bargain), but you will have some money to open the bank account. The |
ifyalways:Once antenatal is done, let's ask on Pregnancy thread for Igando mums who will be willing to check that she shows up for it at GH. Next week, she needs to make a decision about either beauty school or mum's shop because she should start paying her mum for food and rent (something like N10,000 once or twice a month). So she must earn something. A lot of women are throwing up in danfos on their way to work, why not join them? ![]() |
Don't take it personally, don't get mad, keep your eyes focused on the final solution, don't be carried away by how awesome and helpful you think you are being, don't indulge the bad behaviour, don't help her do things she must do for herself, don't believe the first words because people don't change overnight and only give trust when trust has been earned. That is all. Caveatemptor, I'm sure you've shrugged it off by now, bah Good man. |
an apology may be forthcoming so I will modify this post. But I hope we are all in a better understanding of our girl. We can still help her, we can still do this but be clear eyed. Everyone helping her, you need to be on the same page. Because your well-meaning actions may undermine the final solution: a confident moji26 standing on her feet, being awesome. There needs to be someone in charge, Thorpido you are our oga here. Everyone, please submit suggestions and help to him, Jaybee3, please help with finances: organising any donations. But no access to it until she's ready. |
tipsyjules:picture of your LO #ThreadBabies |
tipsyjules and evacroft, please submit your registration for this thread today #Threadbabies Gaily04, what a handsome lad ![]() |
(dancing side by side) Good morning mamas, it's time for #Threadbabies! Whose turn is it today? (stops dancing) and as for the rest of you mama s who don't want to exercise, I am going to find you...(duh duh duhhhhhh) |
(dancing side by side) Good morning mamas, it's time for #Threadbabies! Whose turn is it today? (stops dancing) and as for the rest of you mamas who don't want to exercise, I am going to find you...(duh duh duhhhhhh) |
MetroTee:This almost sounds like Pink and Blue, except that that one is in VI. Thanks for this. |
sisisioge:Of course he has those pictures copied elsewhere. But having the police arrest and treat him as a scammer means even if he releases the pics, the OP will always have a police report stating that he was once arrested as a scammer and drug dealer. And in the future, OP can release that report to a company, an embassy, a newspaper, anywhere really. Which the OP should make clear after the fact. ![]() |
This is a 26 year old mum who entered MMIA 2 and passed through Immigration, boarded a plane and went to SA to school o. Why is someone escorting her to the bank to give them a passport, 2 passport photos, a photocopy of NEPA bill and fill out the form? Is that hard? |
thorpido:I told her to go and open it yesterday so she only got that message last night and replied it. Good girl! No, no-one should follow her. It's not hard or challenging. I don't really want too much sympathy poured directly on her, let her earn her praise. She'll be better for it. Don't hold her hand, she can do this, she can fix this by herself and she will be happier. tearoses and co, when I read her comment here, I laughed. I'm not angry at her, I totally expected her to petulantly lash out. Which is why I said "don't apologise if you don't mean it", because she doesn't and really we should not be shielding her too much. Not unless you're planning on doing it for the rest of your life. Stop trying to hold her hand, guys. She's got this. Oh, yeah, she's gonna have relapses but that's just human. She is used to people saving her so she is incapable of saving herself and is constantly looking for someone to take care of her. So let her grow up. Don't pet her unless you know you're moving in with her to Igando. |
dairykidd:I dunno, you may have to build it. I think your best bet is to contact one of those Aquarium sellers and get an empty tank, then install the lights yourself. Then rescue one of the snakes constantly being eaten on the frontpage and put it inside. |
