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Have you ever felt guilty after reading a post? After reading a deep religious post, I sometimes feel guilty and reassess my relationship with my maker. However, a few weeks ago, I felt guilty after reading a non-religious post .  "I am very sorry for calling you fat girl," I wrote to my friend. "No problem dear," she said. We kept chatting, and I told her why I apologized. She was surprised it had nothing to do with Ramadan. The apology was inspired by the  post .  We often joked about her weight, I call her fat girl, and we usually laugh about it.  My friend reached out to me a couple of months ago about size; she has gained significant weight since she started working. She had tried different types of diet, but none worked. I think the weight gain suits her more than her previous "stringo" size.  She has always been chubby. As a child, she was bigger than her older sister. Although I am taller than her, we wear the exact size of clothes.   One d...

First date

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Stop the fronting(Nigerian Slang); let me send you on a date. Although a lot of us try to deny it, it sometimes sucks being single... In the past 5years, I think I have been more single than in a relationship. That's me, some say my taste is too high, while others say I should lower my standard. To me, they are saying the same thing. While on holiday in Na, I listened to Toke Makinwa's vlog Xmas in Naija....Time to find a man sharp, sharp with a couple of friends, the following day we went to a wedding and she got a man who has not only taken her on a first date but the second one is around the corner. Since it worked for her, I am going to do something untraditional. Send someone out on an all expenses paid date in a nice restaurant, don't worry the bill is on the date :-)  if you are not in Nigeria, your date can skype you while the meal will be delivered to you.   Wait a minute offers like that don't come easily so  below are my criteria for selecting the lucky...