CHILDHOOD ENEMIES & FRIENDS, WE ALL REMEMBER THEM

Most of us grew up in neighbourhoods where we formed bonds with other people in our age bracket who may have gone to school with us, gone to birthday parties with us, fought with us, competed with us and generally built our childhood memory together. There’s a saying in Yoruba that children of the same age can never continue to play together for 20 years. Our childhood is a very important phase of our lives, it is that period that shapes us along with the teachings of our parents and also determines how we would relate with people in the later stages of life.

I ran into one of my childhood friends recently and we started chatting about our friends, what they were doing now, where they worked, how many people they banged, what kind of scandals they were involved in, who they married, if they had babies, if they were outside the country, you know that kind of talk. Some people had not changed, some people had evolved, some people we expected to be married were not, those we didn’t even think guys knew existed were already married with children, those we thought were ugly got married to the most handsome guys, those we thought had aborted their wombs away were having babies like gremlins and so many other life ironies.

Remember them? They all started from here but have all ended up differently.

One thing I realized from our discussion was that life directs you where you determine life to take you especially if you are strong enough to turn the hands of your destiny. People may tag you a failure, you don’t have to accept this brand because the way you eventually turn out lies in your hands. 

I thank God Almighty that most of us who spent childhood together are still alive, at least the ones I kept in touch with, for that Grace I am forever grateful. It made me think of our clique back then, we were children of different characters and backgrounds trying to get along with one another. We all knew whose father was the richest, whose father was average and whose father was absent. The rich kids were the oppressors, the average kids were the middle-men, the under-privileged kids were the hustlers and oppressed. I would like to categorize them.

THE RICH KIDS: Today, some of them are not in places they would have loved to be in life. Their family status is not like before when they used to squander money like it was no man’s business. This may be because they relaxed after graduating from school thinking the affluence will keep on flowing but forgetting that this thing called money is a visitor in most people’s homes and you have to treat it well for it to extend its stay. Some of them still enjoy the benefits of the connections their families have and have used it to climb up the corporate ladder, remaining their snobbish self. There’s one of us chicks, this girl is just so annoying. Her mantra in life is she would never allow her friends to know her corporate or even domestic connections as she does not want you to even aspire to her status, she’s that manipulative and competitive. Her defense mechanism against friends in need is stronger than Fort Knox. She would rather stop befriending you than introduce you to that manager who can get you a good job in that oil company. A mutual friend of ours saw her at the airport recently and even though her car window was wound down, she pretended she couldn’t see or hear our friend’s greetings, speeding off instead of saying hi. This girl may be privileged but her life to me, is very sad. She lost her famous boyfriend of many years because she just doesn’t open up to anyone and is just too damned selfish. Yes, she’s doing well in her career, but she wants to remain the only successful person in the world. This is so not possible and what she is actually doing is deleting friends who would comfort or support her when she needs a helping hand the most. My point is, she has always been like this since we were tots, choosing material possessions over companionship and love. This is obviously affecting her personal life in a very bad way.

Oppression of the rich, hehehe

THE AVERAGE KIDS: I happen to fall in this category, although there was a time I almost fell to the category below this very one as I tried to emancipate myself from my father when I was 16 years old, not legally, just independently. I finished Secondary school at 15 years, the youngest in my set and I started working almost immediately after school. Those of us in this category who are hardworking have good jobs today, we drive cars, we have decent apartments, we have someone who loves us even if some of us are not married, some just don’t believe marriage is the ultimate phase in life. Being average, we had to compete with the rich kids, we were the ones in the middle and that position is never easy. I don’t know what other people in this category went through to attain their present status but my own story is another post for another day, my life has been very eventful. My first attempt to solicit help towards advancing my education through the help of one of the rich kids’ dad as he was in the field I was about to study ended up turning into a chronic case of “I scratch your back, you scratch my back”. Old disgusting man.

