Nigerian parents can sell everything they own to send us to school, but you see these seven items? They would rather jump into a lagoon than buy them.
1. Premium enjoyment
From the early days of hearing, 鈥淭here鈥檚 rice at home to eat,鈥 to, 鈥淟et me hold your money for you.,鈥 it鈥檚 evident that Nigerian parents have made a covenant against using their money for premium enjoyment. Why?
2. Your happiness
Happiness to a Nigerian parent are the clothes on your back, roof over your and food on the table. Any other thing is your business. Go and find money for it because they’re not paying for that dear.
3. Therapy
They will never even admit that they need it in the first place, so spending their money on it is asking a bit much. The best you can do is secretly pay for a session and tell them it鈥檚 a prayer meeting.
4. Data
Anything concerning data is too stressful and technical. They鈥檒l guilt trip you into buying data for them only to end up rewarding you by spamming you with daily Whatsapp BCs.
5. Chargers
A Nigerian parent will misplace their charger and never think of how to replace it. All they do is show up at the house, shout your name like a criminal and ask you to bring your own charger for them. That鈥檚 pretty much the end of owning a charger until you spend your money to get them another one.
6. Skin care products
A Nigerian mother will tell you how she can never waste her money on 鈥渢hose unnecessary things鈥 you rub on your face. Then watch her stroll into your room to casually to let her even see the 鈥渢hing鈥 that you are using sef. Next thing, she鈥檚 coming every morning to wash her face with the same products she insulted you for. Don鈥檛 even suggest it to her to buy it; just buy your own so you can have peace.
7. Phones
Are your parents even Nigerian if they haven鈥檛 told you, 鈥淎 phone is only for texting and calling?鈥 Any phone more than 20k is a taboo in the How to Be a Nigerian Parent handbook. Trust me, your parents aren鈥檛 Nigerians if they don鈥檛 remind you about how you just waste money on gadgets. But once you buy it for them, the family group chat will be on fire.
