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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by pansophist(m): 2:52pm On Aug 16, 2022
SavageBoy:


Nice experience pansophist

So, how did your relationship with the British and Brazilian kids turn out to be? Pls say the story, the story be like one wey go sweetgrin

The British guy was just an exchange student spending just a semester, so he left after he was done. But he improved a bit. We went out a lot, and he mingled with all kinds of people, that was why he went abroad in the first place.

If he continued like that, he would be less shy. Social anxiety is actually a thing. But he is a book-smart, a nerd, a very intelligent guy, who at the age of 23, never had a girlfriend, because he would rather go to hell than approach one. He is so scared of women, I wonder if he will ever get married.

As for the Brazillian girl, she really put an effort to break out of her sheltered life, but it was because her parents reduced significantly her monthly stipend, leaving her in the cold to fend for herself. Her transformation was shocking. She got a job at a restaurant alongside her studies.

Now she works in Brussels for the EU government, paying her bills and living life as an adult. The last time I saw her, she was really happy. She felt free because being sponsored by her parents was like bondage as she doesn't have a voice of her own.

Though she still struggles with the dark fact that no one actually cares about her as her parent did. One time a friend stopped talking to her, she was heartbroken, saying how can people be so heartless? But she is genuinely kind, soft inside, and learning to be tough.

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by pansophist(m): 3:09pm On Aug 16, 2022
Karleb:
@pansophonist

A lady in UK has a class where she teaches rich people how to mingle with average and poor people.

These rich can't seem to fathom how the poor, though poor tends to enjoy life more than them, how they, the rich, are missing from so much fun because they can't blend in.


But e dey pain me sha, why do we have to console ourselves with confidence, street smartness etc. undecided undecided why my papa no be dangote brother. Some of us still come ugly join.

As they say, ''life no balance'' at all.

Lots of wealthy people suffer, and if you have eyes beyond the ordinary, you will see it clearly. Also, wealthy people have realized that life is lived ''immaterially'', but poor people think life is lived ''materially''. Unless one grew from grass to grace, it's difficult to see how it is on the other side.

My ex-boss, for example, worried not about money, but that he doesn't have time to spend with his family, that how he wishes he is strong and young enough to do certain things e.g run a marathon, and how he must keep working to maintain the affluence his family is used to. If you are rich, you must maintain that lifestyle, or else, it would be grace to grass, which is like heaven to hell.

All the people you have oppressed go laugh you tire, your kids and wife may turn against you because they also have oppressed others thinking you won't go broke one day, hanging out with certain friends will become impossible due to a downgrade of your social level. In fact, a wealthy lifestyle is upward ever, downwards never.

In my opinion, the few places where being rich has no downside are Scandinavian countries, a region where almost everyone is wealthy. In Norway for example, the average adult is or will be a millionaire in his/her lifetime. Everybody around you is wealthy and society has a social system, that will make sure you maintain the highest quality of life even if you go broke.

Of course, this is not a reason to remain poor, the top feels much better than the bottom. But it's not a paradise 100%. As for being ugly and poor, all I have to say is, try to make money and cover your ugliness. But if money can't erase the ugliness, all I can say is that may God have mercy grin

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by SavageBoy: 3:14pm On Aug 16, 2022
pansophist:


The British guy was just an exchange student spending just a semester, so he left after he was done. But he improved a bit. We went out a lot, and he mingled with all kinds of people, that was why he went abroad in the first place.

If he continued like that, he would be less shy. Social anxiety is actually a thing. But he is a book-smart, a nerd, a very intelligent guy, who at the age of 23, never had a girlfriend, because he would rather go to hell than approach one. He is so scared of women, I wonder if he will ever get married.

As for the Brazillian girl, she really put an effort to break out of her sheltered life, but it was because her parents reduced significantly her monthly stipend, leaving her in the cold to fend for herself. Her transformation was shocking. She got a job at a restaurant alongside her studies.

Now she works in Brussels for the EU government, paying her bills and living life as an adult. The last time I saw her, she was really happy. She felt free because being sponsored by her parents was like bondage as she doesn't have a voice of her own.

