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2 days ago

Relationship in NYSC

I JUST BLOCKED A MALE CORPER HERE IN DELTA STATE NYSC CAMP BECAUSE HE EXPECTED ME TO EAT FREE CAMP FOOD WHILE HE WAS BUSY TRYING TO DATE ME. 😭

And the funniest part is that we’re only on day 11. Imagine the audacity.

So I met this guy on day three, and since then, he’s been following me everywhere. Morning parade, lectures, mammy market. Always asking if I’ve eaten and telling me he wants something serious.

Yesterday, after parade, I told him I was hungry, and he offered to follow me to mammy market.

I ordered fried rice, chicken and a drink. Everything was ₦6,500.

Do you know what this man said?

“Babe, why waste ₦6,500 when they’re giving us free food in the kitchen?”

I almost lost my mind.

Waste? So because I’m serving Nigeria, I should also be serving poverty?

He even suggested I buy ₦1,500 rice and egg instead.

I quietly paid for my food, and this man said, “That’s why I like you. You’re independent.”

Independent ke?

Am I in NYSC camp or an audition to become somebody’s suffering wife?

The worst part was when he said he wanted us to start dating before camp ended.

I asked him, “With your ₦77,000 allawee?”

He got angry and called me materialistic.

I told him, “If ₦6,500 chicken is already affecting your financial future, please face your platoon activities.”

And before anybody starts shouting, I have enough money to feed myself throughout camp.

But having my own money doesn’t mean I should start helping a man prove he’s boyfriend material.

I blocked him last night.

Please, can we normalize telling broke male corpers to focus on CDS and PPA instead of looking for girlfriends? Because some of you haven’t even collected your first allawee, but you’re already looking for somebody’s daughter to stress.

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