We used to play street football then with this street bro; we call him "Senior Man".
He's the oldest among us all, and always plays as a defender alongside me, so we get to talk a lot since we are almost always on the same team 8/10.
Rumour on the street was that he used to be A very successful person and spent a long time in the United States.
It's a story no one was ever sure of until the day we got to the field, and we were waiting for the ball.
We were talking about life experience so I asked about his own and he shared with me.

I was living in Ogba one time, in one of the self-contains in a big compound with our landlord and his wives.
I was working with a start-up earning 50k a month.
My landlord was a cashew farmer.
Make I no lie, that man get bastard money.
He had 4 official wives with some friendly Matches at times.
He rents apartments to only single Men.
He was already in his early 50s.
His second wife was this busty light-skinned young woman in her early 30s.
Her name was Bilikis.
They were one friendly family.
They took me as a family member.
But something happened.

Na only God dey safe Uber drivers for this country.
It's one risky thing to get into a stranger's vehicle to take you home and another for the driver to drive a total stranger to an unknown destination.
I was doing Uber 2years ago, it was on a Saturday morning around 5 am. I was down and had to turn on my app to see If I would get a rider.
Immediately I went out; I accepted one.
I drove there.
It was a Mother and Man in his early 30s.
They didn't look like a wealthy family, but they looked average too.

When your parent has a favourite, it has its way of messing with your head for the rest of your life if you don't find help. I just finished my sessions with my therapist and sharing a big part of my reason for going there in the first place is my last healing piece.
Being the Only boy out of 5 children as a Nigerian should show you where I'm going with the story.
I'm the 4th as they tried to see if they were going to have a boy again for the last time.
Since they couldn't, I ended up receiving all their love while I watch my siblings crave for it.

The hardest addiction I was able to get rid of was masturbation.
Then, I don't sleep until I do it.
It became part of me.
It wasn't my fault though, I tried looking for a girlfriend maybe that would help cure my sexual urge but again, I prefer older ladies to young girls. It's what I really got used to and wasn't my fault.
Sis Dara was a Nurse, a beautiful young lady in our street back then, she was one of the top educated youths and was in her early 30s. I was around 7-8years old.
During summer break, we are always asked to go to her house

I was in one relationship then that really taught me many lessons.
My friends fought me concerning the girl and how I didn't love her and rather say bad things about her when I'm with them.
Well, it wasn't their fault.
Vera was beautiful, and she had what I like on her chest but, Her attitude stinks.
One funny thing is, I get to be the only one to experience the bad side of her.
She's so good to other people.
One event I can't forget is when I was hosting my two friends on the weekend.
We got in late from an outing on Friday night, so I was tired.

If you could get a housemaid in Lagos till at least ending of 2018, you should know Madam Rose.
She and her team were always ready to supply any preference of Housemaid you want.
Since she got the maid for my mum's best friend, we decided to get one from her. We invited her over and told her the preference we wanted.
We needed a maid so bad, preferably someone not so old to give instructions.
She said their prices vary, and they agreed to 38k a month, including accommodation and feeding with us for a girl named Hawa.

It's funny sometimes how we have our plans while life is just somewhere looking at us like "See this mumu😂. "
I remember my plan of getting married to my ex immediately after her service year. We dated for 3 and a half years.
Though it was a long-distance relationship, mostly. She was studying at Afe Babalola University.
I took responsibility for everything she needed from her second year in school.
Tuitions sometimes, rent, clothes, everything.
I wasn't complaining.
I love taking care of my woman. I don't want to give room for any other man.

I hardly celebrate birthdays; most times, I always forget on that day.
But there was this one I remembered in 2018.
I was sad and broke and just wished I could celebrate it.
Some of my old friends came over; they do smoke, drink, party and all sort on an average day anyway, so Celebration is not a big deal for them.
I told one of them how I was feeling, and he shared with his other friends.
They took me out to celebrate it, and we went to a place ( I won't mention the name to avoid trouble)
It's a hotel, but they had this big outdoor center behind it

One of my ex-girlfriends once asked me a question one boring weekend through a WhatsApp video call; she asked, "What really broke our relationship?" I replied, "I can't remember."
We were both still single, so I told her, " Let's pretend we are dating for a day," she agreed. We talked for an extra 30min before I went into the bathroom for a quick shower to get ready and drive over to her place to pick her up for the day.
I was like, "What could go wrong?"
And a voice answered, Nothing.
She is a lovely person, and she loves sharing Bills, so?

When I found out I’d been offered my first journalism job on this website three years ago, I did three things. I jumped up and down for approximately 15 minutes; I called my parents, and then I drafted a twitter post announcing my good news. Like this... “It may have taken me months and months (and months) but I finally have journalism employment at Cosmopolitan!!” I wrote. “I cannot wait to be a real person in the world with a FULL-TIME JOB.”

#Thread I was triggered to write this by a status I saw over the weekend which was figuratively calling people who aren't entrepreneurs fools.
You must have seen similar ones like it. The one where they will claim you're building somebody else's dreams if you work 8-4 or 9-5. The earlier you people who peddle entrepreneurship realised that not everyone is cut out for the business world, the better it would be for everybody.
You think I'm not living the life I dreamt of just because I answer to a boss? *Just let people do what they love, man.*