I am so pained. So I met this man on a dating app three weeks ago (PS: I joined the dating app just to make friends because I am new and bored in Lagos). This man messaged me on the app and made really nice compliments. After talking on the app for a while, he asked for my number and I obliged. From his profile on the app, I figured he owned a company. I am a corper serving in Lagos with four months left to be done with NYSC, and I don’t go to my PPA because I just work online for them and they don’t pay me. So I needed a job to help meet up my finances as N33k wasn’t doing it for me, and I also needed to be busy. Immediately this man wrote me on WhatsApp with love and relationship talk, I told him all I wanted was a job. He promised to give it to me if I dated him. I was desperate, so I agreed and went to see him last week in Ibadan. After everything, he sent me an email on Saturday with the company account stating I had been employed. I was meant to resume on Monday, but he asked me to come on Thursday, being yesterday, so we could discuss about the job and everything.
On Wednesday evening, he texted me that he had an emergency meeting in Oshogbo, so I should hold on with my trip—that I should get ready so that once he was on his way back, he’d inform me to leave, but it wouldn’t be in the morning like we agreed. He texted me at about 3 p.m. to tell me that my journey wouldn’t be possible again as he was still in Oshogbo, so I relaxed. Only for him to text me at 5:15 p.m. to tell me to start coming, and by then my sister that I stay with had gone out with her husband, leaving their 2-year-old son with me with the thoughts that I was not traveling again. I tried to explain, but he said if I didn’t come yesterday, I should forget the job and relationship. I begged and explained that I couldn’t leave my nephew and my sister was far. I even promised to come very early the next morning, but this man blocked my two numbers. I’m so pained because I had told my family and friends about my new job and even shared the email with them, but I didn’t tell them I was dating the owner of the company.
Now how do I explain to them? I was excited because the job came with accommodation and I was finally going to leave my sister’s house because they were already giving me attitude and cold shoulders in the house. I was also happy to be working and earning for myself. Now I am back to square one. I am so pained and I’ve been crying since yesterday. How do I explain to my family and friends that I lost the job I got even before I started? How do I make ends meet? I am tired of squatting with this family. Near-success syndrome is what I just experienced. I pray God rescues me from this whole mess because hookup is not an option. I just wanted to rant and feel better.
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