₦airaland Forum

igbodefender:
They should make these stocks more accessible to the average Nigerian and more transferable.

joseph1013:
I follow your diary and may be cos I'm a contarian thinker, I disagree with some of your points but alas diaries are not for debates.

But at the risk of derailing this thread, let me point out the latest: issue of living far or close to workplace based on issue of transportation.

Though I stay close to my workplace, when I was younger, I stayed far away due to the cost of accommodation. I advised someone last week on this.

He works at CMS and lives at Ikorodu. He is a younger version of myself. The reason for saying this is very important. If you're not a focused hard worker willing to delay gratifications, my advice may not be the best option for you. If you have to come from a far place every weekend to club at Quilox, you may be better off staying in VI.

Anyway, in Agric, Ikorodu, he lives in a very good 1-bedroom apartment which costs 180,000 where he has prepaid meter, water supply and good security. Every working day, he spends between 500-800 on transport. For 250 working days, that's 125,000 - 200,000 per year.

A minimum total expense of (180,000 + 125000 =) 305,000. A maximum total expense of (180,000 + 200,000 =) 380,000.

If he chooses to stay around Surulere, Onikan, VI or Lekki, he would be looking at between 400,000 - 1,000,000 per year in a DECENT place.

If you have a family, it should not even be a debate.

My conclusion from observing young people is that they don't have a knack for numbers. Or let me say the quest for the easy life does not make them think critically of their options.

I used my commuting time to read, listen to audios and make plans. I looked back at waking up 4am everyday and not getting home until 11am with nostalgia. I was first to get to work, I was the last to leave the office. They said I was pushing myself too hard, but then is that not what a young man starting a career supposed to do?

WORDSENSEI:
This is heartbreaking coming from a lady.
It means you also support the "one lock, one key" analogy. Shame on your ugly self.
Keep oiling the non existent egos of selfish men.

Mujtahida:
Madam as per your first paragraph read this
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1211104/Think-men-unfaithful-sex-A-study-shows-WOMEN-biggest-cheats--theyre-just-better-lying-it.html

PaperLace:
* Women are polygamous.
* Some men start tying wrapper and wearing oversize boxers.
* Their husbands don't service them well. Some men do wuruwuru sex. No pre-intimacy...etc.
* They are wicked and selfish.
* Young boys don't allow them rest.
* Lots of Nigerian men develop potbelly after sometime. She becomes less attracted to him. Women are visual beings too.
* Lots of Nigerian men neglect their wives. Look around you, too many absentee husbands. They prefer to go and sit at bar.
* Temptation.
Etc

In all, it's 85% the fault of the man...Nigerian men should take care of their wives well, so that side-bobos won't snatch her.


Do you know what's double standard at all?

The double standard here, is you thinking a woman's cheating doesn't have justification like the man's own. They're both human, capable of falling to temptation (aka) adultery.

ifyalways:
Some situations, work environment etc demand special living arrangements.

I wouldn't mind investing in such if in can get it booked 22nights a month. Hit me up at salpaticker at Gmail dot com.

There are short-let apartments in Lekki/Ikoyi/VI that cost nothing less than 30K per night for a one bed apartment and they are Never short of patronage.