Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Chop My Money Part 2 – The Cost of Love
Read Part 1 of Chop My Money for some context ___________________________________________ The way I grabbed NaijaWife and bolted out of the building, the restaurant must have thought I had diarrhea. Ruminating over the information she’d given me, I kept silent in the car headed to her house after our short dinner. I dropped her off…
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Chop My Money
“…NaijaHusband, I have to know all your bank account details in case anything ever happens to you and your in-laws try to push me out of our home but fail to succeed because I had the correct information about your finances and was able to reach the bank first and put a stop to their…
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Things NaijaWife Says – Episode 2 – “If You Like”
One of the many joys of marriage is that you begin to see funny patterns in the various conversations you have with your spouse. Welcome to Episode 2 of the Things NaijaWife Says Series! Inspired by the Things Black Girls Say meme. Episode 2: If You Like NaijaWife: *Taking a long shower as usual – peeks out…
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Dear Readers
When we started the NaijaHusband blog, we did it for kicks and didn’t think anyone would read. But little by little, you came around, stopped by and showed us your support. So we’re taking a quick break from our regular posting schedule to say THANK YOU! You didn’t have to stop by, but you did. You didn’t…
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In Sickness
Sunday Afternoon. NaijaHusband is reclined on the sofa. His eyes are glazed over, and his mouth is slightly ajar as he watches the figures on the television screen moving around frantically with their fast cars and even faster dialogue. I speak to him. He does not answer. I repeat myself but only the television responds,…
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Things NaijaHusband Says – Episode 1: Misquotations
One of the many joys of marriage is that you begin to see funny patterns in the various conversations you have with your spouse. Welcome to Episode 1 of the Things NaijaHusband Says Series! Inspired by the Things Guys Don’t Say and Things Black Girls Say memes. Episode 1: Misquotations NaijaHusband: *Going on and on about his dream job*…
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Shower Caps and Chicken Bones
Shower caps are not sexy. Neither are hairnets, hair scarves, do-rags, hair pins or those colorful sticks naijawife sometimes puts in her hair. Yet my married life has been full of all these items. I work very late at night, so typically by the time I come home, Naijawife is just finishing her typical hours-long…
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Things NaijaWife Says – Episode 1: What are you doing?
I’ve realized that one of the joys of marriage is that you begin to see patterns in the various conversations you have with your spouse. Welcome to Episode 1 of Things NaijaWife Says Series! Inspired by Things Black Girls Say. Episode 1: What are you doing? NaijaHusband: *Typing away on laptop* NaijaWife: “What are you doing?”…
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