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About a week ago, I had to go see Igwe’s mechanic on fixing a minor electrical problem in my car. When I introduced myself, he was all excited, said Igwe was his buddy (although they only met like a month ago).\u00a0I asked where he was from, and he said Pakistan. Then he asked where I was from, and I told him, too. He was a really good looking and well spoken guy. When I was about to leave, he asked, “Are you sure you’re really Nigerian?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> I think so. Why?<\/p>\n

Him:<\/strong> *stares at me, then shakes his head*<\/em> \u00a0Nah nothing.<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> No, seriously, tell me.<\/p>\n

Him:<\/strong> I don’t want to say. It might sound offensive.<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> Trust me, I’ve heard it all. I won’t be offended.<\/p>\n

Him:<\/strong> Well, it’s just that you’re too pretty. I’m not saying Nigerian girls are not pretty, but you’re just too pretty. You’re like a 9.5 *does that thing with his hands that men do when they are trying to draw a woman’s shape in the air*<\/em><\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> *blushing*<\/em> Oh, wow. Never heard this one before.<\/p>\n

Him:<\/strong> No offense.<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> None taken … at all.<\/p>\n

When I told him that I had heard everything, I really thought that I had. What I was expecting him to say (as I have been told before by non Nigerians) was that I was not loud or aggressive. But this too-pretty thing …<\/p>\n

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A picture I took a while ago … which does NOT show how I looked on this particular day<\/p><\/div>\n

Obviously, my Pakistani friend has not met enough Nigerian girls, but I will forgive him because he said I’m a 9.5, and when you tell a girl that she is a 9.5, a girl cannot help but blush and love you and find no fault in you whatsoever.<\/p>\n

The only problem now is that I don’t know if I should add this compliment to my r\u00e9sum\u00e9 or not. It’s been keeping me up at night. And I don’t know if I should hyphenate my name or not. Vera Too-Pretty-To-Be-Nigerian Ezimora. Not bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About a week ago, I had to go see Igwe’s mechanic on fixing a minor electrical problem in my car. When I introduced myself, he was all excited, said Igwe was his buddy (although they only met like a month ago).\u00a0I asked where he was from, and he said Pakistan. 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