“My Girlfriend Of Five Years Left Me On My Graduation Day Because I Hadn’t ‘Become Something.’ Months Later, I Was Carrying Blocks For 13 Naira Each When She Pulled Up In Her New Man’s G-Wagon And Laughed, ‘Is This The Big Plan?’ She Had No Idea What I’d Just Found In A Stone On My Way Home.”

woman in the world.” “She said I don’t have money. She said I’m worthless and don’t fit her type of man, after five years of giving my heart to her.” “You have something money cannot buy. You are still young. Your story is not finished.”

“Measuring Your Life With Somebody Else’s Ruler”

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