THE UNDER-PRIVILEGED KIDS: This group could not afford to compete with anyone, they were at the lowest rung of the ladder. They had to be mostly polite to everyone else and can kiss different kind of butts as they believed it would bring them some sort of benefits, remember them? There was one of our friends then, she lived with her single mum who had to cater for four children. The mother was almost mentally unstable as she would suddenly lash out at people but I thought she was alright and was just seriously frustrated from all the hard blows life had dealt her. Whenever this friend finds herself hungry as she had no dad who gave her money like the rest of us, she would always look for alternative means for survival. There was a particular trick she used to play on the mallams who sold all kinds of treats in our neighborhood. She would walk up to their kiosk and asked if they had a particular product, as the mallams turn their backs to check their store for what she had asked for, she would quickly pack many goodies into her pockets, that was breakfast, lunch and dinner. She was caught red-handed one day and was punished in a very embarrassing manner in front of her friends. One thing that made her strong though was that she was very likeable and hardworking. Today, she’s married to a wonderful guy, graduated, finished her NYSC and working in one of Lagos Government offices. Her story turned out otherwise, one thing I forgot to mention was her dedication to various activities in the church.

Facebook will always help us to stay abreast of what’s going on in our childhood friend’s lives, it is like a photo diary of their marital life, career life or even runs life, lol. Facebook should be renamed Stalkbook. If you want to know what’s happening in the lives of people you haven’t heard from or seen in years, you can find out on facebook as long as they haven’t rebranded their names from Olakunle to Horlakunley, lol. Why do people do that? It’s so annoying. 

No matter your background in life, you can turn out the way you want as long as Oluwa is involved. Be a go-getter, there’s nothing wrong with going after what your heart desires but during your climb up that ladder, do not step on toes, do not hurt people, do not steal from others, do not usurp positions and with God, you will surely turn out a success story.

XOXO

CAMRY DRIVERS, CRAZY DRIVERS

In a few days time, it will be one year that I started driving on Lagos roads and trying to survive the maniacs that ply the same route with me. It’s funny, this time last year I was a juvie on the road and people would practically almost run me off the road with overtaking or blasting their stupid car horns when you least expect it. In one year of driving, I’ve seen so many crazy people on the road, most especially those danfo drivers. They would curse at you, overtake you, stay right in the middle of the road to load the bus, scratch your car, cause confusion and run with high speed putting the lives of many passengers in danger. I often wish Lagos State would scratch Danfo off Lagos roads but a humble side of me reminds me frankly that I used to be one of those people who would use elbows to fight to get into the same danfo. So I would just swallow spit and swear at them when they overtake me, it kinda makes me feel better. I mean just some few weeks back, I almost fell into Lagos lagoon when one danfo made me swerve suddenly as it tried to squeeze itself in the small space in front of my car!

As for personal car drivers, I’ve seen my share of road rage which I thought only existed in the U.S.A. This week, in front of Silverbird Galleria, I saw a guy in a jeep almost crash into a guy in a white car and they started to swear at each other, blocking each other from passing ahead and causing an uproar up until Bar Beach. I started to accelerate with them trying to see what would eventually happen and didn’t realize I was doing almost a speed of 75 out of curiosity. I try not join people in road rage o, I once saw a movie where a woman cut a guy off on the road because she was running off somewhere, the guy tried to run her down violently and this was midnight. When he didn’t succeed, he ended up stalking her, threatening her family, trying to kill her and even put a car bomb in the lady’s mum’s car! So I gentle well well.

One thing that annoys me is the way young guys drive, they believe swagger is speed or coming out of a corner without checking if there’s an oncoming vehicle. Most men in the 21-40 age bracket especially those who drive Toyota Camry are the worst. It’s like a spirit. Once I notice a guy driving recklessly and he passes by my car, the car is always a Camry. Even the day I was with a friend in his Camry, he was driving like he was in a rush to reach Hell Fire. I just don’t get it. Some of these crazy Camry drivers have humongous egos and would never let a woman drive past them in traffic as if it’s a competition of life. When they eventually bypass you, you would then catch a glimpse of satisfied grins on their faces as if they are unbalanced.

