tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post116642535678019665..comments2016-08-22T12:00:03.978+01:00Jeremy[email protected]Blogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1166463408034316212006-12-18T18:36:00.000+01:002006-12-18T18:36:00.000+01:00I suppose it has to get to you sometimes, but I applaud you for perservering in your wife's homeland for so long.<BR/>You are right, Nigeria is brutal. It is a way of life, survival of the fittest and all that. The servant/master relationship if you can call it that is reminiscent of slave/slavemaster relationship you read about in history books. I have rarely seen a Nigerian treat their staff like equals, and I have certainly never seen their staff paid decent wages, given decent holiday time and benefits. Like most other places, the rich own and control the destinies of the poor because it makes their cosseted lives easier to live. It's just that more visible in Nigeria. I was brought up amongst wealthy Nigerians as a girl, but I've cut most of my relationships with them off in adult life, because I cannot stomach their selfish, self-serving, ostentatious way of life. I married a poor man, something my ex-girlfriends cannot comprehend. I do not have servants, again another sin in their eyes. I know in my heart I can never live in Nigeria again, this saddens me, but I can't turn a blind eye to the sheer desperation of the average Nigerian.funke[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1166459699467363642006-12-18T17:34:00.000+01:002006-12-18T17:34:00.000+01:00I suggest suicide, old boy.Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1166459329783401612006-12-18T17:28:00.000+01:002006-12-18T17:28:00.000+01:00Jeremy, you're problem is that yo've allowed yourself to dream. It hurts twice as much when you dream and it's just another real life nightmare waiting for you when you wake up. You should maintain a constant state of cynicism and scepticism, so that in the remote snowball's chance in the Sahara that something good happens, you can let out a mild titter. Welcome to Nigeria.Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1166442442231662162006-12-18T12:47:00.000+01:002006-12-18T12:47:00.000+01:00Damn that was a depressing read. As regards to getting away from it all, unless you're planning to top yourself there's hardly any escape from it.ijebumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02468951019512270903[email protected]