Na only me,my mama and 998 persons good for this country. So Pool of good people available to date is small.

OLULAW:
Two weeks ago, I visited a friend's family home in London as we haven't seen each other for more than a year due to COVID-19 lockdown and restrictions. The 40-something old wife looked like she's in her late 50s. My primary and secondary school classmate and friend complained about the following, in spite of the fact that his wife is a very senior nurse (Band with BSc and MSc degrees from Russell Group UK Universities.
1. She consistently leaves her hair untidy. Only tidies up when leaving home. At home she looks like a grandma.
2. She farts carelessly, even when her hubby is seated in close proximity having his meals without apologising. When challenged, she rages that it was as a result of medical conditions. She doesn't deem it necessary to say "I'm sorry " whenever she farts, accidentally. The hubby is simply expected to suck it up.
3. She has mouth odour. Hubby advised that she takes brush and tooth paste to night shifts so that in the early hours of the morning, before AM shift colleagues arrive, she should freshen up. Also before coming to bed that she should freshen up 'north' and 'south'. The advise fell on deaf ears. As such, they haven't kissed in 5 years and sex life is perfunctory. He simply doesn't want to end the 20 years relationship because of the kids.

What do I take from the above? These are some of the reasons why relationships disintegrate. Women take things for granted. They think marriage is a bond and their husband are forever trapped. This friend is very bitter, saying how do you enjoy sex with someone whose 'north' and 'south' leaves much to be dedired.

Being single seems preferable these days. It's so easy to move on. The world is already overpopulated why bring more lives into it. This is why I remain a chronic bachelor right into my very late 40s, and have no plans to marry. I have mutual friends, NSA, instead.

I may not be a marriage aficionado but you just succeeded in citing or concentrating on only negative stuff.
It's akin to citing accident cases as a reason to not own a car or use one.

This strucked a chord I didn't know existed inside me. Loneliness is just dangerous!!

Jubilancy:
This strucked a chord I didn't know existed inside me. Loneliness is just dangerous!!

Hmmm...

I don't mind getting to know you

Tonymegabush1:
Stay single have peace of mind....

You can't stay single forever

Nice one bro

Are you from Esan part of Edo state?

iampeterben:
1. They have high expectations of their other half. When looking for a life partner, decent people will see if the other half is a good match for them. There may be many partial matches, but few perfect matches.

2. There are few quality people they can take a fancy to. The better the person, the fewer people of the same quality are around her, and the chances of meeting someone of her own calibre and developing a relationship are significantly lower.

3. They have high expectations of themselves and their future. They have goals they want to achieve in life and want to find someone who can make things happen for each other, not someone who will be a burden to them and hold them back.

4. They think there are other things in life that are more important than being in a relationship. They may be obsessed with their career, learning new skills and developing new hobbies, while a relationship may be seen as a waste of time and life.

5. They will carefully judge the sunk cost of being in a relationship. They will carefully assess the risks and benefits of a relationship and choose their partner carefully and deliberately, rather than just getting together with someone else.

6. They may already have someone in mind. This person may be someone she can never be with, but she is unwilling to find someone else to replace that person, so she stays single.

7. The person they like does not like them. The decent person may like someone who is better than her, but that person doesn't like her, and in that person's eyes, she may be an extremely ordinary person. The one who is not willing to settle for anything else will just wait and stays single.

8. They may not know what kind of partner they want. They may be good at business, friendships and platonic relationships, but not at romantic relationships and love. They also need to keep learning to get out of being single.

In general, finding a partner is not like finding a job, and many people want to wait until they are good enough to find a good person to spend their lives with. But the reality is that by the time you are good enough, you will have missed the right person and will not be able to find another one.

By:
Marcus Okoebor

stanliwise:

Polygamy in this economy?
Have you priced pampas ?
Expect you want your children to be almajiri beggars

well, for thoswho have the means...some people are still making money in this economy

patani:


well, for thoswho have the means...some people are still making money in this economy

How many of 200 million people
Stop all this “some people” saying

Will there ever be a time where some people are not making money?