I was listening to the radio one day when the presenter started complaining about his plight on the way to work that day. He said a guy kept on overtaking people as if he was the only one who was late to work that morning and almost killed people with his car, guess what car the guy was driving? Oh yeah, a Toyota Camry. Smh. Whenever I see any car that has been bashed trying to run me over, I just move aside for them because I know the bashes on their vehicles is trying to tell me something, “Don’t mess with a mad man”. If the car is a Camry with bashes on it, I practically slow down to a speed of 20km or gently switch off my engine on the road for his royal madness to pass, I’m that respectful, lol.

So for those of you guys who drive Camrys, abeg take am easy, there’s a Camry spirit that makes those with testosterone misbehave on the road. Nobody should die all mangled up on the road, drive safely, you will surely get where you are going and not where you do not expect to find yourself.

XOXO :):)

GRAB THEM BY THE BALLS!!

In life, you have to recognize opportunities for success when they come your way and depending on your economic background, you can choose whether you would fight to secure the opportunity or let someone else make the most of the opportunity. For some people, opportunities hardly come their way because they are not exposed or they live a sheltered life. It is hard to find opportunities that are life-changing and when you do find them, you will have to grapple with someone else to get the results as life itself is a serious competition.

 

You may miss an opportunity once and it will cost you for the rest of your life or a large part of your life. In this post, I have gathered the names of actresses and actors who missed out on opportunities to play a pivotal role in movies that turned out to be blockbuster hit in Hollywood. Some of them may have lobbied strongly for the part but did not have the resources of competition and lost out to others while some of them just turned down the role out of sheer pride then regretted it for the rest of their lives. These movies are movies we all rushed to the cinemas to watch or got the dvds because everyone was talking about it and these movies usually granted the actors or actresses numerous awards and overnight success. So this list is about those actors who missed the opportunity to be the central character in a hit movie and also those who grabbed opportunity by the balls to be in the movie.

BELLA SWAN IN TWILIGHT SAGA

Jennifer Lawrence auditioned for the part of Bella Swan in Twilight Saga but missed out.

Kirsten Stewart won the role of the broody Bella in Twilight and even got a boyfriend to boot! That's over now though but it gave her world wide success

TONY STARK IN IRON MAN

Tom Cruise actually turned down the role of the very successful Iron Man movies! Guess he was satisfied with Mission Impossible.

We all know the cocky Tony Stark played by Robert Downey Jnr who hit the mark in the Iron Man movies, he has made millions from the movie and become a global icon also appearing in The Avengers movie.

ROSE DAWSON IN TITANIC

Gwyneth Paltrow who eventually won the role of Pepper Potts in Iron Man had auditioned for the role of Rose Dawson in Titanic

The role went to British lady Kate Winslet who played along side Leonardo Dicarprio making the two famous as they made millions of people cry about their romance in Titanic. Who could forget Jack and Rose with the huge sinking ship?

NATASHA ROMANOFF, BLACK WIDOW IN THE AVENGERS

Emily Blunt was offered the role of Natasha Romanoff in The Avengers but had to step aside due to scheduling conflicts with another movie. In case, you don't know her, she's married to that gorgeous guy who plays "Chuck" in the TV series Chuck, John Krasinski

Scarlett Johannson got the job to play the Black Widow in The Avengers and even went ahead to appear in Iron Man as the same character. She had to dye her hair red for this role and immediately became a sex symbol. 

 CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW IN PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN

Jim Carrey wanted to play Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Carribean but sorry to say, thank God he didn't get it. He was just going to goof the part up and make us feel like we are watching The Mask part 2!

Oh la la! Johnny Depp nailed Jack Sparrow! Seriously, who doesn't love this character, just had to use his character's picture. The eyeliner, the braids, the badanna, the charms and the swagger! He made 3 movies with this character and a lot of money!

DJANGO IN DJANGO UNCHAINED

Will, smh. How can you possibly audition for Django? But he didn't! He thought Christoph Waltz's part, (the white guy who freed Django in the movie) was Django, so auditioned for the white guy's part actually. I for fear nau, see fresh guy wants to play slave, hehehe

Jamie Foxx got the part of Django and entertained us all!

