• We have already written a guide on how to escape a talking stage, but that was for people who want to go straight to the relationship stage. However, this article is for those who know the talking stage is going nowhere and want to end it. Here’s a list of easy ways to end a talking stage that is going nowhere.

    1.Tell them your pastor doesn’t like them.

    Tell them you consulted your pastor about your life and your relationship and your pastor said they don’t fit into your destiny.

    2.Travel to Canada without telling them.

    They’ll get the memo when they can no longer reach you. You might think this is childish, but it seems like an upgrade to us. If you cannot afford Canada, you can easily take a bus to Abeokuta or Nasarawa
    If you want to know how to get to Canada without a visa, we have a guide here.

    3.Send them a 5 pages essay on why you can’t be with them.

    By the time they see it, they’ll lose interest in reading it and talking to you. No one in their right mind would read it anyway. Make sure you have a summary at the end.

    4.Post your wedding pictures on the internet.

    If we’ve learnt anything from Yoruba men, it is this exact move. Who wants to be a homewrecker? No one, or so we think. Once they see your wedding photo, they’ll figure out the rest by themselves.

    5.Get under someone

    We don’t make the rules, the best way to move on from a failed talking stage is to get under someone. It can be someone old, or someone new, that’s up to you to decide. Seems like a perfect distraction if we are being honest.

    6.Start borrowing money from them endlessly.

    They’ll leave you alone once they see you are a liability, a little shame for a bigger reward.

    7.Block them.

    We personally think this one is a little extreme, but the goal is for them to think you’ve fallen off the face of the earth. Block them everywhere and carry on with your life.

    8.Legally change your name so you can have complete deniability.

    If they mistakenly reach out to you, you can easily tell them that they are talking to the wrong person. Even when they try to argue, you’ll tell them that many people look alike and their confusion is not your fault. Not extreme at all.

    9.Do plastic surgery.

    This is very much like changing your name, but it’s more effective. It’s not like we are encouraging bad things, but you can feign ignorance when they see you in public. Sounds perfect to us.

    10.Introduce them to your friend that you do not like.

    The fact that you don’t like your friends doesn’t mean they won’t. Since your friend doesn’t like you too, they’ll be more than happy to steal your man. Win-Win

    11.Start supporting Buhari.

    If this doesn’t work, then you’ll know that person is very very scary and should not be trusted.

  • The talking stage is the period of getting to know someone with the hope of it becoming serious. If you’ve been in one too many talking stages, and you’ve had enough, then this article is for you. Here are a few tips on how to escape the talking stage. 

    1.Tell them straight up that you want to marry them.

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    Yes it is.

    Take them by surprise and take yourself by surprise too. You guys can get to know yourselves better in the course of planning a wedding.

    2.Tell them that your pastor told you that they are the one for you.

    The trick is as old as time. If God has said it, then so be it.

    3.Give them the contact information of your previous talking stages.

    Tell them to call your exes to find out whatever they need to know. If they aren’t pleased with what they hear, they can go.

    4.Create a spreadsheet of all your life experiences and share it with them. 

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    This is actually the easiest way to escape the talking stage. Once you meet someone, share the doc with them. If they like what they’ve read then you guys can proceed from there.

    5.Tweet about everything that goes on in your life.

    Make sure they follow you on Twitter first sha, if they follow you on Twitter then they’ve seen it all.

    6. Have a voice note of all your relevant information.

    This is just like the spreadsheet, but it’s for people that don’t like to read. There’s only a little difference between this and an actual talking stage, this one is just shorter.

    Now, kiss.

  • As told to Kunle Ologunro

    Recently, I asked people to tell me about the food issues in their relationship. I wanted to know what food-related compromise they had to make, what arguments. The result was this article 8 Nigerians Talk About Food Issues In Their Relationship.

    Of all the stories I got, this one stood out: a talking stage that ended because of food. I thought it was interesting, the idea that a relationship might have happened if food didn’t change things.

    I think you’ll find it interesting too.


    I met this guy on Twitter, and we had been talking for a couple of months or thereabouts. Let’s call him Bolaji. We had an amazing connection, great chemistry and we literally used to talk 24/7. We even went on a couple of dates. He always said he liked me but even after going on dates, he didn’t make any move to take the relationship further. We were just stuck there. After a while, I typed up an epistle in my Notes, ready to end the talking stage which was dragging on forever. But then we had sex. Twice.

    The first time it happened was a Thursday. I had something to do in his side of town; I told him earlier in the day that I would be in his area, and he said to please come visit him. It was dark when I finished up my work and I was already tired, but I’d promised him that I would come, so I went over. This was around 8pm.

    He offered me a drink, but no food. I assumed it was because of how late it was, so I took the drink like that. The sex was amazing, and I knew I’d be back for more. By the end of the week, I went back. This time, the cab surge was ridiculous, so I used a BRT. It was already filled up, and for the entire duration of the journey—almost 2 hours, I stood. By the time I got to his place at about 5pm, my ankles were aching.

    Again, he offered me a drink but no food. And just like the first time, I took the drink like that. After the first round of sex, he asked if I had eaten. I told him I ate a doughnut in the morning. He said okay, but still did not make any offer of food. 6pm, 7pm, 8pm, nothing. All this time, he kept mentioning how he needed to make some food for himself, but he never did anything to indicate that he was actually making the food.

    I wanted to order food, but I thought it would be weird. By 9pm, my tummy was rumbling and I was planning to go back home. The surge was crazy, and I was on the app, struggling to find a cab. It was then that he stood up to go make his dinner and told me to call him if I needed anything. Eventually, I found a cab around 10pm. The fare was absurd, and the driver was annoying, but I needed to get home.

    I got home around 12 midnight with mad hunger pangs. That was the trigger I needed to end it all. I sent that note the following morning.


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