Dating While Nigerian Archives

May 27, 2020

Why I Have Not Started Online Dating

Why have I not started online dating? First, let me tell you about this friend of mine. Let's call her Tiffany. I have known Tiffany for a couple of years, but I have never known her to be in a committed relationship. That has never stopped Tiffany from having fun and living her best life - as it should be. Every time Tiffany and I get together, she tells me stories of all the men who are just dying for her love. I used to live my dating life vicariously through Tiffany --- until I realized that Read More

May 4, 2020

But Our African Men Know Better (I Am African Podcast #9)

I Am African Podcast - African Men Know Better - Verastic

Before we go any further, let's just agree that our African men know better. That being said, last month, I wrote a post on this blog, titled, "20 Things Women Are Not Doing in 2020," and while it was so much fun to write, I was once again surprised by how many women related to it. A woman sent me an email to say how she related to so many of these points, but the one that pained her most was number 7, quoted below: Accepting less because our African men don’t know better: We now know that this Read More

December 27, 2018

The Manny Posts #2: Have I Ever Been Cheated On?

If this is your first time reading a story from The Manny Posts series, then you might want to start by first reading about Manny HERE. Then you can read the first Manny post HERE. Writing Prompt: Have you ever been cheated on? Ahhhh. Yes. Let me tell you all about it. If I did not have this writing prompt, this story would have alternatively been titled: Let Me Tell About When I Was Cheated On. I suppose I can still tag it as such. So, the year was 2007. I was dating a Yoruba demon guy, Read More

December 19, 2018

Let Me Tell You About My Single Friend, Kay (And How You Women Are The Problem)

Sweet Potatoes, get in here. This is my friend, Kay - short for Kayode - and he is single. Why does it matter that he's single? Or why am I introducing him and his marital status? Well, let me tell you why. A couple weeks ago, I, Kay, and Funmie hung out. We went to Suya Spot in Owings Mills. It was my first time there, but I'll definitely visit again. Anyway, we ate and drank and laughed, and at some point, I decided to go into Inquisitive-Vera-Mode and ask Kay why he was Read More

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