Finding love in crazy places
Hard guy, hard guy, but you don fall in love. Three formerly ‘single but not searching’ folks were caught unawares by love, they share how they letting guard down cost them their single status forever:
Helen*, 27
Trust me, I wasn’t looking for love when I met Ayo. I was so done with guys but not with their ‘weapons’ though. We met each other at a party. He was very shy at first and kept staring at me. But as a Surulere babe that I am, I wasted no time. I moved over to him and we started dancing.
One thing led to another and we smashed in one of the restrooms at the party. The sex instantly sated my konji. Yes! It was that good. Four days after our rendezvous, I got an unexpected buzz from Ayo. In my mind I was like “Guy, it was a one-night thing, what’s with the sudden comms?”
We actually vibed really well on the phone too but I was determined to air him. However his persistence wore me out and I agreed to a date. That’s how I graduated from a casual fling to “Baby, rice or semo?”. My hard girl reputation was in the mud–just like that.
AY has helped me grow in a lot of ways. The best part is that I’m not scared to spend forever with him–yes, we are engaged. 🙈
Ebere*, 24
I fell in love with my friend’s cousin who also happens to be 7 years older than me. This is how it started: my friend Bash told me about this Dubai-based cousin of his who liked girls a lot, so we planned to con him. Nothing too serious, just enough to fund our hottie lifestyle.
Anyways, he got my contact and we started the perfect online long-distance relationship. Until he came to Nigeria two years later and blew my mind. Yes, I’m a gold digger and proudly so, but he showered me with so much attention and imparted so much knowledge on me. I just knew I’d be a fool to lose someone like him.
I realized this man was very serious with the relationship and had a lot of hooge plans for me. That’s how what started as a little scam became something serious. Although it was hard, I had to confess to him and thankfully over time, the ‘mess’ cleared up.
Gideon*, 34
What a good time to tell the story of how a fuckboy became a loverboy. Seyi was supposed to be for trips but she unbelievably got under my skin and a whole Casanova like me was mooning over one girl.
She was this shy and quiet girl in class, so I assumed that would make her an easy catch. How wrong I was! Seyi was the total opposite. In fact, her werey surpassed mine. She beat me at my own games. There was no way I could have escaped falling for Seyi. She was simply 20/10.
Imagine how stupid I was to have rated her as a herring fish. Seyi continues to prove that she is the shark and I’m actually the herring fish.
#PeopleTalk is a submissions segment for everyday people to talk straight about the twists and turns of everyday life. This edition captures the love story of three Nigerians that were doing coconut head for matters of the heart.
