It’s a struggle to be a Nigerian woman on a normal day. Add that with the pandemic and it feels like the world’s out to get you. The struggles the Nigerian woman faces during Covid-19 goes beyond not being able to hug your friends or hang out with them. It goes beyond being locked in a house and being afraid to leave because Covid-19 is outside. It includes:
Realising your period is not going to stop for the Covid-19 pandemic
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I never esspered it.
Realising that you can’t go to the saloon to get your hair done.
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Covid-19: Do you mind looking like a hobo for a bit?
Wondering whether it’s safe to get your nails done.
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People before Covid-19: The drip never ends.
Covid-19: LOL.
All the missed wax appointments
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The question becomes: to grow the bush or to grow the bush.
Having to cook your own meals
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Because cooking is the absolute ghetto, but Ms Rona is outside.
Not knowing when to stop eating
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You eat your breakfast, lunch and dinner in one sitting. It’s been real, waist line.
The struggle not to gain weight
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If I perish, I perish
No more dick appointment.
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Or any kind of sexual appointments for that matter.
Girl’s night out becomes something short of a Zoom meeting
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Why does the curse of work keep following us?
Trying not to text your ex
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Jesus be a fence.
All the baffs but nowhere to go
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Might as well dress up and sit down in your house.
Wearing a bra after several weeks or day of not wearing one:
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Why does life have to be hard?
What are some things you have struggled with as a woman in the past few months of this Covid-19 pandemic? Leave a comment. Also check out this stack with stories about women.