Adaobi Okwy: 4 song titles that describe most bad relationships (Y! Superblogger)

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Be warned- not all couples that glitter, are crazy in love!

There’s something about songs. Songs are inspirational, philosophical, comforting and educative (the last- well, I wasn’t talking about Terry G). I believe we all have been in situations where a song comes on and you wonder how the DJ knew what you were feeling at that moment because that particular song says all your emotions. Well, today, I am using song titles from Beyonce’s (who else?) to Rihanna’s (well… she’s the IT girl) to say how I feel about many lovers and relationships.

You have the right to disagree and I have the right to my thoughts. Enjoy!

1)    Beyonce: Crazy-in-love

Forget the pictures, they lie and people in these relationships know this too well. Welcome to the 21st century where you can have Garri on your plate, photoshop it so well and everyone else would think it was Couscous and that you were living the life. So, you know how teary-eyed you get all those Saturdays when you watch your friends all lovey-dovey as they exchange eternity vows with their partner? You want to know the truth? The scents on many of them are – desperation, ‘Everyone’s doing it’ Syndrome, ‘My parents told me to marry him/her’, ‘We dated for nine years, it was the right thing to do,’ ‘This guy/girl has so much money,’ ‘She’s a nurse and abroad – big bucks.’

Be warned- not all couples that glitter, are crazy in love!

2)    Rihanna: Hole in my head

I didn’t say this one… she did. Some relationships make me think- he/she has a hole in the head! Why friends the world over, hate it even when their best friend(s) points out the red flags in their relationship is beyond me. First you go, “Mum, —– is a good person and loves me more than life so if you want me happy forever, accept —-“ . No, it’s not just your mum who sees the red flags.  All your friends do and even your enemies pity you because they think Karma over dished you this time around.

You aren’t brain dead but, yes, you do have a hole in your head.

3)    Lady Gaga: Born This Way

So you’re fat, short, as black as charcoal and you have a gap teeth which is usually likened to a gutter but you would have loved yourself despite that ‘endowment’ if not that you also have a limp… those are reasons enough for some to settle for just anybody. People who have these excuses are the ones who will daily come to you to report how their ‘jerk’ partner treats them like trash but expect – not for you to tell them to leave the abuser but that you just listen and help them hate the abuser.

See, you were born the way you are – but you determine your price tag.

4)    Adele: Someone like you.

He/she cheats on them but, if not that person then, someone like that. Very similar to those in the previous category because, they were created okay, yet, if they break up with a jerk, they find another one… always someone like the previous one.

Calm down! Someone like you is the reason for the cliché: All (wo)men are the same… and no (wo)man actually like this.

So, here you have them – my Top 4 song titles on relationships. I’m not done but, my time’s up and part two will be out soon enough.

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Adaobi Okwy blogs at www.adaobiokwy.com and tweets from @adaobiokwy.

 

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