Thread says why are “many” decent people single. The next thing you said is polygamy

Arizonaz:
This thing called a relationship is not easy when you don't have an understanding partner that is ready to build with you. Financial Stability is of utmost importance to both parties.

Some lady, the moment you tell them can we be in a relationship, it seems lik ;De you tell them I want to handle your financial problems. Every minute, Dear I want to go to an event can you send me money so I can look nice for you?

Ngozi, Ijeoma, Nneka I don hang my boot.

urgent2k.beggar_girls@liability.com

HIV I &II + Hepatitis B awaits you both

OneNigeria1:


I have a clock to share with you REAL BRO THANK ME NEXTWEEK

OnlyDeCapPlease:

Everything is not about money, my man.

Economic and commercial considerations will be relegated to the background with the right woman.

There's nothing like the sweet companionship of a lover to ameliorate the effects of harsh economic realities.

Don't subject yourself to poverty in the name of love. I want my have everything she needs and I'm working towards everyday of my life.

Eriokanmi:
Yea. Then, people nowadays have set a seemingly unachievable standard for themselves in view of what's obtainable in the present day world. Hardly would you see a man who would want to marry in a single room. Hardly would you also see a lady who would marry a guy who's struggling or managing in one room with shared toilets...whereas the billionaires and successful men and women of today started their lives this way after marriage. Some even married and managed in a friend's house before being buoyant enough to rent an apartment.

No jobs yet, those managing small salary job believe they can't survive with that, as if they created themselves in this world. They've forgotten the fact that God is always there to turn things around. I've referred to my case in various instances here in the past. I married in a room apartment with a leaked roof. Our kitchen was located outside the house . Today, all I can say is, thank God because there's nothing my peer can lay hands on, globally that I can't afford, except private jets but when the time is ripe and God says I'd acquire one, it will happen.

Youths of nowadays can't start from little...both male and female alike and that's why some of them take to fraud, rituals which many call yahoo plus. If you ask them whyare theyinto such illicit acts, they'd tell you there's no job but if you ask whether they could take up a 50k job, na insult you dey find. I started with 11k salary nearly 2 decades ago. My wife earned almost same amount and we saved and rented the one room apartment after which we got married. I've dined with pres Obama and other prominent figures globally. I remember a day I visited my friend who was a driver in Naira Pool, a pool company off Allen. The owner was very rich. I once heard his son say, he would never settle for anything less than 100k minimum as a fresh graduate as of that time. I just graduated as well. 100k that time is like 400k now. The last time I saw him, he was operating a small laundry outfit in Allen avenue. Things dabaru after their father died.
You don't have to keep up with the jonesis in life. Make do with what you have and all will be alright. Our marriage was low-key and we've achieved far more than what those whom I knew growing up, who had expensive wedding published in ovation. I wonder why Africans don't copy the oyinbos we always copy them wrongly and in the end , we find ourselves in a mess.

Sorry for asking Boss.
What age did you leave your father's house?
Is it advisable to leave my poor family in my early 20's?
The tasks are weighing my down and my minimum wage is enough to solve half of these problems.
What do you advise or can we talk in private?

Eriokanmi:
Yea. Then, people nowadays have set a seemingly unachievable standard for themselves in view of what's obtainable in the present day world. Hardly would you see a man who would want to marry in a single room. Hardly would you also see a lady who would marry a guy who's struggling or managing in one room with shared toilets...whereas the billionaires and successful men and women of today started their lives this way after marriage. Some even married and managed in a friend's house before being buoyant enough to rent an apartment.

No jobs yet, those managing small salary job believe they can't survive with that, as if they created themselves in this world. They've forgotten the fact that God is always there to turn things around. I've referred to my case in various instances here in the past. I married in a room apartment with a leaked roof. Our kitchen was located outside the house . Today, all I can say is, thank God because there's nothing my peer can lay hands on, globally that I can't afford, except private jets but when the time is ripe and God says I'd acquire one, it will happen.