 That's all the list, for now. If any opportunity come your way anytime soon, act like yours truly and grab them by the balls! Life is a race we have all got to run it.

XOXO :) :)

MY FIRST 2013 POST!!!

Hello peeps! So I've not been blogging since December 2012, thank God I still remember my password, that means my retentive memory is still all that, lol. You can’t blame me o, na pursuit of money and survival cause my absenteeism for this blog. How have you guys been? I'm sorry I haven't been consistent but I never said I was a Linda Ikeji, lol.

So what’s been happening in your lives? Marriage? Children? Family? School? Career? Sex? Winks! As for me, so many things have happened and is still happening in this 2013, as in, I have gist for all of una! Good things have come to pass in my life and I’m so grateful to Almighty God.

Yours truly, forming, hehehe

Posting on my blog has always been on my mind but I had to step up when I came across one chick’s blog like that. I was surfing through google researching about something when the blog popped up, I clicked on it and became hooked. The blog is written by a chick who is my age, a medical doctor and an Igbo gal. She just challenged me in the way she was able to put down her thoughts as if she’s actually in real conversation with the reader, so that got me on fire. I mean, that used to be me!

So I’m going to try blogging again and this time I’ll be tres consistent. Instead of reading people’s blogs, I’ll make bloggers read my blog, *self-syke!. So what has happened so far? Oh, I remember Goldie. Yeah, I know, she was gone in February. My last post about her here was written while she was still very much alive. It was about her rumoured marriage to Prezzo, the guy she fell for during her stay at the Big Brother’s House. Well, in February, Goldie passed away shockingly.

How I will always remember Goldie, fierce and over-trying, lol

I remember when I heard the news, I was in Abuja about to leave for Lagos. I had packed my bags and was heading out when I switched on my blackberry to receive a ping from my brother. He wanted to know if a particular story was true and the story was that Goldie had passed away. At first, I was like, yeah was that not how they said RMD was dead one time like that? Don’t mind people jare but let me check. My doubt was serious because we had all seen Goldie’s pictures with Hollywood celebrities at the Grammys some few days back. Anyways, in like 30 minutes, I verified the story and the waterfalls came rushing.

Regal! Classy Goldie

I cried as if she was a relative. I had interviewed Goldie back in 2009 and the woman I met was very different from the perception everybody had about her. One of her promo calendars was even hung in my father’s living room for one year. I remember going to her residence in Parkview Estate, she gave us directions on the phone till we located her building and she was so warm. She came out of the house with no make-up and I remember asking her if Goldie was around as I thought she was Goldie’s sister. She smiled and replied that she was Goldie, she looked nothing like the over-painted and over-dressed lady we all watched and dissect to pieces in those elaborate music video on television. She looked fresh and that was when I noticed she was one of those red albinos. She was very open and politely maneuvered her way around questions she was not comfortable answering. Anyways, the interview went so well and we even got to play with her exotic puppies before we left with all her publicity materials. That was the only time I met her in person and it was a nice experience.

This was the picture that was in our living room, my mum would glance at it and say an exorcism prayer, lol

So when I heard she had passed away, I couldn’t stop crying as I remembered who she really was. That February morning, I had to use my huge prescription glasses to cover my face while waiting at the Abuja terminal as people were giving me glances wondering why water was just dropping uncontrollably from my eyes. Her death was really shocking and till date, even with all her best friend’s interview, Denrele, no one is really sure about the circumstances surrounding her death. Then there was also the equally appalling revelation about her very private marriage to that white guy, incredible. Anyways, you know the saddest thing about death, life goes on.

Sure this was how she went to heaven, abs and all, that would be a grand entrance, lol

I’m going to end this post with trying to sound wise so here goes; whatever you are doing right now in life, ensure that you are happy, life is fleeting, death is sure, hope is free. Live happy.

XOXO J J J

TUFACE: SOON TO BE SNATCHED FROM ANNIE MACAULAY!