Though she still struggles with the dark fact that no one actually cares about her as her parent did. One time a friend stopped talking to her, she was heartbroken, saying how can people be so heartless? But she is genuinely kind, soft inside, and learning to be tough.

Hmmm... nice story

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by SavageBoy: 3:22pm On Aug 16, 2022
pansophist:


As they say, ''life no balance'' at all.

Lots of wealthy people suffer, and if you have eyes beyond the ordinary, you will see it clearly. Also, wealthy people have realized that life is lived ''immaterially'', but poor people think life is lived ''materially''. Unless one grew from grass to grace, it's difficult to see how it is on the other side.

My ex-boss, for example, worried not about money, but that he doesn't time to spend with his family, that how he wishes he is strong and young enough to do certain things e.g run a marathon, and how he must keep working to maintain the affluence his family is used to. If you are rich, you must maintain that lifestyle, or else, it would be grace to grass, which is like heaven to hell.

All the people you have oppressed go laugh you tire, your kids and wife may turn against you because they do have oppressed others thinking you won't go broke one day, hanging out with some certain friends will become impossible due to a downgrade of your social level. In fact, a wealthy lifestyle is upward ever, downwards never.

In my opinion, the few places where being rich has no downside is in Scandinavian countries, a region where almost everyone is wealthy. In Norway for example, the average adult is or will be a millionaire in his/her lifetime. Everybody around you is wealthy and society has a social system, that will make sure you maintain the highest quality of life even if you go broke.

Of course, this is not a reason to remain poor, the top feels much better than the bottom. But it's not a paradise 100%. As for being ugly and poor, all I have to say is, try make money and cover your ugliness. But if money cant erase the ugliness, all I can say is that may God have mercy grin

My goal is not to be wealthy where I'll have to neglect other important things in life.

I just want to be financially independent, able to have enough money to feed myself and my family. Whilst I'm living a very quiet and simple life, so people won't pay attention to me and expect much from me thereby increasing the pressure on me to work hard to keep up with that kind of lifestyle

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by emmaodet: 4:25pm On Aug 16, 2022
pansophist:


I know how painful that can be. I studied in a very elite university and everyday was almost like depression. Kids of 19 coming to class with posh cars, skin as bright as the sun, and even if they decide to drop out, suffering will never be a portion.

I felt like going to naija, grab my papa for throat, and change am for am straight. grin And I was the few black dude in that school. The rich kids will now form clique amongst themselves and shut it out to others. Class then was more of a fashion parade that actual learning.

But deep down, I knew my time de come, or if its not me, my kids will enjoy such. These kids had parents that worked hard, and if yours didn't do it for you, do it for your kids. But there are things I saw that made me realise that rich or poor, we all suffer equally.

A wealthy British man approached me on time and appeal to be friend with his son, that his son is so shy and insular. This son is literally what Nigerians will call a mumu. He is not dumb, but a didirin. Slap him, he will probably go home and call the police. He fear pass chicken. The price of over-protection and over-providing.

One wealthy Brazilian girl is so scared of facing the world. She always tell me how jealous she is when she sees people who are confident and hustle their way, that they can survive in life unlike her that relies on her parents wealth.

Her parents also were deeply worried that their timid daughter will run down their company after they hand it over to her. Because of my confidence, self-assurance and individuality, lots of these folks even with their wealth wanted to be friends, just to know how to live life being strong and tough.

It was easy to be their friend because I don't care if your father is Bill Gates, I no send you. If we go out, I'll pay for myself, and treat you like every normal person. I respect myself alot, so being my friend didn't burdened them in anyway.

So life gives us different coin, but you'll be naive to think they others don't have their own struggles. Everybody does. Some of these kids are in what I'll describe as being on an "existential drip". Take away the drip (their parental support) and you'll see that you're better than them in everything that matters.

Many have parents that were not there in their life due to the pursuit of wealth. And so on. So my guy, life will give you all the reason to go home and punch your father in the face asking him, "why you fork up"? grin but don't ever think it's greener on the other side.

