Canada made me appreciate all the nannies that stayed with us better. If you can’t do chores, Canada is not for you. Just stay in Nigeria because as a Man, the system protects you. When we landed here, I wanted to run back to Nigeria. I couldn’t recall the last time I lifted a

Finger to do anything since I got married. There was always a nanny, cousin etc. Transitioning from Chairman lifestyle to doing chores/being involved was not easy. Unlike US or UK where you can find cheap labour, labour here is expensive because people are scarce. I remember

When we rented our place and had to buy furniture, I rented a Uhaul truck, drove to the furniture shop, loaded the furniture into the truck with the help of friends. Got home, offloaded them into the house. My back nearly broke. Not worked that hard in ages. The general do

It yourself thing can be challenging. You have to constantly psyche yourself because there’s no one else to do it. You have a problem here, first thing is to see if you can fix because the other option na big money. I can understand why marriages here are falling apart. Nannies

were covering fault lines. It is here you will suddenly realize your spouse can’t do anything or is damn too lazy or has very serious EGO issues. Too many untold stories. Canada is a great place. However it will not hide our imperfections. It is left to us to fix/work on them.