Option 1: Save all his messages, report him to the NPF. They will collect money from you, tell you to go to court and maybe harass him. If they harass him, they will ask to view or submit the "pictorial evidence". Eventually it will hit a lot of blogs, someone will bring it to NL, a Romancelander will call Lalasticlala to move it to the FrontPage (but Lala won't, as he's a gentleman and only Cossy's and Rahama's boobs deserve to grace the FrontPage. Not cool, Lala, not cool). You and your wife will be mortified. The Good of Option 1: FRSC guys won't see her nude pics on time, because NPF boys hate them and won't share it to their side. Yay.... ![]() Option 2: Dress mature, go to the NPF and tell them some Yahoo-Yahoo boy scammed you and is a known scammer in that area. Tell them he owes you N150,000 and their share of retrieving the money is N50,000, you'll give them N20,000 upfront and they should collect the rest of the money from him. 2 days to their visit, open multiple email accounts and send him numerous scam-y messages, some acknowledging the "package from Malaysia" and "swallowing stuff from Brazil" and "that oyinbo woman who we collect $5000 from". When the police get there, amid slaps, kicks and punches, break his laptop. Collect N30,000 from your fiance's ex to pay the police. Tell him that if he tries to "scam" anyone again, yoi will be back next week for parents and the balance of the $5000. Look him calmly in the eye when saying this. Wear white or cream native, you must look like a rich Ramsey Noah and act like an angry Jim Iyke. The Good of Option 2: anyone who owes you money and hears of your antics, will offer to settle his debt as soon as possible. Moral of the story: to cure a madman, be a lunatic. |
Tomorrow is #Threadbabies o! No dulling, let's have some cheer in here. |
dexterush:Baby E is not getting a camera phone till 18, not with my hand will I buy it. She wants to buy anything I don't like, biko get a summer job and pay for it with your hand. Too many girls are sending nudes to all sorts of boys, it's like one small boy shines teeth, the next thing is to send him nudes. No child is having locks on their door either: you want to lock your door for privacy, oya pay rent!One of my sisters, her kids only got camera phones with wifi at 13, no laptops. You want to browse, go and use the family computer downstairs. You password that phone, she seizes it. She says she wants no surprises o. Yes, children will be naughty and none of us are saints, but when I hear some tales from Romance section, I just get weak. The day I read one tale about some guys in Polytechnics convince their campus Gfs to sleep with their lecturers to give the GUYS better grades, Ahswear I weak... |
Don't hail me too much o, Soonest and Comtem2011 and co, if the people who were tough on me were closer to me physically, it would have been better. When I found out I was having a girl, I cried. Because I didn't know if I could protect her. I wanted a boy first so he and I could protect her. One of my BiLs used to actively pray against having girls (he's a doctor and he would just see red about what he saw women pass through or do to themselves). |
rofemiguwa:Today is November ![]() |
Loisemm:I would like her to know what it feels like to earn, you know that sense of accomplishment when you pay something into your Savings account? Yeah, that's what I want for her to feel. She needs to know she can succeed at something, it will build her so much. All of us won't be there long-term. That is why I would like her to push herself, so that if any of us are not there, she doesn't slip back into poor choices. And if she does slip back, she can identify where she went wrong and turn back. Which is why I'm pushing hard on her. When this girl gets on her feet by herself, no-one will hail her more than me. Don't give crutches to someone when you know you are not a longterm solution. Who is going to be there calling constantly, talking her out of bad decisions? All this one we are talking here on NL, how many of us will remember in one month's time? |
thorpido:Thanks for doing this. Here is my take: Thorpido, carefreewannabe, cococandy, Aisha2, Ifyalways, Bukatyne and some others from that old thread of hers; 2 years ago, she came here with a similar issue of poor choices. You guys even told her to NOT follow another man until she was sorted. She got sympathy, tough love and more. She argued with all the tough love and then seemingly accepted the good advice. But she didn't follow through. She is already doing the same thing again. She has lost her cool, apologised and is now seemingly accepting good advice. I do NOT believe it is that easy to change. I do NOT trust myself to change so easily, talk less of another. So I don't believe this. She's overwhelmed right now. When things stabilise, there is nothing stopping her from finding another guy and latching on. She keeps looking for a Father figure. But she thinks she's strong and has quite some misplaced