Pansophist, all you wrote are totally correct.
I experienced everything at the high school level and it was a painful experience for me.
Went to one of Nigeria’s elite schools in the 90’s.
My parent tried their best to give me the best, took loans from cooperative just to make sure I became a person better than them in life.
It was a 2-edged sword.
In one area, it exposed me to a different life and mentality.
Those rich kids always forming cacus and won’t mingle with we the struggling ones.
Most of us from the poor homes literally had problems with our parents.
You know I once wrote in one of my comments like 2/3 years ago how I do challenge my dad that where was he when his mates were making money? It was the oppression, humiliation we faced at school.
We were just out of place.
Nobody likes you. The teacher doesn’t like you nor recognize you because your parent are not giving him money or gifts.
The hostel warden doesn’t also.
Your colleagues don’t also.
I went to NNPC primary school also at Mosimi.
The rich kids avoided us totally.
At a point, my dad told my mum he regretted taking me to the elite high school because it changed me at home.
And this thing also lingered and affected my relationship with women (the going to the elite school), it made me really struggled with relationships after secondary school.
Right from the time I was transferred from a local JSS school to this elite Senior secondary school, I noticed I was just floating relationship wise.
I was neither here nor there. I was too exposed to date the average ladies from the poor homes that my colleagues from my background were busy dating without any issue( girls from very very poor homes, from illiterate families, children of local market women etc). I couldn’t. I was forming levels why the ladies I like or love were not ready to date me. They were avoiding me. They don’t want to associate with me.
So relationship wise, I was neither here or there. Just floating and frustrated.

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by emmaodet: 4:27pm On Aug 16, 2022
Karleb:
@pansophonist

A lady in UK has a class where she teaches rich people how to mingle with average and poor people.

These rich can't seem to fathom how the poor, though poor tends to enjoy life more than them, how they, the rich, are missing from so much fun because they can't blend in.


But e dey pain me sha, why do we have to console ourselves with confidence, street smartness etc. undecided undecided why my papa no be dangote brother. Some of us still come ugly join.


grin @ bolded

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by Nobody: 4:30pm On Aug 16, 2022
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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by emmaodet: 4:41pm On Aug 16, 2022
pansophist:


My ex-boss, for example, worried not about money, but that he doesn't time to spend with his family, that how he wishes he is strong and young enough to do certain things e.g run a marathon, and how he must keep working to maintain the affluence his family is used to. If you are rich, you must maintain that lifestyle, or else, it would be grace to grass, which is like heaven to hell.

All the people you have oppressed go laugh you tire, your kids and wife may turn against you because they do have oppressed others thinking you won't go broke one day, hanging out with some certain friends will become impossible due to a downgrade of your social level. In fact, a wealthy lifestyle is upward ever, downwards never.
grin

Again, you are right.

The fear of not falling will be an external painful race.
I remember a time when I was out of job and found myself entangled with struggling.
Never knew my childhood friends who were struggling were envious of me.
They started throwing subtle jabs at me, they gradually became bold and started coming out of their shells.
All what had been in their minds for years, the one you helped with money one or two times but cut him off when he has become a regular nuisance of begging, the one that looks you enviously carrying a woman he wished he is the one dating her etc. they started asking me how did I mismanaged my money? If it was them, they know what, what and what they would have invested in that will make them blow, I didn’t use the opportunity I had wisely blah blah blah

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by pansophist(m): 5:32pm On Aug 16, 2022
emmaodet:


