When you think of online (or virtual) dating, what comes to mind? Two geeks afraid to see the light of day, typing on their computers? An option for the hideous alone? Something to be ashamed of? People lying about their identities and not being who/what they say they are? Cyber sex? Depending on your experience [...]
Filed under: Online dating by Good Naija Girl
16 Comments »
A few weeks ago, someone referred to the site of a woman in the United States who is seeking a husband and going about it in a way that only a woman of the internet age might consider: she created a site for her search called 52 Weeks to find Him, and shares her experiences [...]
Filed under: Finding a good Naija man, Online dating by Good Naija Girl
27 Comments »
Update: a friend who read this asked if I had joined a dating site but no, I haven’t. I think the guy must have gotten my email address from one of those Nigerian forums that I had joined in the past as a way of learning more about Nigeria and Nigerian culture. If you are [...]
Filed under: Online dating by Good Naija Girl
18 Comments »
After some back and forth indecision, I decided to delete my account on all the dating sites I was on. While I’m sure that eventually I would have been contacted by a guy who wasn’t a felon, a fat fetishist or over the age of 40, I didn’t want to grow old waiting for him. [...]
Filed under: Online dating, Personal by GoodNaijaGirl
27 Comments »
I’m back on meetnigerians.net (for now anyway). I reactivated my account last night. I left the new dating site I had joined (blacksingles.com) The guy from the party never called This past weekend’s Naija party yielded no eligible males for me to accidentally stare at. The music at the event was great though. Tuface will [...]
Filed under: Naija men, Online dating, Personal by GoodNaijaGirl
6 Comments »
Ok, so less than two weeks later and I reactivated my meetnigerians.com account so I could show a friend some pictures of some guy (I forget why I wanted to show her the pics sha). I decided to leave my profile activated for the weekend and so far I have been disappointed. Big surprise! My [...]
Filed under: Online dating, Personal by GoodNaijaGirl
13 Comments »