TEENA'S GISTS

I just got off the phone with a long time friend. Before now, the last time we spoke was about two years ago. I happened to stumble on his contact on whatsapp so I chatted him up. I asked him how he was preparing to graduate. He said he stopped attending school nearly two years ago. He left in his 3rd year at the University. His reasons for stopping are what made me make this post. He got tired of attending classes, writing assignments. He got tired of the school environment so he left to sit down and figure out his life. At first, I sympathised with him. Then I lost my cool. I told him he was very foolish. This young man was doing well as far as I knew then. How can a fully grown man drop out of the university for flimsy reasons; the university that people beg to grant them admission into? The university that people write JAMB four - five times just to enter. The university that made a young man commit suicide last month because all his friends were in but he wasn't.  You ...

I posted this on facebook  This a them say them say story A friend told me this about her friend, Mary (not real name) who is also her flatmate. Mary works at a firm. Her closest colleague is Fred. Fred is married to a young graduate who is not yet employed. They have a six month old son. Their nature of their job ensures they travel to neighbouring states. Because Mary and Fred stay in the same office at work and travel together a lot, they became good friends. Mary is a beautiful 26 year old single lady. The friendship with Fred is such that whenever he hangs out with his colleagues at work, Mary comes along not as his partner, but as a colleague. Fred has never visited Mary in her apartment but on two occasions, Mary has visited Fred's family.  He introduced her as his colleague and good friend from work. The wife was comfortable with the friendship but recently she began to express so much concern over it. She got my friend's contact and began to plead wit...