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alutacontinua:
Somebody is high on hormones

slimyem, no vex-just wait till you hold your lil angel, ya life will never remain the same again

This is not about me aluta. Don't join them...

Why should one person own the right to naming a child that's a joint effort of two people?
It's no issue. I don't know about other cultures but in yorubaland these days,almost everyone names the child. Maternal and paternal grandparents, uncles, aunties, cousins etc. The child gets to have like fifteen names altogether.
Mother and father then gets to decide what name to stick with and all is well.

Mummy's only concerned for your safety I'd believe.
It not about your going there to watch football but about what could go wrong there.
People have gotten injured or killed at these same centers. The police even come to raid these centers sometimes because of the kinds of people who they assume dominate them.
Like someone's said, as long as you are dependent and living under your mum's roof,you remain a child and must obey her wishes and commands. It's all for the best

So I was having a discussion with someone about the length of time the Bible stated humans were to live and of course all many contradictions and commentaries about it. This folktale came up in our discussion and you would agree human life do actually follow this pattern.
It was an interesting read and why I thought to share. There are several authors and different versions of the story but this was authored by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
Enjoy!

When God created the world and was about to determine
the duration of life for all the creatures, the donkey came
and asked, "Lord, how long am I to live?"
"Thirty years," answered God. "Is that all right with you?"
"Oh, Lord," replied the donkey, "that is a long time.
Think of my tiresome existence carrying heavy loads
from morning until night, dragging bags of grain to the
mill so that others might eat bread, only to be cheered
along and refreshed with kicks and blows! Spare me part
of this long time."
So God had mercy and gave him eighteen years. The
donkey went away satisfied, and the dog made his
appearance.
"How long do you want to live?" said God to him. "Thirty
years was too much for the donkey, but you will be
satisfied with that long."
"Lord," answered the dog. "Is that your will? Just think
how much I have to run. My feet will not hold out so long.
And what can I do but growl and run from one corner to
another after I have lost my voice for barking and my
teeth for biting?"
God saw that he was right, and he took away twelve
years. Then came the monkey.
"Surely you would like to live thirty years," said the Lord
to him. "You do not need to work like the donkey and the
dog, and are always having fun."
"Oh, Lord," he answered, "so it appears, but it is
different. When it rains porridge, I don't have a spoon. I
am always supposed to be playing funny tricks and
making faces so people will laugh, but when they give
me an apple and I bite into it, it is always sour. How
often is sorrow hidden behind a joke. I cannot put up
with all that for thirty years!"
God had mercy and gave him ten years. Finally man
made his appearance. Cheerful, healthy, and refreshed,
he asked God to determine the duration of his life.
"You shall live thirty years," spoke the Lord. "Is that
enough for you?"
"What a short time!" cried the man. "When I have built a
house and a fire is burning on my own hearth, when I
have planted trees that blossom and bear fruit, and am
just beginning to enjoy life, then I am to die. Oh, Lord,
extend my time."
"I will add the donkey's eighteen years," said God.
"That is not enough," replied the man.
"You shall also have the dog's twelve years."
"Still too little."
"Well, then," said God, "I will give you the monkey's ten
years as well, but you shall receive no more."
The man went away, but he was not satisfied.
Thus man lives seventy years. The first thirty are his
human years, and they quickly disappear. Here he is
healthy and happy; he works with pleasure, and enjoys
his existence. The donkey's eighteen years follow. Here
one burden after the other is laid on him; he carries the
grain that feeds others, and his faithful service is
rewarded with kicks and blows. Then come the dog's
twelve years, and he lies in the corner growling, no
longer having teeth with which to bite. And when this
time is past, the monkey's ten years conclude. Now man
is weak headed and foolish; he does silly things and
becomes a laughingstock for children.

SirShymex:
I want both, especially the picture showing how swollen dem twins are.

And hopefully, the dad isn't a camel jockeying ragheaded Arab because it seems you love sand-nyggahs.

...you must be mistaking me for someone else..

berem:
only those who do not have kids would make such statement.

Chill! It's tongue-in cheek

coogar:
hahahaha
lady slimyem has been bitten by the one-eyed trouser-snake.

thankfully, you are only guessing what the deal is

SirShymex:
Slimyem, are you telling us someone sniped you, and put an embryo in there.

And that's why you have stopped being an active poster on NL?

I can only imagine how swollen ya already huge tiddays would look like now.

Do you really want answers to all that or would you prefer a picture proof?

Everybody talks about kid being a gift, the only gift where you puke for nine months before you receive it and then scream your lungs out the day it arrives.