Ever since this lady got married to the man who so many ladies in Nigeria seriously pine for, I have tried to be very patient for her to step up into some form of her own class but she seems to be good at letting people down. For someone married to a popular and rich man, she does not look the part at all. Starting from her skin, her body and her dress sense, she just does not meet expectations at all.

Excuse me but being married to Tu-face Idibia will surely put you in the limelight, so can you at least try to give us something pleasant to look at? We all know that fire is always dancing in Tu-face's boxers and if he goes home everyday to a drab woman after seeing so many beautiful women in the line of work, will he be able to stay faithful as he has promised?

Have you guys seen Tu-face's back-up singer? She is hot! Way hotter than Annie Macaulay. The back-up singer was at Top Ten Mics with the musician and almost stole the shine from Tuface as she continued to gyrate, twist and wine while singing sonorously on the stage. These are the kind of women Tuface works with and surely his other baby mamas are taking good care of themselves too, so Annie, you had better be careful and step up your game. Do not be too relaxed, there has been major competition before now and there will continue to be, at least, do not allow Tuface to start second-guessing his ultimate decision! 

Will you take a look at this mess? (bella Naija pix)

RIHANNA & KATY PERRY FIGHT!!

The Barbados song-stress is currently at loggerheads with her friend Katy Perry all because of man issues. Rihanna and Katy are good friends as Rihanna partied with Katy Perry when the star was getting married to Russel Brand. Now, the two friends do not see eye to eye anymore. The reason being that Katy Perry along with the whole world does not approve of Rihanna's relationship with the guy that beat her black and blue in 2009, Chris Brown.

Rihanna got defensive and fired back at Katy Perry's man John Mayer who is also known as a sleazeball who is not mature and has dated so many women in Hollywood. So these two friends do not approve of their men and the bad blood continues to thicken. Well, what can we say? Maybe successful and beautiful women have very bad taste in men altogether!

OUR PARENTS: OUR ENEMIES, OUR FRIENDS

As there are different families, there are different relationships within them as well. There are some families where the mother is the favourite while other families prefer the father. The favourite parent is usually the more indulgent and lenient one who allows the children to stay up late, who buys gifts on the way home, who lets some wrongs go unpunished, who shields the children from getting whooped by the other parent most times and who prefers to let the children be children.

Mummy spanks

In my own home, while we were growing up, the favourite parent was Daddy because we hardly saw him, so his presence was always welcome. Mum was the one we saw everytime and she would wipe the floor with our asses everytime we did something wrong, she would not allow us wear the dresses we wanted to, she expected a particular form of behaviour from us when we were in front of strangers, she did not want us to go and watch cartoons with the neighbour's kids and woe betides you if you dared to eat in the neighbour's house. In fact, we would beg Daddy not to take Mummy with us whenever we were going out to places so we could run around as much as we liked.

We all remember something we once did when we were young that was rewarded with strokes of cain, in fact, some of us still have faded scars. I remember we used to joke back then whenever anyone of us gets into trouble, we would say "24 strokes niyen o". But this was when things changed, when the favourite parent became Mummy as sometimes in the family, there is usually a twist. As we grew older, Mummy relaxed, Daddy then took over the disciplinarian part. We were to go to bed by 9pm after prayers or it was 24 strokes of cain. We were to wake up by 5am and never go back to sleep or you will jog round the Estate. We were not to leave the house without reporting properly where we were off to, the house chores must be done as soon as you wake up, you must not watch the television before and after a particular time, we were not to talk sassy to an adult and you are finished if any adult comes to complain about you in the house, the best advice is for you to just pack out before my father reacts.

I recall when I and my two sisters did not make the necessary cut-off mark in Jamb exam because we did not see it as a big deal as our education was very swift. Daddy was appalled and disappointed, we on the other hand could not understand why he was making such a big fuss about it, Jamb can be written again next year jare. Out of his anger, Dad forbade us to watch television at all, this time, there is no limited time, do not even glance at the television at all! Is it not funny how television used to be so important in those days? Telling us not to watch TV was like the punishment of the Century. Anyways, we did not listen to Daddy o, he installed a password in the TV, we cracked it and continued to watch TV whenever he was not home. We would take turns in ensuring that the door was locked so Daddy does not walk in on us infringing his laws. On a fateful day, someone forgot to lock the door as we usually do during the 007 TV time, we were watching an Indian movie that day and it was such an emotional film as usual which was making us cry as we were moved by the events of the movie. We had no idea we were soon going to see the true meaning of crying. Our Dad walked in on us that day breaking his rules.