Pansophist, all you wrote are totally correct.
I experienced everything at the high school level and it was a painful experience for me.
Went to one of Nigeria’s elite schools in the 90’s.
My parent tried their best to give me the best, took loans from cooperative just to make sure I became a person better than them in life.
It was a 2-edged sword.
In one area, it exposed me to a different life and mentality.
Those rich kids always forming cacus and won’t mingle with we the struggling ones.
Most of us from the poor homes literally had problems with our parents.
You know I once wrote in one of my comments like 2/3 years ago how I do challenge my dad that where was he when his mates were making money? It was the oppression, humiliation we faced at school.
We were just out of place.
Nobody likes you. The teacher doesn’t like you nor recognize you because your parent are not giving him money or gifts.
The hostel warden doesn’t also.
Your colleagues don’t also.
I went to NNPC primary school also at Mosimi.
The rich kids avoided us totally.
At a point, my dad told my mum he regretted taking me to the elite high school because it changed me at home.
And this thing also lingered and affected my relationship with women (the going to the elite school), it made me really struggled with relationships after secondary school.
Right from the time I was transferred from a local JSS school to this elite Senior secondary school, I noticed I was just floating relationship wise.
I was neither here nor there. I was too exposed to date the average ladies from the poor homes that my colleagues from my background were busy dating without any issue( girls from very very poor homes, from illiterate families, children of local market women etc). I couldn’t. I was forming levels why the ladies I like or love were not ready to date me. They were avoiding me. They don’t want to associate with me.
So relationship wise, I was neither here or there. Just floating and frustrated.

Elites in Nigeria suffer in many ways, hence they just seclude themselves in gated communities and cliques, refusing to fraternize with the larger community. Because if they mix with everyone, they bear the burden and cost of it all.

Their poor friends would run to them first if they get into financial trouble (which they always get into), suffer from envy, have to walk on egg shells to avoid been seen as arrogant, risk of danger, with nothing to gain being friends with a poor person.

Also, because the intelligence of the average Nigerian is disgracefully low (not as a function of biology, but environmental), they are more likely to fight unnecessarily, and emotionally incompatible. Dating is even worse.

In my experience, it's burdensome dating someone you're not in the same economical, mental and social level with. Because its you, the rich one, that will bear all the burden. Only in nollywood rich Ramsey Noah marries a poor uneducated lady, hardly happens in real life.

And with the mass japa of the richest and educated from naija, dark days are ahead, because the pool of intelligence that will rescue the country are the minority, leaving the larger poor one to their fate. Last last, life na survival of the fittest. grin

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by pansophist(m): 5:55pm On Aug 16, 2022
emmaodet:


Again, you are right.

The fear of not falling will be an external painful race.
I remember a time when I was out of job and found myself entangled with struggling.
Never knew my childhood friends who were struggling were envious of me.
They started throwing subtle jabs at me, they gradually became bold and started coming out of their shells.
All what had been in their minds for years, the one you helped with money one or two times but cut him off when he has become a regular nuisance of begging, the one that looks you enviously carrying a woman he wished he is the one dating her etc. they started asking me how did I mismanaged my money? If it was them, they know what, what and what they would have invested in that will make them blow, I didn’t use the opportunity I had wisely blah blah blah

Yes, you know your true friend when you're low, not above. Even those you've helped and treated like a brother, will come out of their shell and make you regret ever helping.

Then you'll understand why after God created humans in his own image he regretted it instantly. Infact a man's worse enemy is other men, not women, because a woman can only use a dumb man. Your frenimies will be men you share a plate with.

This is where humility come into play. When one is humble and live in such a way that doesn't makes money his identity, then even if he becomes broke, it won't affect his public image, because its only him that knows if he is broke or not.

The saying that "pride goes before a fall" is for arrogant people, not those with the virtue of humility.

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by emmaodet: 5:57pm On Aug 16, 2022
pansophist:


Yes, you know your true friend when you're low, not above. Even those you've helped and treated like a brother, will come out of their shell and make you regret ever helping.

Then you'll understand why after God created humans in his own image he regretted it instantly. Infact a man's worse enemy is other men, not women, because a woman can only use a dumb man. Its men you share a plate with.

This is where humility come into play. When one is humble and live in such a way that doesn't makes money his identity, then even if he becomes broke, it won't affect his public image, because its only him that knows if he is broke or not.

The saying that "pride goes before a fall" is for arrogant people, not those with the virtue of humility.

Hmmmmmmmm

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by Truvelisback(m): 6:10pm On Aug 16, 2022
Karleb:
@pansophonist

A lady in UK has a class where she teaches rich people how to mingle with average and poor people.

