On the Road Again - Nigeria

Conference done and dusted and now heading to Nigeria for few meetings. I'll be in the commercial capital Lagos and country capital Abuja.  Busy but interesting times ahead.

Will i check my dating app to meet any Nigerian guy for a date? Nope! Nigerian guys are amazing, good looking, very well educated, certainly know how to take care of women, but my generation, the guys don't seem to get it.....hey that's my opinion.

They look for the ladies whose dad's are money bags, they marry you but have 2 or 3 girlfriends on the side a.k.a side chick ......its a number's game - there are more eligible single women in Nigeria than there are men, and they remind you they are the head of the house - so their opinions and suggestions makes more sense than yours.

Like i said - my opinion.  these are just things i have seen around.  I think it will be interesting to do a better research than coming to this sort of conclusion.

Watch out for the Top 5 reasons to date guys from different countries - i will be posting some interesting details soon.

Dating in Cape Town

I'm currently attending a conference in Cape Town, South Africa and thought - it might just be fun to go on a date whilst here - you find love in strange places isn't it.

So - happn to the rescue...or so i thought.  I liked Chris's photo and he liked mine back - its a charm, says the dating app.  Chris reached out, we chatted a bit and told him i was here on a conference. Immediately asked for my whatsapp number and asked where i was staying.  Told him the hotel and said we could meet up for drinks.  Chris is German living in Cape Town ..and quite global minded.

Chris decided it was best we meet much later in the evening becasue.....he has to entertain his kids after creche..... red flag!!!  Well, i asked an important question - are you married?  Took him 30 minutes to reply.  I guess he was pondering on how to reply - if he should be honest or just string me along.

Bon Voyage

Hi lovely readers,  I'm currently travelling and in Cape Town at the moment - so my post will be a bit irregular in the next couple of days.  Please bear with me

Lolade's Corner - Who plays the piper?

Relationships are/is supposed to be reciprocal, but more often than not it doesn't work that way, most times, you find one partner being the dominant figure and the other just tags along.  Now the question is - is it a norm for this to happen or are relationships influenced by culture, tradition, environment or religion?

Discuss.

Article Credit - Lolade is a writer, fine artist, fashion designer  and a book lover. She currently resides in Abuja, Nigeria. 

4th Postion - Italiano

Well, as i had mentioned, i will be numbering my Dates - ref back to 1st week October, i have met the 4th date and that took place on friday 23rd October.

This guy, Italian - let's call him Marc, was the definition of gorgeous....though not so tall - about 5'8 , but he was so much fun, filled with fire and energy.  After chatting on happn for 3 weeks, due to him having so much to do e.g exams, changing apartments, work, cancelling a pre-scheduled date etc, we finally met

From an extremely busy week, i was so tired, but i had some energy for the fun conversation.  He had a loud voice so he was kind of drowning the room in his voice of excitement.  We decided to have dinner at a nice chinese restaurant (its quite tricky to have dinner on a first date - but this guy made it an amazing experience).

Well, after dinner, we took a stroll and suggested he have a drink. i agreed to one drink and told him due an a very long week, perhaps we should have a short one and meet up again when i get back from my trip (i was preparing for some business trips taht would last 2 weeks).  Like Cheshire lad, Marc whisked a cigarette out and started smoking ....then he remembered me.....oh , i hope you don't mind, he said.  I said - well, smoking makes me uncomfortable, but as we're outside, it's fine, 'i'll just move aside a bit from you.

We had drinks at a near by cool bar and this point i was getting really tired, and worn out ...and i didn't want to be a sore date.  Marc was so alive, and this was like 12 midnight and he felt the night was still young - i agree , especially as it was a Friday evening!

We kept talking about several topics such as how many guys i have met through 'Happn app' and how believes Mediterranean guys make the best lovers (he said that with such pleasure) up until he decided it was time to kiss me 'on the lips' - now i have a rule. I don't kiss on a 1st date.  Call me old fashioned, but if i kiss on first dates, i would have lost count with all the lip connections i would have made.  I turned my cheek to him and he kissed that and he goes carpe diem ....you've got to seize the day my lady!!!  That was funny and interesting.

Well, this was a good date and we agreed to meet for a 2nd date when i get back from my business trip.

Oh my days...about time i start making up my mind and choose 1 already.....sighhhhhhh




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Dating does gets more interesting

This is what i've decided to do - to make it easier for the IvyTCers ( hahaha- my name for my readers - please feel free to suggest anyone you like and i'll go along with you!)

I need to ensure you're able to understand my posts on my dating experience and want to make it easy to read and follow - so i will start naming them by numbers (figures).

I'll keep you updated soon :)

Yup - that's right!

Men love the idea of Smart women but will rather not date one????

I was reading the Huffpost and stumbled on this article.  Read HERE

Oh Adele - You got me waiting for 5 years!

Got this on replay !!!!