uche87: I remember in Festac Town (Lagos State), in 2016, when a neighbour claimed he accidentally slept with the new female tenant. "We did it on this chair" he pointed with a grin on his face. "I swear I never expected it. She was crazy and she looked so innocent" he whispered in the ears of whoever cared to listen. Putting this in perspective, the weather temperature was just 22 degrees Celsius. This is the typical weather for two in Nigeria. It normally sends the social media into frenzy, with all manner of romantic memes flying around.
At this point, the telephone lines of some 'hospitality workers' popularly known as 'runs girls' start reading 'number busy' or 'switched off'. This is because the prodigal men with hot waists are on their trail, thereby driving up demand. My neighbour's experience of being gifted the cookie on a platter of gold, is not an isolated one. During the rainy season, harmattan and COVID lockdown, there were so many similar experiences. Acclaimed male best besties who have 'fattened the pigs' easily reaped the fruits of their labour. The women who failed such tests of cold weather and loneliness in Nigeria are performing woefully in the UK where the conditions are worse. With the weather condition averaging between 3 and 5 degrees Celsius mostly, some women are being smoked out of their houses by increased sexual appetite. Life here is also extremely lonely. People hardly mix, they tend to overwork and forget living their normal lives. Also, many immigrants tend to be buying into the culture of individualism associated with the West.
Everybody suspects strangers. The implication of this is that you could either date online or take the highroad of workplace romance. In my opinion, office romance is like playing the Russian Roulette. Before you know it, someone who has never met you, will know the exact strands of pubic hair you have. This is because people kiss and tell.
In the UK, independent women who are doing well financially and career-wise abound. But society is infested with men who are scared of them. Their fears are very valid though. These men just want to have them for the moment, like an AirBnB. With the chilly weather, loneliness, and unsatisfactory toys, most women tend to let their guards down when they meet interested men. And they end up paying dearly with their mid-sections. After two to three months of dating, the expected marital plan never comes up, and then they abandon these relationships. They hopefully start another which ends the same way. It's a vicious cycle!
Failure could be very demoralising when not well managed. Some ladies get sucked into the unholy system of sexual generosity out of frustration and bad habits. So they see no big deal in warming different beds like a weighted blanket.
I sampled the opinions of some single men about what the dating market looks like currently. The story is still the same. The women are just too vulnerable and their sexual appetite is on a record high. This is why some freak out or redact information whenever the issue of body count comes up. Single women in their 30s are throwing caution to the wind in a bid to find phantom happiness.
In recent times, most of these women have been falling back on their suitors back home in Nigeria for marriage. The same ones they once despised during their early days abroad. They offer them the golden 'Japa Ticket' and a promise of a better life which the men can't resist. These men see this golden opportunity as a sign of 'grace'. The men can't resist those glossy pictures in highbrow locations. They are blind to what is behind those photos, even with their glasses on. Also, the Tinubu administration which has pauperised Nigeria, makes the decision to 'escape' so easy for targeted men.
But the truth is that these women are only applying the basic principles of business to their lives. When your product is not valuable locally, export it to another country where it is scarce and experience a boom in turnover.
Osahon George Osayimwen writes from England. Wow!!! This is one of the most accurate ost I have come across on NL. God bless you @OP |
Had a bitter experience. Dated this lady, and I saw many levels of toxicity. She wouldn't listen to anyone save her mum. She told me to my face that any man she dated after me will see shege. This is same lady that constantly tell me how nice I am to her but she doesn't feel she deserves a nice man like me. In summary, I think most single mum have a bitter experience with the supposed father of the child and in most cases the woman-child grows with resentment for men, as the mothers will instill their regret on them by giving them many "don'ts" and few or no "did" about men and you trust children will out due parents, so they grow to become bitter & toxic |