Marriage and children aren’t tickets to heaven

Also: Use our Twitter dictionary to avoid embarrassment on the TL. [View in browser](=.eqoSxO-zRx-rtQZxCIyiuj7d1-Et8I1I-nyU9_Fo7hw) [Zikoko Daily] 29 March, 2023 Hey . If I could choose a superpower, I may just pick the ability to tell everyone at the same time that “btw” doesn’t mean “between”. I’ve seen “in btw” so many times that I’m officially scarred for life. 😰 Please, it’s “by the way”. If you’re one of the culprits, read our Twitter dictionary so you don’t go around scarring innocent people. 👇🏽 Tife Editor In This Letter: - 1 [You can’t survive Nigerian Twitter if you don’t know these 25 slangs](=.24W5uEA-MTKrrMJKxahdtT1rQkUUeEz0PzzynCbrWVQ) - 2 [Everything Elon Musk will soon ask Twitter users to pay for](=.zHiVxQuvijAA1x93Y2A4vaAfoALT5gBdVBFb3ohj1sw) - 3 [Take this quiz, and we’ll give you a prayer point](=.WgfOtMFZCYYSjy1-AEC1_AlhVa-q2nZS95qcJynAkhU) WHAT SHE SAID Inside Gist-ish: Marriage and Children Are Not Tickets to Heaven =.kW6GvMIOFm7zSgH6RFk2O_Uknp78a7KZ88MoIp4b4qc The subject of this #WhatSheSaid is a 61-year-old woman who moved to Lagos at 15 to become a caterer. She talks about being her father’s favourite out of his 18 children, surrounding herself with her family, choosing not to get married or have children, retiring at 50 and looking forward to the rest of her life. Here’s an excerpt from the story: “Coming to Lagos was the first time I entered a plane in my life. It was a Benin to Lagos flight, and it cost ₦30. I got on the plane with rubber slippers because my sister took the shoes I wanted to wear. She told me, “Shebi you dey go Lagos. Dem get everything for there.” Lagos was full of life and had things I had never seen in the village. The first time I went to a supermarket with one of my relatives, I saw people put things in their baskets and thought it was because the items were free. So, I did the same. When we got to the counter, they calculated the things and told me to pay.” [Continue reading here](=.WE2RmVXdz-UcbsI-iTE1Th3ZKTEDleDVxtsJYdwmYl4) *We'll be tweeting answers to this on our Twitter account at noon, so feel free to tweet us your answers with the hashtag [#ZikokoDailyQuiz](#) --> Zikoko Daily's Top 2 You can’t survive Nigerian Twitter if you don’t know these 25 slangs I won’t lie, the first time I saw someone tweet “ratio” on the TL, I thought they were talking about maths. Then there’s JSYK, which sounds like “Jisie ike”, an Igbo saying for “good luck”. Twitter 🤝 expecting us to catch up with new slangs every day. [You’ll need to master these slangs](=.ygiKIugjKVyoMb3hp6ItN4wuHOJcd9Y1uydaFitiBco) --------------------------------------------------------------- Everything Elon Musk will soon ask Twitter users to pay for First, it was forcing people to pay for verification — and even planning to remove the blue badges of those who already had it. Now, Daddy Tesla is saying only verified people can take part in polls. Can this uncle calm down? [He’ll soon require payment for these](=._jECdkMkF4rxzjtP5WiNQtfJ8yHbdqse3eBYq869FJs) Quiz Take This Quiz, and We’ll Give You a Prayer Point Do you think God would answer me if I prayed for “Elemiwele” to lose his job?🙂 [Take the quiz](=.TUkQg6dNlopRm_uBfYZ2x-WOn-bBOIm7pcSlLJDPbTs) Zikoko Oldies Don't forget about these: - 7 reasons why Ramadan as an adult is different [from Ramadan as a child](=.Su4_z8rYGX6YdpgWLZsVnjq-yWWZDXmyBC26lMOem40). - April 20, 2020 - 10 types of Nigerian workers [during salary week](=.2fDLQymrOVbk-gFBFku5QBanqV10Qs9vsPhImwCnurc). - January 27, 2020 - If Disney princesses [had Nigerian parents](=.DhIEdr0c2WBx3SW7CvQXHnw-JgUXtCAva3k8LDyNaY4). - May 28, 2020 For the hot babes 💅 Have you copped your early bird tickets for HERtitude yet? 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