Youths of nowadays can't start from little...both male and female alike and that's why some of them take to fraud, rituals which many call yahoo plus. If you ask them whyare theyinto such illicit acts, they'd tell you there's no job but if you ask whether they could take up a 50k job, na insult you dey find. I started with 11k salary nearly 2 decades ago. My wife earned almost same amount and we saved and rented the one room apartment after which we got married. I've dined with pres Obama and other prominent figures globally. I remember a day I visited my friend who was a driver in Naira Pool, a pool company off Allen. The owner was very rich. I once heard his son say, he would never settle for anything less than 100k minimum as a fresh graduate as of that time. I just graduated as well. 100k that time is like 400k now. The last time I saw him, he was operating a small laundry outfit in Allen avenue. Things dabaru after their father died.
You don't have to keep up with the jonesis in life. Make do with what you have and all will be alright. Our marriage was low-key and we've achieved far more than what those whom I knew growing up, who had expensive wedding published in ovation. I wonder why Africans don't copy the oyinbos we always copy them wrongly and in the end , we find ourselves in a mess.

Well said!

Eriokanmi:
Yea. Then, people nowadays have set a seemingly unachievable standard for themselves in view of what's obtainable in the present day world. Hardly would you see a man who would want to marry in a single room. Hardly would you also see a lady who would marry a guy who's struggling or managing in one room with shared toilets...whereas the billionaires and successful men and women of today started their lives this way after marriage. Some even married and managed in a friend's house before being buoyant enough to rent an apartment.

No jobs yet, those managing small salary job believe they can't survive with that, as if they created themselves in this world. They've forgotten the fact that God is always there to turn things around. I've referred to my case in various instances here in the past. I married in a room apartment with a leaked roof. Our kitchen was located outside the house . Today, all I can say is, thank God because there's nothing my peer can lay hands on, globally that I can't afford, except private jets but when the time is ripe and God says I'd acquire one, it will happen.

Youths of nowadays can't start from little...both male and female alike and that's why some of them take to fraud, rituals which many call yahoo plus. If you ask them whyare theyinto such illicit acts, they'd tell you there's no job but if you ask whether they could take up a 50k job, na insult you dey find. I started with 11k salary nearly 2 decades ago. My wife earned almost same amount and we saved and rented the one room apartment after which we got married. I've dined with pres Obama and other prominent figures globally. I remember a day I visited my friend who was a driver in Naira Pool, a pool company off Allen. The owner was very rich. I once heard his son say, he would never settle for anything less than 100k minimum as a fresh graduate as of that time. I just graduated as well. 100k that time is like 400k now. The last time I saw him, he was operating a small laundry outfit in Allen avenue. Things dabaru after their father died.
You don't have to keep up with the jonesis in life. Make do with what you have and all will be alright. Our marriage was low-key and we've achieved far more than what those whom I knew growing up, who had expensive wedding published in ovation. I wonder why Africans don't copy the oyinbos we always copy them wrongly and in the end , we find ourselves in a mess.

Thank you OP. This is insightful

iampeterben:
1. They have high expectations of their other half. When looking for a life partner, decent people will see if the other half is a good match for them. There may be many partial matches, but few perfect matches.

2. There are few quality people they can take a fancy to. The better the person, the fewer people of the same quality are around her, and the chances of meeting someone of her own calibre and developing a relationship are significantly lower.

3. They have high expectations of themselves and their future. They have goals they want to achieve in life and want to find someone who can make things happen for each other, not someone who will be a burden to them and hold them back.

4. They think there are other things in life that are more important than being in a relationship. They may be obsessed with their career, learning new skills and developing new hobbies, while a relationship may be seen as a waste of time and life.

