Okay so my current boyfriend is white. No biggie. Im with him, not his skin colour. We are both half english...Im Nigerian he is Austrian. We have nothing, yet everything in common. My Nigerian friends are confused. 'How can a white guy be fresh? asin...what is even attracting you there?' Im weary. I cannot be bothered to educate them. When we go out together, black guys give him evils (bad eye). I ignore them. Its not my job to educate the masses. Our skin looks so fucking hot together.
Mum wants to know 'Do you guys kiss?'
Only one answer to that 'Ewwwwww iyama mummy why are you talking to me about kissing? your making me very uncomfortable!'
she laughs, reassured at my squeamishness.
She also wants to know 'What about that nice yoruba boy you were with?' Ehn! the virginity thief? No way jose. My brow is furrowed. Why do I even talk to my mother about these things? I need to start keeping secrets.
'Mum, he so wasnt nice'
'But you said you loved him'
'I thought I did. Can we stop talking about my love life please'
She laughs. she thinks Im a small girl. I laugh too, out of embarrassment.
Later she tells me she is worried Im out of touch with my roots. This is over the phone and she is sounding all worried. 'First of all you dump *virginity thief* for *deutchboo* and now you arent coming home for easter and you werent here last half term either. Dont you like Nigeria?'
'I love Naij mum...na condition wey make cray fish bend'
she laughs loudly. She loves it when I try to speak pidgin or yoruba...Im sure she's laughing at me.
I meet a lady who tells me she know I wont marry a Nigerian. Im 'too touche' apparently. All because I said 'I like your crockery' as opposed to 'This plate is nice'. I am a Nigerian so I have no idea what she is talking about. Is she saying Nigerians cant be 'touche'? I will end up who ever God gives me.
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lol @ ur mum..
ReplyDeletehonestly, u'd think that in this day and age, skin colour wudnt matter..but nooooooo..
Okayyyyyy... Please tell me your mom didnt actually use the words "Virginity thief"????
ReplyDeleteYou told her?????????
lol Buttercup, my mum makes me laugh sooooo much!
ReplyDeleteRoc, no wayyyyyy!!!! lol if I told her I dont think I would live to blog another day!
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Lol..
ReplyDelete**News Flash**
"She died of multiple injuries after telling her mom a secret!"
i love your mum! my mum has asked me similar questions too. i'd rather drop it. i did date a white guy for a while. things didn't end well but the reaction from fellow Nigerians were priceless.
ReplyDeleteand i've also gotten those comments as well. that i don't seem like someone who will marry a Nigerian. in my case it is because of my quirky (or eccentric) personality. i'm just too different it seems. it's not like i'm complaining though! nice blog!