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In America, they used to call old man by his first name. You will see 7 year old boy, calling 58 year old woman "Margaret" and Amadioha did not strike. Took some getting used to.
Even if Dangote takes you up out, you are paying for yourself. One time as a college student I went out with a couple of crazy rich friends. Like generations in Manhattan rich. What my debit card saw that day, I still haven't gotten over it. Please, oh. Let me Dey my Dey.
Third thing: you can curse out a professor and it's not an automatic F. In fact, you can walk out of class. You can tell her she's not teaching right. Worse, they will come and give you one on one feedback, and even take correction from you. What a crazy idea.
Food wise, Americans put sugar inside meat. Like the seasoning or gravy or whatever is sweet. I'm used to it now but for a long time I wanted to fight somebody.
Dating in America was quite the revelation. If I'm feeling you and you're feeling me, we can lowkey skip the first date and get on with the program. Nigerian women would die and resurrect first (and its very suspicious if they didn't play hard). I'm glad this has changed somewhat
Granted this was a bit on the ghetto side, but the ghettoest parties were the most lit. But Americans will shoot you if you step on their white air forces and don't apologize with sufficient remorse. It's the height of disrespect, almost worse than someone shagging your babe.
The last one I'm going to mention here (cos frankly they're too many) is that in America, cars are nonsense. Nigerians think they're cool if they're 30 and driving Honda (sorry to that KPMG nigga), but 16 year olds will drive Porsches, Teslas and Wranglers here. Normal shit.
One more: here's a possible conversation with an American.
"What do you do?" "Oh I manage production and design at General Motors." "Really? How much do you make?" "About $140,000 before tax. 6 years time I should be at VP making $250,000."
Now, picture the Nigerian equivalent.
"What do you do?" "Oh I manage production and design at General Motors." "Really? How much do you make?" "About $140,000 before tax. 6 years time I should be at VP making $250,000."
Now, picture the Nigerian equivalent.