These rich can't seem to fathom how the poor, though poor tends to enjoy life more than them, how they, the rich, are missing from so much fun because they can't blend in.


But e dey pain me sha, why do we have to console ourselves with confidence, street smartness etc. undecided undecided why my papa no be dangote brother. Some of us still come ugly join.
Lol, there are difficulties or some difficulties we may face in life, we might start wishing that we were this person or were from this person, from this family and so on. Everyone have different views abt life. There are things u may face, it would look like some people are just destined to suffer or their life is meant to be harder than others. This is why i said Life is not fair.
Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by underpinna: 6:32pm On Aug 16, 2022
Karleb:
@pansophonist

A lady in UK has a class where she teaches rich people how to mingle with average and poor people.

These rich can't seem to fathom how the poor, though poor tends to enjoy life more than them, how they, the rich, are missing from so much fun because they can't blend in.


But e dey pain me sha, why do we have to console ourselves with confidence, street smartness etc. undecided undecided why my papa no be dangote brother. Some of us still come ugly join.

I like the street way of socializing except for the bad life they've got, taking things without permission

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by believegog: 7:15pm On Aug 16, 2022
Hi

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by vickvan(m): 8:00pm On Aug 16, 2022
czarr:
No you need food and money. You never chop you dey find hug.
It's well.

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by Nonam: 8:02pm On Aug 16, 2022
You should keep pressing. Help will someday come from the unexpected source.

Truvelisback:
Yes, many may see the smile but won't see the pains u are going tru and the tears u share secretly.

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by Truvelisback(m): 9:54pm On Aug 16, 2022
SavageBoy:


My goal is not to be wealthy where I'll have to neglect other important things in life.

I just want to be financially independent, able to have enough money to feed myself and my family. Whilst I'm living a very quiet and simple life, so people won't pay attention to me and expect much from me thereby increasing the pressure on me to work hard to keep up with that kind of lifestyle
I like that kind of life. A low profile life.

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by truthhurts2: 11:20pm On Aug 16, 2022
pansophist:


As they say, ''life no balance'' at all.

Lots of wealthy people suffer, and if you have eyes beyond the ordinary, you will see it clearly. Also, wealthy people have realized that life is lived ''immaterially'', but poor people think life is lived ''materially''. Unless one grew from grass to grace, it's difficult to see how it is on the other side.

My ex-boss, for example, worried not about money, but that he doesn't time to spend with his family, that how he wishes he is strong and young enough to do certain things e.g run a marathon, and how he must keep working to maintain the affluence his family is used to. If you are rich, you must maintain that lifestyle, or else, it would be grace to grass, which is like heaven to hell.

All the people you have oppressed go laugh you tire, your kids and wife may turn against you because they do have oppressed others thinking you won't go broke one day, hanging out with some certain friends will become impossible due to a downgrade of your social level. In fact, a wealthy lifestyle is upward ever, downwards never.

In my opinion, the few places where being rich has no downside is in Scandinavian countries, a region where almost everyone is wealthy. In Norway for example, the average adult is or will be a millionaire in his/her lifetime. Everybody around you is wealthy and society has a social system, that will make sure you maintain the highest quality of life even if you go broke.

Of course, this is not a reason to remain poor, the top feels much better than the bottom. But it's not a paradise 100%. As for being ugly and poor, all I have to say is, try make money and cover your ugliness. But if money cant erase the ugliness, all I can say is that may God have mercy grin
I feel relieved, with all your right up on this thread! You've done something great for me

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by truthhurts2: 11:37pm On Aug 16, 2022
I have my business( also a graduate),a dry cleaning service with 2 shops (though work haven't really started at the second shop but in the process) and I'm great at what I do. Everything is hard now, things just stand still like a stagnant water for months now due to the ongoing ASUU strike, barely feed myself and wife, losing my confidence and self respect gradually. Depression is setting in dudes... Just tired of everything damn thing

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by emmaodet: 6:33am On Aug 17, 2022
truthhurts2:
I have my business( also a graduate),a dry cleaning service with 2 shops (though work haven't really started at the second shop but in the process) and I'm great at what I do. Everything is hard now, things just stand still like a stagnant water for months now due to the ongoing ASUU strike, barely feed myself and wife, losing my confidence and self respect gradually. Depression is setting in dudes... Just tired of everything damn thing

I can relate bro, especially about losing self-confidence and self-respect.