5. They will carefully judge the sunk cost of being in a relationship. They will carefully assess the risks and benefits of a relationship and choose their partner carefully and deliberately, rather than just getting together with someone else.

6. They may already have someone in mind. This person may be someone she can never be with, but she is unwilling to find someone else to replace that person, so she stays single.

7. The person they like does not like them. The decent person may like someone who is better than her, but that person doesn't like her, and in that person's eyes, she may be an extremely ordinary person. The one who is not willing to settle for anything else will just wait and stays single.

8. They may not know what kind of partner they want. They may be good at business, friendships and platonic relationships, but not at romantic relationships and love. They also need to keep learning to get out of being single.

In general, finding a partner is not like finding a job, and many people want to wait until they are good enough to find a good person to spend their lives with. But the reality is that by the time you are good enough, you will have missed the right person and will not be able to find another one.

By:
Marcus Okoebor

Everything you wrote here is abstract.
For the ladies pride, village people and lack of discernment to know the right man.
For the guys money, village people, lack of vision and play boy.

DaudaTheSexyGuy:
Tying oneself down to just one toto is not an easy decision.

I prefer to remain single so I can be eating a different soup every week

Haha bad boy

Generalkaycee:
Because decent people are looking for decent people too.

So WHO Will Marry the slay Queens bad Boy's drill

Wow, I'm really inspired by your story sir, can I pm?

Eriokanmi:
Yea. Then, people nowadays have set a seemingly unachievable standard for themselves in view of what's obtainable in the present day world. Hardly would you see a man who would want to marry in a single room. Hardly would you also see a lady who would marry a guy who's struggling or managing in one room with shared toilets...whereas the billionaires and successful men and women of today started their lives this way after marriage. Some even married and managed in a friend's house before being buoyant enough to rent an apartment.

No jobs yet, those managing small salary job believe they can't survive with that, as if they created themselves in this world. They've forgotten the fact that God is always there to turn things around. I've referred to my case in various instances here in the past. I married in a room apartment with a leaked roof. Our kitchen was located outside the house . Today, all I can say is, thank God because there's nothing my peer can lay hands on, globally that I can't afford, except private jets but when the time is ripe and God says I'd acquire one, it will happen.

Youths of nowadays can't start from little...both male and female alike and that's why some of them take to fraud, rituals which many call yahoo plus. If you ask them whyare theyinto such illicit acts, they'd tell you there's no job but if you ask whether they could take up a 50k job, na insult you dey find. I started with 11k salary nearly 2 decades ago. My wife earned almost same amount and we saved and rented the one room apartment after which we got married. I've dined with pres Obama and other prominent figures globally. I remember a day I visited my friend who was a driver in Naira Pool, a pool company off Allen. The owner was very rich. I once heard his son say, he would never settle for anything less than 100k minimum as a fresh graduate as of that time. I just graduated as well. 100k that time is like 400k now. The last time I saw him, he was operating a small laundry outfit in Allen avenue. Things dabaru after their father died.
You don't have to keep up with the jonesis in life. Make do with what you have and all will be alright. Our marriage was low-key and we've achieved far more than what those whom I knew growing up, who had expensive wedding published in ovation. I wonder why Africans don't copy the oyinbos we always copy them wrongly and in the end , we find ourselves in a mess.

I don't know bro

Hassanmaye:

So WHO Will Marry the slay Queens bad Boy's drill

Eriokanmi:
Yea. Then, people nowadays have set a seemingly unachievable standard for themselves in view of what's obtainable in the present day world. Hardly would you see a man who would want to marry in a single room. Hardly would you also see a lady who would marry a guy who's struggling or managing in one room with shared toilets...whereas the billionaires and successful men and women of today started their lives this way after marriage. Some even married and managed in a friend's house before being buoyant enough to rent an apartment.

