A Nigerian man has stirred heated debates on social media after advising men never to cook or order food from outside whenever their girlfriends visit.
In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), he urged men to leave all household chores undone whenever their partners come over, insisting that women should take the initiative.
“She should know what to do”
He wrote: “Let me repeat. If your girlfriend comes to visit you and spend days, please, leave everything that involves cooking and cleaning after to her. Even if you’re a fantastic chef, except she’s sick.
“Do not cook anything, and do not order any meals from outside. And do not ask her to cook anything, either. She should know what to do. If she can’t cook, both of you should stay hungry. End.”
... quickly went viral, sparking mixed reactions from users who found the advice either humorous or outdated.
Mixed reactions trail the post
Wilson King commented: “Me I fit go chop outside low key oo 😂. Good morning wise one.”
Olawale shared his experience: “Good morning agba the wise one! I did this for a girl I just bagged 2 months ago. I didn’t tell her to cook anything, but to my surprise, when it was past 8am, she went outside to buy fish and made rice with stew. 😂”
Another user, JulesBillie, wrote: “To do everything here no hard, except that ‘stay hungry’ part. Nothing dey come between me and my chow abeg. 😂”
Biakolo added: “Emphasis on this; ‘do not ask her to cook anything, either.’ One time, this girl I was dating came to see me, and my guy said, ‘Tell your babe to prepare soup for us before she leaves.’ I told him, no, I have to see if she’ll take the initiative by herself.”
Rabbi joked: “Me wey go enter nearby joint go chop 😂😂 Then come back and watch her hungry and pretend to be hungry too 😁😁😭😭 Who wan follow her stay hungry? 😂😂 ‘Baby I’m coming…’ Man don go wack 😂.”