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by maak400: 11:51am On Aug 20, 2023
Challenging your dad by asking him “where was he when his mates where making money” must have broke his heart. You didn’t appreciate his efforts to give you a quality education then, hope you do now though. I wouldn’t blame you, you were probably too naive to know the realities of life at that young age. Our fathers did their best to give us a good life, but many of us never appreciated them.

emmaodet:


Pansophist, all you wrote are totally correct.
I experienced everything at the high school level and it was a painful experience for me.
Went to one of Nigeria’s elite schools in the 90’s.
My parent tried their best to give me the best, took loans from cooperative just to make sure I became a person better than them in life.
It was a 2-edged sword.
In one area, it exposed me to a different life and mentality.
Those rich kids always forming cacus and won’t mingle with we the struggling ones.
Most of us from the poor homes literally had problems with our parents.
You know I once wrote in one of my comments like 2/3 years ago how I do challenge my dad that where was he when his mates were making money? It was the oppression, humiliation we faced at school.
We were just out of place.
Nobody likes you. The teacher doesn’t like you nor recognize you because your parent are not giving him money or gifts.
The hostel warden doesn’t also.
Your colleagues don’t also.
I went to NNPC primary school also at Mosimi.
The rich kids avoided us totally.
At a point, my dad told my mum he regretted taking me to the elite high school because it changed me at home.
And this thing also lingered and affected my relationship with women (the going to the elite school), it made me really struggled with relationships after secondary school.
Right from the time I was transferred from a local JSS school to this elite Senior secondary school, I noticed I was just floating relationship wise.
I was neither here nor there. I was too exposed to date the average ladies from the poor homes that my colleagues from my background were busy dating without any issue( girls from very very poor homes, from illiterate families, children of local market women etc). I couldn’t. I was forming levels why the ladies I like or love were not ready to date me. They were avoiding me. They don’t want to associate with me.
So relationship wise, I was neither here or there. Just floating and frustrated.

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by maak400: 4:42pm On Aug 20, 2023
Life itself is suffering. Life is not fair and never will, it’s better to accept this truth. Both rich and poor, young and old go through this suffering in varying degrees, no one is exempted. Man’s sufferings starts from birth and will continue till death. Like the OP said, helping others and impacting people positively is the only thing that is meaningful in this life. A life of service like what Jesus Christ and other prophets offered is the only thing that adds some flavor to man’s miserable existence.

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by Olamilekxy(m): 10:09pm On Aug 20, 2023
pansophist:


Elites in Nigeria suffer in many ways, hence they just seclude themselves in gated communities and cliques, refusing to fraternize with the larger community. Because if they mix with everyone, they bear the burden and cost of it all.

Their poor friends would run to them first if they get into financial trouble (which they always get into), suffer from envy, have to walk on egg shells to avoid been seen as arrogant, risk of danger, with nothing to gain being friends with a poor person.

Also, because the intelligence of the average Nigerian is disgracefully low (not as a function of biology, but environmental), they are more likely to fight unnecessarily, and emotionally incompatible. Dating is even worse.

In my experience, it's burdensome dating someone you're not in the same economical, mental and social level with. Because its you, the rich one, that will bear all the burden. Only in nollywood rich Ramsey Noah marries a poor uneducated lady, hardly happens in real life.

And with the mass japa of the richest and educated from naija, dark days are ahead, because the pool of intelligence that will rescue the country are the minority, leaving the larger poor one to their fate. Last last, life na survival of the fittest. grin

Really, who are you?
Knowledge wan injure you.
I'll deactivate anytime you deactivate

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by pansophist(m): 7:11am On Aug 21, 2023
Olamilekxy:


Really, who are you?
Knowledge wan injure you.
I'll deactivate anytime you deactivate

Haha, grin

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by MikeofKd(m): 2:17pm On Aug 21, 2023
Life is crazy , but even crazy enough some people would never be poor in their entire life’s.