No jobs yet, those managing small salary job believe they can't survive with that, as if they created themselves in this world. They've forgotten the fact that God is always there to turn things around. I've referred to my case in various instances here in the past. I married in a room apartment with a leaked roof. Our kitchen was located outside the house . Today, all I can say is, thank God because there's nothing my peer can lay hands on, globally that I can't afford, except private jets but when the time is ripe and God says I'd acquire one, it will happen.

Youths of nowadays can't start from little...both male and female alike and that's why some of them take to fraud, rituals which many call yahoo plus. If you ask them whyare theyinto such illicit acts, they'd tell you there's no job but if you ask whether they could take up a 50k job, na insult you dey find. I started with 11k salary nearly 2 decades ago. My wife earned almost same amount and we saved and rented the one room apartment after which we got married. I've dined with pres Obama and other prominent figures globally. I remember a day I visited my friend who was a driver in Naira Pool, a pool company off Allen. The owner was very rich. I once heard his son say, he would never settle for anything less than 100k minimum as a fresh graduate as of that time. I just graduated as well. 100k that time is like 400k now. The last time I saw him, he was operating a small laundry outfit in Allen avenue. Things dabaru after their father died.
You don't have to keep up with the jonesis in life. Make do with what you have and all will be alright. Our marriage was low-key and we've achieved far more than what those whom I knew growing up, who had expensive wedding published in ovation. I wonder why Africans don't copy the oyinbos we always copy them wrongly and in the end , we find ourselves in a mess.

Blood of Zachariah which course did you study

Generalkaycee:
I don't know bro

Lol

Debra911:

All these just describe my singleness . I just prefer to be single to be at peace; not like I don't wish to be in a relationship but there are no true love out there. Pretty girls are preys to predators. Most are pretenders, cheaters and people who just want to chop & clean mouth, in fact even destabilize you emotionally. I have my family and friends, I'm fine with them. They show me true love and happiness..

Debra would you marry ur family when the timw comes...?

I know your one of those that places social economic standard like most girl on the type of guy u must meet...

Can you ever stand with a struggling, focused but currently broke guy that has his own plans..? The p is that u ladies want to choke the few guyz with money with attentiin to get them to love you people....you would be a very big liar if u say you dont know where to find love. You know, but u just preffered to look for it at places of choice....

Babe go outside your circles and look deeper, you will find genuine loving dedicated and loving men that are ready to die for ur love....

If you reply me, i will giv u a gist (true life story) of a lafy like you who saw love, paid the sacrifice nd got better for it...

Minjim:


Try compromise a bit.

I don't used to fancy chubby ladies until I went on a blind date with one.
I compelled myself to overcome my prejudice and later took a fancy in her.

We should lower our standard to thing we know can change with time. E.g weight, fashion sense, education
But certainly not to things that can never change. E.g Complexion, single motherhood

I'll try it's really not easy

Chargingpoint:


I might just be yiur perfect match

Abi nah, my charging point We can give it a trial

judgedredd22:


Una plenty... how many una dey?

Hahahaha....Me + 1Million others

So happy for you sir , I'm touched by your comment. God change around things for me too Amen.

Eriokanmi:
Yea. Then, people nowadays have set a seemingly unachievable standard for themselves in view of what's obtainable in the present day world. Hardly would you see a man who would want to marry in a single room. Hardly would you also see a lady who would marry a guy who's struggling or managing in one room with shared toilets...whereas the billionaires and successful men and women of today started their lives this way after marriage. Some even married and managed in a friend's house before being buoyant enough to rent an apartment.

No jobs yet, those managing small salary job believe they can't survive with that, as if they created themselves in this world. They've forgotten the fact that God is always there to turn things around. I've referred to my case in various instances here in the past. I married in a room apartment with a leaked roof. Our kitchen was located outside the house . Today, all I can say is, thank God because there's nothing my peer can lay hands on, globally that I can't afford, except private jets but when the time is ripe and God says I'd acquire one, it will happen.

