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Wednesday 5 January 2011

RE: All Single Men Stand Up!

Ever since I read an article titled ‘All Single Men Stand Up’ by Glory Edozien on bellanaija.com, I have always wanted to put up a response to it but I guess there was no other best time to do it than now. After reading the article, I tweeted @bellanaija for a permission to write a response to the article and I was directed to the editor but that was the last they heard from me. Though it’s been a long time the article has been published, I guess a response won’t be a bad idea and may end up adding more to the questions if it doesn’t help solve the mystery of the ‘Invisible Single Men’.

I remember those days when the single guys were always out on the trail for single ladies who were always up for the fronting and proving too hard to get. They turned these guys who seek to be friends with them into laughing stocks, they call themselves names like ‘Iron ladies, Hot steppers, Uptown gurls, etc’ while they call the guys names like ‘Sule, Maga, Mumu, Dull-apo, etc’, they never wanted to leave the mist of their fellow single ladies whom they do all the gossiping about guys with and even downgrade these harmless and innocent looking ‘single guys’.

I also remember a popular story about a guy that got shouted at by a gurl after he approached her. But, the guy seemed to be too smart for the gurl. After shouting ‘leave me alone!’ the guy shouted back at her, saying; ‘I won’t leave you alone till you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour!’ hummm...... smart guy u say? I’m also very much aware of what is going on in our universities and tertiary institutions. Gurls, proud about dating aristos (their father’s age mate) and they regard the single men as nothing but struggling brats who can’t even meet their needs not to talk of meeting another person’s needs.


These stories plus other similar stories spiced with the “aristo factor” are more than enough to answer the question of where the single men are. The single men won’t keep racing up and down chasing shadows of single ladies who seem not to be ready for them and only delight in the luxury and comfort of an older man who they believe is “more caring and loving”.


With the old fashion of guys chasing gurls all around fading away; with warmest regard, I will like to announce to the single ladies looking for the single men that ‘THEY ARE RIGHT THERE!’; at the Bar, viewing centres and even around you but If what am thinking is true, then I guess you (single ladies) need to go the extra mile and fish them out ‘cos ‘WHAT A MAN CAN DO, A WOMAN CAN DO BETTER’ so gurls, if the shoe doesn’t fit, PAD IT UP!!


Lmao! I guess have been sounding like a kindda preacher all along but really, Nigerian ladies are just too expensive, they want to shop at the most expensive shops, ride in the most expensive cars, go to the most expensive places and also date the most expensive guys. *in D’Banj’s voice* Yeeee! Mogbeeee! Where will most single guys get all these bearing in mind that most of them are still in school or just outta School and can’t even afford those things all by themselves, so the guys whom gurls see and meet at these places are the already made ones and are most times taken.

Stating all this, I will like to leave you with the comment I made on the article and it goes thus:
‘‘I believe all that’s happening is logical. I do remember the days when guys never really enjoyed the company of other guys, but the so called “single ladies” drove us all to it. they are all over the place with their girlfriends, ignoring we guys and making us look more of a ‘fool’ when we approach them by playing hard to get and saying (in their own words) “am just using him to catch trips”. Now they are being paid back in their own coins and here they are complaining, You (Single ladies) stay with your girlfriends and we (single men) stay with the guys networking and talking about football.’
Sounds very silly of me to have made that last statement, right? but I also made this statement ‘So much stuff to write about and probably a reply to this article if am permitted.’ Wow! What a dream *Big Grin*


But trust me, I didn’t stop there without dropping a joke for all to think about rather than laugh about and here is the last part of my comment ‘(Just for jokes) A friend of mine said “when God created Adam, he joined him with Eve but nowadays, Adam is being joined with Steve”’.

Thanks for reading, a comment will also be much appreciated, Thanks!