I know a guy born with a silver spoon in Abuja ,(just 22 years ) all his life he has lived a very soft and intelligent life, went to school in the UK (degree and masters) came back to Nigeria didn’t even do Nysc service and started working in NNPC his salary was 750 k per month plus allowances and bonuses, He’s probably collecting millions now. He’s parents are bastard billionaires, easy and soft life kinda people but extremely smart too.

He’s girlfriend skin is flawless , dat one sef na grade 1 ajebutter (d girlfriend too is an elite and she’s damn too pretty ) sometimes I just sit and wonder if it’s the same God that created all of us , dude as never suffered in his entire life ,like his own suffering is somebody else’s prayer point , I wouldn’t say he has it all but na dat kind life I Dey find , the vanity upon vanity life.

There’s no joy in suffering don’t let anybody deceive you, fight and strive for that life of comfort and ease ,even if you won’t be as wealthy as Dangote ,just try make life as easy and comfortable, that’s when your mindset would totally change. And you would realize that poverty na bastard sha.

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by Olamilekxy(m): 12:16am On Aug 22, 2023
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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by jamesversion: 5:40am On Aug 28, 2023
pansophist:


I know how painful that can be. I studied in a very elite university and everyday was almost like depression. Kids of 19 coming to class with posh cars, skin as bright as the sun, and even if they decide to drop out, suffering will never be a portion.

I felt like going to naija, grab my papa for throat, and change am for am straight. grin And I was the few black dude in that school. The rich kids will now form clique amongst themselves and shut it out to others. Class then was more of a fashion parade than actual learning.

But deep down, I knew my time de come, or if its not me, my kids will enjoy such. These kids had parents that worked hard, and if yours didn't do it for you, do it for your kids. But there are things I saw that made me realise that rich or poor, we all suffer equally.

A wealthy British man approached me one time and appeal to be friend with his son, that his son is so shy and insular. This son is literally what Nigerians will call a mumu. He is not dumb, but a didirin. Slap him, he will probably go home and call the police. He fear pass chicken. The price of over-protection and over-providing.

One wealthy Brazilian girl is so scared of facing the world. She always tell me how jealous she is when she sees people who are confident and hustle their way, that they can survive in life unlike her that relies on her parents wealth.

Her parents also were deeply worried that their timid daughter will run down their company after they hand it over to her. Because of my confidence, self-assurance and individuality, lots of these folks even with their wealth wanted to be friends, just to know how to live life being strong and tough.

It was easy to be their friend because I don't care if your father is Bill Gates, I no send you. If we go out, I'll pay for myself, and treat you like every normal person. I respect myself alot, so being my friend didn't burdened them in anyway.

So life gives us different coin, but you'll be naive to think they others don't have their own struggles. Everybody does. Some of these kids are in what I'll describe as being on an "existential drip". Take away the drip (their parental support) and you'll see that you're better than them in everything that matters.

Many have parents that were not there in their life due to the pursuit of wealth. And so on. So my guy, life will give you all the reason to go home and punch your father in the face asking him, "why you fork up"? grin but don't ever think it's greener on the other side.

You go elite school abroad from Nigeria. You be rich kid na. Nothing to be depressed about when in school cos You and dem na same people, you only just black. grin

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Re: It Takes Courage To Live This Life. by virginboy1(m): 2:22pm On Sep 21, 2023
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No body die a virgin cause life Bleep us all. The whole troubles, challenges, responsibilities and trauma, inspired majorly by the part of the world we find ourselves, where nothing matters but selfishness and greed.

Life is hard, life has erection. Depression is real, people are going through a lot, from financial debacle, emotional drain, psychological disorder and so many other issues.

When you see anyone alive, he or she deserves accollade, especially when such person is born in Africa, particularly, in Nigeria, and to a less privilege family.
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