Audio lover

‎I've never thought of myself as a clingy lover. I'm more of a magical lover. You love me, I love you, you misbehave and I can't recognise you no more. It's like magic. No time to be sleeping on a bicycle abeg. So when I say a long distance relationship is not my thing, it's not because I want loads of PDA and attention. It because it makes no sense whatsoever to me. What do you do with a ghost lover? Calls, smses, Skype? No thank you.

You can date a guy for 10years and not fully know him talkless of an audio lover, you just dey hear am, you no dey see am. There are some little details you would never pick up. You don't see his reactions, how he treats people especially those under him. When he comes around, you're both on your best behavior, honeymoon phase something.

Long distance gets people paranoid. "What could she be doing now?" "Why isn't he picking my calls?" "Who is the lady that picked his phone" "I can hear a guy's voice at the background, she is cheating on me." Paranoia doesn't work well with anybody, with some being more serious than the other. Why get yourself into that situation?

How would a long distance bobo be your best friend? Can you really talk about everything over the phone? That's how your girlfriend will fall in love with another guy that is there to comfort her. Relationships are hard work. Long distance na die. You need emotional stability, communication, commitment, trust and maturity to make one work.

Then there is the "facebook love" *in Jaywon's voice. Heard the song before? Internet love is very shady. I'm sure you're aware of the schemes of yahoo boys and girls? In this crazy and perverse world, you think the best place to find a spouse is on the internet? The "ones" we know their ancestors sef dey do person strong thing. When I worked briefly in Lagos, I had a colleague that had a physical boyfriend and several audio ones. She had several profiles on dating sites and was looking for the fastest way to the altar with preference to guys outside the country. Very pretty babe with a nasty attitude but of course she portrayed herself as sweet and amazing. I know we can be like that but the internet makes it so easy to camouflage.

The only reason I can think of, at the moment, that would make me okay a long distance relationship is where the parties having been together for a while, understand each other and are sure of what they want. Be sure that the distance will test your feelings and it would be a little harder to show you care. Not that the guy came "home" for Christmas you meet, love up, he returns to his base and you start getting yourselves worked up for nothing.

A funny one is babes that quickly have an introduction done or tie the knots when the boyfriend is traveling outside the country. Those are the learners. Lol. It is not a bad thing but may not end up as planned. He could meet someone or marry one oyinbo or akata, so could she. You just tie yourself up like that and most times, it's very hard to get untangled when you've spent so long waiting. Even married folks misbehave so shine your eyes. I'm not saying break up because he is traveling. I'm saying wait till he is back because you do the wedding proper. Jonzing is a sin.

Maybe I'm just a pessimist. No, realist is a better word. I do have a friend who met her hubby on the internet. The girl get mind gan and the guy was persistent. They dated for a while. Today, she is a wife and mother. So, it works for some people. Be sure to know what you're getting yourself into and be ready to work for it.

Thank you for reading bloghearts. Feel free to add your additions, subtractions or just say hello in the comment section. Please suggest topics you want me to write on. You can also send posts, I'll be glad to put them up. Thank you Humphrey for this topic, I hope you like what I made of it. Enjoy the plenty photos. Love y'all,  Anuoluwapo.

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*PDA = Public display of affection
 Na die = Very difficult
 Sef dey do person strong thing = can be wicked