Youths of nowadays can't start from little...both male and female alike and that's why some of them take to fraud, rituals which many call yahoo plus. If you ask them whyare theyinto such illicit acts, they'd tell you there's no job but if you ask whether they could take up a 50k job, na insult you dey find. I started with 11k salary nearly 2 decades ago. My wife earned almost same amount and we saved and rented the one room apartment after which we got married. I've dined with pres Obama and other prominent figures globally. I remember a day I visited my friend who was a driver in Naira Pool, a pool company off Allen. The owner was very rich. I once heard his son say, he would never settle for anything less than 100k minimum as a fresh graduate as of that time. I just graduated as well. 100k that time is like 400k now. The last time I saw him, he was operating a small laundry outfit in Allen avenue. Things dabaru after their father died.
You don't have to keep up with the jonesis in life. Make do with what you have and all will be alright. Our marriage was low-key and we've achieved far more than what those whom I knew growing up, who had expensive wedding published in ovation. I wonder why Africans don't copy the oyinbos we always copy them wrongly and in the end , we find ourselves in a mess.

Cokahot:
Ever since I got married to the money,my life ,my business. Naija ladies are all gluttons. Like seriously one sided greedy gluttons.

You mean greedy

Benwallt:
I am on top of this list. Most importantly, my sanity. I wldnt know if this a problem, as in, if I gat my mind made up on something, nothing, I am mean nothing in this world can change it.

You are an introvert like us you are not alone

OLULAW:
Two weeks ago, I visited a friend's family home in London as we haven't seen each other for more than a year due to COVID-19 lockdown and restrictions. The 40-something old wife looked like she's in her late 50s. My primary and secondary school classmate and friend complained about the following, in spite of the fact that his wife is a very senior nurse (Band with BSc and MSc degrees from Russell Group UK Universities.
1. She consistently leaves her hair untidy. Only tidies up when leaving home. At home she looks like a grandma.
2. She farts carelessly, even when her hubby is seated in close proximity having his meals without apologising. When challenged, she rages that it was as a result of medical conditions. She doesn't deem it necessary to say "I'm sorry " whenever she farts, accidentally. The hubby is simply expected to suck it up.
3. She has mouth odour. Hubby advised that she takes brush and tooth paste to night shifts so that in the early hours of the morning, before AM shift colleagues arrive, she should freshen up. Also before coming to bed that she should freshen up 'north' and 'south'. The advise fell on deaf ears. As such, they haven't kissed in 5 years and sex life is perfunctory. He simply doesn't want to end the 20 years relationship because of the kids.

What do I take from the above? These are some of the reasons why relationships disintegrate. Women take things for granted. They think marriage is a bond and their husband are forever trapped. This friend is very bitter, saying how do you enjoy sex with someone whose 'north' and 'south' leaves much to be dedired.

Being single seems preferable these days. It's so easy to move on. The world is already overpopulated why bring more lives into it. This is why I remain a chronic bachelor right into my very late 40s, and have no plans to marry. I have mutual friends, NSA, instead.

Sir being a single person is not a problem but how can you live in old age? You need a companion a family or even someone to help you, this is the only thing I'm thinking, if I can solve this I would never marry

Debra911:

All these just describe my singleness . I just prefer to be single to be at peace; not like I don't wish to be in a relationship but there are no true love out there. Pretty girls are preys to predators. Most are pretenders, cheaters and people who just want to chop & clean mouth, in fact even destabilize you emotionally. I have my family and friends, I'm fine with them. They show me true love and happiness..

How can you live in old age when all your family members are married and they too are old WHO Will take Care of you??

Tony142:



There is nothing like decent boys and girls, all na scam, people looking reserved, innocent, introverted do not mean they are decent , know this and know peace

Haha

obinna58:

Don't subject yourself to poverty in the name of love. I want my have everything she needs and I'm working towards everyday of my life.

I doesn't mean you cannot be holding something while you're working towards your goal. Bodi nobi wood