Daddy spanks even harder

He tip-toed into the living room and said in an action voice "Three of you, just stay like that o, do not even move a muscle" then he left for his room to pray. We all looked at one another with fear in our eyes, the way prisoners who were about to face the firing squad would look if their eyes were not covered. My eldest sister, the most cunning person I know, ran into the bedroom to wear double trousers in preparation for the epic whooping that was about to serenade our buttocks. Our Daddy came out of his room and the torture began in Russian style. He said "you guys failed Jamb and you can still watch TV? My friend's daughter failed Jamb too but she was so distraught that she has been admitted in the hospital! You people are not even remorseful at all!"

That day, my eldest sister on the orders of my father who was seated calmly, whooped my elder sister, my elder sister whooped my eldest sister back then whooped me and I whooped my elder sister back. That was my father's style, he was never in the military, I do not know where he learned that kind of ass-whooping strategy. After we had plastered ourselves, we were sent to the bedroom to sleep and have nightmares of masquerades chasing us. The next day, we laughed hard about it as we recalled the event and how each one of us cried, we also recalled that we were crying while watching an Indian movie, not knowing that real tears was on its way.

Today, we are all living in our own apartments, our eyes have opened, it must open when you start to pay rent. We sometimes sit together to reminisce and sincerely, we miss our youth, cain or no cain. We miss the sheltered life which was the benefit of living with our parents, we miss someone calling us to ask where we were, we miss someone cautioning us about life, we miss the free food, we miss the fights, we miss the make-ups. The days when we were under our parents will continue to be the best period of our lives, there were sweet times and there were those other times but nothing beats the love of a parent. Those of you still living with your parents and you are in your twenties, cherish every single second because you are very lucky, you may not know this. I miss living with my parents and being a child. One time, they are our friends, the next there are our frenemies but no one else can ever love us the way that they do. May God continually bless all of our parents in Jesus name. Amen.

Please share your most memorable punishment with your Mum and Dad.

We all later passed Jamb sha, lol

BEAUTIFUL CHIDINMA

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I've always been indifferent to Chidinma Ekile who won the Season 3 of Project Fame as I saw her as young and sheltered. But recently, she has managed to shed that image portrayed during her stay in the Project Fame House. I can remember someone saying that Chidinma auditioned for the show dressed in a very "churchy" ankara outfit and that she must be from a strict home which means she's very lucky that Project Fame changed her life. Watching her sing on the show was always a pleasant experience because of her beautiful features but today, Chidinma is even more attractive and mature. I saw this picture of her and just fell in love with her, it is so ethereal and it took a while for me to recognize her. She shaved her head and developed a more daring attitude which she displayed in a rap music video. We heard she's dating that Soundcity guy, Adams who claims he's 24 but looks 35, we hope she is ready for what the spotlight does to a relationship. I remember been glad not exactly much that she won Project Fame at the time not because she was my favourite on the show but because she broke the streak of men winning the show after Iyanya and Mike. She was the first female to win on the show and the trend has continued so far. Meanwhile, I hope her relationship is not holding her back as she is yet to bring out another single that will keep her relevant considering the fickle nature of fame in the Nigerian music industry.

RIHANNA IS MISSING!!!

Rihanna has been missing for a while now, the authorities have been trying to hide it from the public! Alright, just kidding! Rihanna was on a big tour called 777 which she invited over 200 journalists, photographers and bloggers to cover her event. She accommodated all of them on an airplane as they follow her to 7 countries for 7 concerts in 7 days which is quite a daunting feat. As the crew flew from one country to London, they became disgruntled because they had not seen Rihanna for days because she remained in her first class suite and didn't show her face at all. The journalists began to display all kinds of tantrums like chanting her name so she can show up, one Australian guy ran down the airplane aisle naked and another reporter made a missing report on Rihanna showing all her statistics (pictured). Hmmm, didn't know her eyes are green, sexy!