pride and huge victim complex. I wouldn't give her money for a business yet. Because she has been unable to manage even her personal finances and prioritise what is important, why will she amazingly run a business successfully? I think we should come to an agreement with her mum and her place that she's taking her Beauty course. Even if she cannot pay up, she can learn trade on the floor i.e. she can pay for her training by working for the salon. So if she refuses to show up after a while, she gets nothing. That's how Apprentices get paid: working and learning. Same with paying with her upkeep: weekly paying for housekeeping. She doesn't pay, her mum should unscrew the light bulbs in the room, unplug the fan and lock the kitchen. Because when anyone doesn't pay their rent and doesn't show up to work, the landlord and the employer deal with them. That is not harsh, that is reality. Anyone who wishes to give her money, do NOT give her directly. Maybe Thorpido or Tehn can hold that money and tell her, in 6 months they will match whatever amount she has saved in her bank account. If all she has is N2000, they give her N2000. If she has N30,000, they add N30,000. Reward good behaviour, no mollycoddling. She has to have someone to be constantly reporting to. If she was abroad, she would have CPS checking in and monitoring her progress (there is no such thing as "Free Help" ). If we can get some mum who is doing her antenatal at GH Igando from Pregnancy Thread in Health section to help check that she comes for her antenatal. You cannot save her. Talking to her sweetly may make you feel good about yourself, but all she is hearing is "this person understands that everyone in my life is evil!" and even if you tell her good advice, she will only listen to the soothing "It's not your fault, we all make mistakes" words. Abandoning school is a mistake. Shacking up with a criminal guy and getting pregnant for him is a mistake. Coming back to your parents and fighting their decisions concerning your welfare is a mistake. Not taking your life seriously is a mistake. Hooking up with yet another man and getting pregnant for him a mistake. Not getting a steady source of income is a mistake. Making all those mistakes together, that's an issue. We can work on the emotional is easier when she stabilises herself. Doing those tasks gets her mind on the right path and receptive to Pyschological help. That's my take. Loisemm, I'm considering stepping back. She's a lot of work and she's not willing. Worse, people here are using her to attempt scoring some cheap points to boost their egos. |
dexterush: ![]() |
GenyEbere:Better, correct human being! Oya, exercising exercisers! where art thou? Rofemiguwa, put that slice of bread down now, fabmum, dexterush, whom else... |
Good morning everyone. Concerning Weaning, I started with Heinz cereals and fruit puree. Then my aunt gave Baby E fried chicken and jollof rice and whilst I was panicking, that one had discovered Heaven . She loved Garden eggs and you know those peppered grilled fish? She would eat it and be sweating, but still continued. I mentioned a while back on this thread that we should pattern our weaning more like Indians and Asians, they give their children their local foods and spices to eat. Right now, all those cereals are bland and sweet, which is what Western style cooking tastes like. So, I'm sure plain boiled beans is nice, rice and stew with fish or meat too. Ogbono and Okra soup is nice, because babies like that draw-y, mucous texture. I even added small dried fish and fresh fish to her soup. |
Funjosh:I wish you had not sent her credit. Since yesterday, has she bothered to go locate a bank near her and find out requirenments to open an account? Remember her first couple of posts: she wanted to borrow someone's account to use, still leaning on people to do even the basics. She didn't even say "oya, where is the first bank I said is close by, let me go and find out how to open a bank account". If you guys are not careful, it is Seun and all of you that will train her kids. I know what my mum has gone through, infact one of my friends almost married a girl like this (complete with her 3 kids from previous relationships). She cheated on him and carried belle no.4 and was crying and acting helpless and expecting him to save her as usual. That was what woke him up. |
Has anyone bothered to read up MojAyo and Suzzy16's previous comments on Nairaland? You guys have been petting and petting and indulging this girl's destructive behaviour for some years and she does not believe she has any problems. And now you want to continue petting her? Okay o |