Most women say it is the greatest experience of their lives but the truth is most women are liars.
It’s a lie every generation tells the next one so they can get grandchildren.

For about 40 weeks, you’d be troubled by a number of things ranging from swollen br€asts, stuck-out n!pples, mood swings, nausea, tiredness, heartburn, constipation and weight-gain.
There will also be that mask of pregnancy that is a product of patches of darker skin over your cheeks, forehead, nose and on upper lips matching both sides of your face.

It will be awful, painful and unspeakable. It would be frightening and horrendous but you’ll get through it somehow…

Your husband/boyfriend will tell you he’ll be really hands-on when the baby arrives but truth is that’s not going happen. They are hollow-offers he’ll never back up.
He’ll be there at first, probably change a diaper or two until the novelty wears off.
Those 3.00 am feedings he said he’d help with? Forget it! he doesn’t have b0obs!
He doesn’t have any natural nurturing instincts and will never have them except he decides to squeeze an eight pounds baby out of his pen!s.
A baby can scream into a bull-horn and your husband won’t budge.
It all boils down to men thinking differently as soon as the baby arrives.
Motherhood also changes your life in lots of ways.
Your stomach starts looking like Spanish stucco, your br€asts resembling two balloons you find behind the couch a week after the party, your hips and ass a wall of stretch- marked paintings and you’ll never be able to wear a bikini again.
Your baby will frustrate you with uncontrollable screaming fits, depression will set in and you’ll hate your life.
When your child is older, he or she will hit you and steal from your purse, and cry and scream while you scream and shout.

You will make the beds and clean up the house and your children will create for you a futility of your efforts.

For the rest of your life, there will be so many moments you’ll feel lonely but will never be alone.

Can I adopt a child and treat him or her as I would my own? The answer is "I would love to" because I am not sure of what I would actually do until I get there but the truth is there are not very many people I know in this part of the world who can give a hundred percent of themselves to adopted children except if they do not have their own.

You can draw an opinion or a reasonable conclusion from the way people treat maids or wards that are not fortunate to live with their own parents.

Challenges you say? Plenty I would suppose from
the child finding out you are not his or her real parent and makes issues out of his,dealing with the child's past experiences and his or her translating them to present conditions.....

I'm here wondering how this erstwhile caring and giving man suddenly went from all that to this mean and selfish person you have described. When and where did something go wrong and the abuse began?


It's a good thing that you are employed and contributing to family coffers and it is also a good thing that you are trying to seek ways to earn more and do more to earn your husband's respect-which I would say is a manageable step in the long term. I also think at this point you have to learn to separate his put-downs from your own reality. He says you are useless but you know you are not and you tell yourself that. It's called re-intergrating your values into your sense of self and regardless of what your husband does or says,you can always feel confident and valuable.

Altogether,you need to speak with someone about all this.
Is there someone you know he trusts and listens to that you can try that with?Surely there must be at least ONE person.

Janet101:
I have .nt seen dis before,pls where can I get one...@Op, pls try to understand dat for mothers like me doing exclusive for my baby,it's somehow difficult to manage d situation I don't think ur aunty want to show u her breast o Na situation cause am

You should be able to get at any baby store or just get beautiful materials and have them made into that.

That's why there is what's called nursing covers for situations like that and for women who take modesty seriously..
It is appropriate anywhere this way

Deliberate markdown?
Did all the lectures and evaluators have a personal vendetta against the over 5000 student that failed?
How does their failure profit the DDGs and the DG?

alabiyemmy:
great body. if u have it flaunt it, if you dont have it, complain like the OP.

Depends on how you look at it...
I'm not lazy if I truly need one and If I can afford it,why shouldn't I enjoy it?
The importance of having a help is so it brings you ease at least a little...or would you not sign up for something that'd bring you just that?

There's neither right or wrong. What's most important is applying wisdom in all situations.
Who you are telling, why you have to tell,when to tell and the consequences of telling or not all have to be considered....

bennyrazz: in other words we shouldn't employ nannies

....if you can avoid it, be extra cautious when it comes to your children and nannies or don't have children at all.

A lot of Naija men belong to category C.

RoyalRoy:

Runaway Nairalander!!

I didn't go nowhere . I've always been here in spirit

Of what use is your certificates as collateral since it cannot be monetized?
Hit the streets boy and get your hands dirty. You can save up from there and start your own business. It'll be a miracle if this thread of yours gets someone here to invest N120k in you.
All the best

RoyalRoy: That was one of his visits to Swaziland during the annual "women of age" festival.


