{"id":1727,"date":"2016-09-21T13:13:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2018-09-11T16:43:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:43:00","slug":"when-your-boyfriend-lives-in-a-family-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/when-your-boyfriend-lives-in-a-family-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in a Family House vs Renting an Apartment in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africans believe in a lifestyle of communism. We hold family values in high esteem. Extended families originated from Africa, we love to live together, eat together, sleep together and work together. The culture of living together, and upholding unity in extended families, had led to so many break-ups in relationships. So how can you cope when your boyfriend lives in a family house<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Most young ladies date young men with potentials. Having potentials means innate abilities to achieve some things and get to certain heights. This connotes that the young man may be on a low level at the moment – so he\u2019s not yet at the peak of his career but he would get there. Most young men with potentials face challenges before getting to the top of the ladder. One of such challenges may be living in the same house with their extended family.<\/p>\n

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Susan, a working class young lady, was in a relationship with Tony, a job seeker. They met in School during their university days. Tony had graduated two years before Susan, with very good grades but he was unable to get a job. Susan, who graduated two was after him, was able to get a job immediately after Youth Service.<\/div>\n

Tony had no choice than to start living in his grandpa\u2019s house in Lagos<\/a>, so as to secure a job. He also wanted to have access to Susan. Susan had a lot of challenges coping with Tony. Because of Tony\u2019s grandpa\u2019s house, which housed a lot of aunties, cousins, nieces, cousins and nephews.<\/p>\n

To crown it, the family members hold respect in high esteem. Tony’s aunties started complaining that Susan doesn’t greet them well and that she looks at them in a funny way. The house is a duplex at Ikeja<\/a>. Tony\u2019s grand aunties and uncles became a burden to Susan and this caused arguments and misunderstandings between them on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

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The tension heightened when the family members started having meetings about their relationship in the sitting room downstairs. The would talk about all Susan\u2019s negative attitudes. Most of them had no jobs. They are either Pensioners or traders, who had salesgirls and salesboys in their shops<\/a>. So, they had all the time in the world to sit and gist.<\/div>\n

One day, one of Tony\u2019s grand aunties reported Susan to Tony. She claimed that she wanted to fall on the corridor and Susan didn\u2019t tell her sorry. Tony was angry and he spoke rudely to his grand aunt. All the family members started claiming that he was supporting Susan.<\/p>\n

Two months later, Tony got a very good job. He was able to rent a new apartment in three months. Now, the relationship is better and stronger.<\/p>\n

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