Argue Not About...

Yesterday evening, I was walking home from… from… *scratches head*… well, never mind about that. I was sha walking home and I passed by this barber’s shop, there were a couple of guys in there arguing rather loudly about only-God-knows-what; in my mind I was giving each of them a knock on the head for yelling and stuff. But truth was it reminded me of those days when I used to be one of the honoured inhabitants of a certain ‘full house’, we called it ‘full house’ cos there was hardly a day that there wasn’t a considerable amount of crowd in each apartment, especially ours. It was fun back then, the Duados, the Baloguns, the Morenikejis, loads and loads of friends… we used to argue a lot, sometimes about things that made sense, other times about absolutely nothing! You could just walk in and ask what we’re arguing about and don’t be surprised when you get a response like “who would you prefer to have you adopted, Elton John or Oprah Winfrey?” Yeah, we were jobless fun like that!

Back to the guys at the barber’s, I concluded that whatever they were arguing about couldn’t have justified all the noise they were making! So, I came up with a couple of things that, these days, aren’t worth arguing about anymore. These things might be against ethics and values, some of them are just not worth the yelling and screaming over, most def some of them are not even worth the hype that we give ‘em. I hope you find my list of ‘Argue not about…’ fascinating.


ARGUE NOT ABOUT …:

A. SEX ON THE FIRST DATE
Seriously guys, what is there to argue about?! Gone are the days when this topic was still a topic! It is no longer news/gist/gossip-worthy! So they did it on the first date, wetin con happen? Whether it affects their relationship or not is first, none of your business; second… none of your business! Whether it will affect your relationship is also none of my business! If you’re so curious about it, maybe you should try it; if you can’t, maybe you should STFU and sit the f**k down!

Don’t get me wrong o, I didn’t say sex on the first date is the most awesome thing to do, I’m just saying it happens so much now that it is no longer earth-shattering-ish!


B. INTER-TRIBAL MARRIAGE
-mute- food for thought for y’all


C. SLOW SONGS
Here, I am referring to those songs that you listen to that makes you totally fall in love, and want desperately to find and hold Prince Charming or Princess Charming (as the case may be)… abeg abeg abeg! If you’re still listening to songs like that, #jonzing! Stay there and be loving up and fantasyzing when your mates are getting jobs and careers, making something out of their lives… Berra get a life (and a job!) before Lady in Red becomes Lady gone Red!


D. … ….
There are some things I’m addicted to… topic for another day sha! This is one of those things, it comes in bottles and cans, dark sugary liquid, the last three words of its compound name is a Yoruba word that can mean ‘wealth’ or ‘tomorrow’ (that has nothing to do with it tho) – assignment! Anyways, my point is it is no longer worth the hype it used to deserve. It’s all ‘cough-syruppy’ now, I only still consume it cos I’m addicted!


E. A DEGREE
Plenty people will agree with me that gone also are the days when it was a degree or your parents would disown and cut you off the family money (if there's any) when you decide you don’t wanna go to a College/University (parents can be harsh sha). Some of us have been in awkward situations where you meet someone that’s doing so good, very comfortable financially... and NEWSFLASH! he doesn’t even have a degree! You go dey wonder “How na?!”… Pele o. But seriously, this dude is got everything you don’t… a car, an apartment, nice clothes, A GIRL! No thanks to a degree. You checked him o, he’s not into fraud or anything like that… so where is the hype in a getting a degree again?! *searching*

Don’t get me wrong again o, getting an education is the best thing that can happen to you! But sometimes, being an entrepreneur (especially in that line of business you really have passion for) works like pumpkin turning into carriage – magic!

So before you argue about/over or hype something, before you yell your head off with your friends over something… check if it’ll be worth all the mouth/lip/hand exercises (ever notice how some folks argue with their hands? Smh… una get time!)