Moji26, my life is not perfect, I have never claimed it to be. You want to hear my gist, I will gist you when you deserve to hear it. I am suspicious of people who tell me how wonderful their lives are. I'm speaking to you because you may end up solving your issues in 7 years' time when you can, with maximum effort from you, be steady in 2 years' time. I'm not judging you, I'm just not going to allow to continue throwing yourself a pity party for the rest of your life. You have been doing that for a few years now. "Everyone is attacking me, it's not my fault". Wrong. Nobody except yourself is to blame for predicament. |
moji26:So, let's get some things some things straight: 1. I am quite a good number of years older than you (more than 8 years age difference) and you are a Yoruba girl. There is a chain of command and respect in that relationship. So you will address me as "Auntie" and not "Sis" until I see fit that. ![]() 2. You are very right: I have never used a Tecno tablet in my life. I used to use a Samsung and I accidentally broke an Apple tablet maybe that's why I want yours so badly, broken screen and all ![]() 3. I have only spoken to tell you that when your mum comes home from church, you should apologise to her. And I told you I won't give you money but I will help you. But I have not insulted you, if I had, you would remember. I am a Delta woman with Yoruba relatives, a quick temper and sarcastic tongue. That combination means you will be in tears when I'm done with you. Promise. 4. A lot of people here are using you as entertainment and a cautionary tale to their children. They don't care about you. They cannot sustain you even if they dash you credit or N5,000 and will use you as gist and laughter for their friends. And they already are. But I give a shi.t about you because I don't want your next baby to be for the Vulcaniser down your street. Which is where you're heading if you don't stop and do a 180° change in your life. 5. Apology NOT accepted! You didn't mean it. Rule no.1: don't apologise if you don't mean it. I'd respect you more if you did. I have zero respect for you now, which is why I'm being tough on you. If you wanna earn that respect, you'll pull yourself up and become a great mother. 6. Yes, you're gonna start paying rent and feeding in that house. I've asked Thorpido to tell your mum. No more free lunches. Or please move out and try and do it on your own. You should also start thinking of how to pay schoolfees for your son, he's 3. Pre-K starts at 3. That's what ADULTS do: they solve their problems by relying on their skills. 7. I would advise anyone NOT to give you money, NOT to help you open a bank account, NOT to give you money to start a business. YOU ARE 26 YEARS OF AGE AND A MOTHER OF 1. YOUR MATES ARE DANCING AT THE ALTAR EVERY SATURDAY AT THEIR WEDDING AND GOING TO WORK EVERY MONDAY. You have NOT finished school, you have NOT finished your Beautician course, you have NOT held a job down in your life, you could NOT even do Olosho work properly (go to Benin, girls are using ashawo work to build houses, go to VI and Ikeja, babes dey use kitten open store and are paying their parents' bills. You're here). You need to succeed at something and start turning your "I have NOT" into "I HAVE ACHIEVED". If you like, please listen to those petting you. I will not pet you, I am hard on you because that means I really think you can change. If I pet you and am gentle on you, that means I assume you are a lost cause and I'm just being kind to you to fulfill my daily dose of Likes and arse-kissing on NL. I owe you nothing, I have not even helped my cousins. Some of them are you, they learned how to born throway from their mothers and now they are doing the same. I could not help them, but I may think of trying with you. It's upto you to decide what you want yo do now. Rule no.2: you have to start owning your own decisions and accepting their consequences of them. We cool? ![]() |
stadora:Stadora, as a child I used to eat paper and eraser. And it was delicious! my point is, persistence is key: keep giving him in small quantities and don't stress it. Because they used to stress meals for me, I started eating the paper and eraser. |
Jumaii:This seems like a good idea, GH for backup. |
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hope everyone and their bumps are doing well. Please, may I ask, is there any mama registered at GH Igando for antenatal? Please what day(s) is it? Thanks.


No child is having locks on their door either: you want to lock your door for privacy, oya pay rent!