WHY DO MEN STARE AT WOMEN?

What can this old man do about what he's staring at now?

There was a time in my life when a large percentage of my friends were men as I never got along well with most women because of our belligerent nature and the ability to hold a grudge till death comes. In my hanging out with men, there were some things I noticed that were quite irksome. One of them was how the guys I was chilling out with would stare at a girl that was passing by until she turns into a corner, gets into a car, drives away, falls flat on her face or simply disappear from the heat of their eyes.

No matter how interesting what we were discussing happened to be, once a lady passes by, especially if the lady happens to be endowed, the discussion will end immediately, this stupid silence will then ensue and some of them may even lick their lips as if their body fluid has suddenly ran dry. Obviously, as a woman, it was annoying because I would look at the chick long and hard to see what was so interesting and hardly saw anything.

Food? No, staring is more satisfying.

What exactly do men think about when they look at women like that? Some of them look at you so hard you begin to feel naked or begin to check yourself to see maybe your shirt is tucked into your exposed panties or maybe you forgot to wear bra with a transparent top.

That's the kind of embarrassment that may happen.

The part I hate the most is when the staring man is with a woman and he is staring at another woman. I have seen this happen several times, first hand and recipient mode. It's kinda complimentary when you are the lady a man with a woman is staring at because women are too competitive and you would feel like you have won some lame ass game. But when you are with a guy and he starts to stare at another girl, it hurts like hell, especially if he's your date or worse if he's your boyfriend or fiancee.

Even men of God

I once had a situation where a guy stared at me so hard, he bumped into someone head first. Another guy was on the road side and was staring at me until he got hit by a car coming from behind him. Seriously, is it really worth it? Personally, I think if you like the way a girl looks, instead of staring like an owl, walk up to her and say something. But if you are with a chick, if you have any respect for her at all, do not stare at other women, it is disrespectful and shows that you are very greedy.

Even the most powerful men

Do not stare at another woman when you are already with a girl especially if the person you are staring at is very gorgeous or has bigger boobs or bigger backside. It is just not fair. I'm not a guy so I do not know if girls stare at other guys while they are with their boyfriends or fiancee. So share your thoughts!

LADY GAGA'S BOYFRIEND

Lady GaGa and her boyfriend she lovingly calls T.

Yeah, it was weird hearing that the Queen of Freak is doing well in her personal life as well. With her fame, craziness and bizarre behaviour, it is really hard to picture Lady GaGa with a man in her life, she just seemed like one of those types who would breed children by herself, no courtship, no marriage, no sperm needed.

She's been known to be nice as an individual, she truly cares for her fans so it is just plausible that she is in a relationship with a gorgeous guy. So who is this boyfriend? His name is Taylor Kinney, he is a hunk, you know those tall, muscular, rugged type, right? Some of us may have seen him in Vampire Diaries where he played a wolf. We all saw the ripped muscles in the tv series because as a werewolf, he had to shed his clothing to reveal his true self. He said what drew him to the star was that she reminded him of his own mother, isn't that what every guy wants? A sexy version of their mothers.

The pair met on Lady GaGa's music video set and hit it off although they took a break at a point because of Lady GaGa's demanding job but the couple are back together. They even celebrated one year anniversary! So Lady GaGa is human after all. Can't wait to see her breed!

Just look at them, this is so beautiful.

BARRACK & MICHELLE OBAMA DIVORCE STORY!

We heard that Michelle Obama was going to file for divorce from the new President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama, before the presidential campaign but the First Lady was advised to stay with him as in any political race in America, it is important for the wife to be at the husband's side. I wish this particular law applied to our Nigerian politicians. Most definitely, Michelle has already changed her mind by now as she has been seen by Obama's side all through the campaign and after his victory. Who wouldn't want to be with the most powerful man in the world and then again, what marriage doesn't have his trials? We wish the presidential couple the best!