Planning for a trip there too during the festivals.

Do they have a men of age festival too?

obowunmi: The one whom my heart desires... I've missed you. how us it going?

Hi! to the one whose desire for me is conditional

coogar: it's so good to hear from you. are you married to obowunmi now or he hasn't done the needful?

...you would have been invited. Probably would have given the toast

Btw,you and Jenny have ruined this thread...you know?
You two should find yourself someplace to talk more about corks..

prophet1: I Gave her a letter stating all the challenges I go thro to be given to her dad and indicating because of that I cant continue the marriage. I should have checked, looked carefully and scrutinized properly before Marrying. Next time when I see someone suffering and facing problems in life I will not bother to love and pity that person. Let alone to think about marry her. I will choose from the experience I gained.
Newest Bachelor in Town. Serious Issues. Allah Knows Best.

...please feed us some more...

coogar: is this the same slimyem? our very own slimyem? surely, it cannot be.

I'm still walking the face of this earth and very well too

Either as a single or married person,I really would not want a friend like the op lending me advice.

That said,that you haven't walked a path before, being in a situation or attain a particular status does not automatically disqualify you from lending advice in that regard. Experience and knowledge make up for wisdom and if what you have is either,you can give valuable advice still but if course I would rather take advice from someone who's a representation of both qualities.

...my experiences...where do I start from...

Is the couple in question having any issues?

If you were the man's wife and you rejected the N5,000 ,he would have had N500,000 to squander and it wouldn't have made him less of a miser that he is .. so what is the point of this discussion exactly?

rosisi: [/color][color=#000099]I am from the Northern part of nigeria while my boyfriend is from the southern part.We met in 2011 during youth service in Abuja.I had been staying with my sis and he comes to visit me.But after sometime I noticed my sis and my family members did not like him,they said he will not be able to marry me cos he does not have a job and I do not knw when he will be able to have a job.I finished my youth service some months before him and I got a job with a company after 3 months of concluding my NYSC. Iam 32 years old now,while my guy is 27.My sis and I fell out of relationship and she asked me to leave her house because she did not want my relationship with my guy.so I decided to park out and went in to stay with my guy,at this time he had finishd his NYSC and we joined hands to take a house in one of the villages in the FCT.we kept supporting each other,although I did much of the spending cos I was the one working.we later got jobs by 2012 though my salary was 4 times more than his own.he told his parents about me.we decided to go to theregistry since we were staying together so that we can be more committed.only our close friends knew about the wedding.He decided to see my mom in the village and he was accepted.after 8 months he went to his parents to tell them that he is planning to marry me,and they objected and said we are not strong yet,that we shud wait for another year,but he shud bring me to them first.so in about 4 months to the time we were planning he took me to his parents and they wellcomed me well.But this time around his dad told me that he still wants us to be strong again and wait for the next 2 years before we do the wedding.his parents were aware that I have been supporting him financially,he is currently doing his MSc and I even bought a car in his name,but hi parents thought he got it on his own.The location of my job is in the core north,but most of the time I come to stay with him.we had decided to take a better house if we were getting married by december as we scheduled but the money was going to come from me since I earn more,cos he doesn't really have savings cos of his MSc, his car and he sends money for his parents when they demand from him to make them feel that he is strong enough to marry even when it doesn't feel comfortable.my problem now is dat iam not getting younger and iam skeptical about bringing out huge money to take ahouse with these shifting of the wedding,cos I don't knw if the wedding can take place or not.My guy does not want to argue with his parents so that they don't think iam rushing him.while my ppl feel he is deceiving me by shifting the wedding dates.I need advice on weither or not to spend my money and take the house now,and wait for him till that time to marry or I shud jst quit and start another relationship.thou I love him very much.but he promised me that if by the two yrs his parents still decide to shift it he will tell them about the court wedding and get me pregnant cos I will be 35 yrs by then.pls I need advice.What do I do?

what manner of man is this?
I just think you are being taken for a ride both by father and son.....
There are no definite signs that this boyfriend is going to marry you even in two years. Sounds like he is neither ready nor interested and how long are you going to keep being responsible for him?
Is he ever going to be responsible for you?

We had this too before we graduated to the electric one shaped like a piano...
Don't have a picture..

The posters raising worries about being fleeced out of their money are just an unnecessary distraction to the purpose of this thread...
How much more transparency can anyone ask for than what TeHN has provided?
These same people do not question the pastors they donate their tithes and offerings to nor do they go after the leaders who steal from them day in day out.
I do believe that these thomases have been indulged enough on this thread and should be ignored henceforth....