Tales Of Love, The Tertiary Version

Perhaps i may be young in the love arena. Or i may never have experienced what others go through.But love they say, is "everything including crying and deferring" (vice dean of students, UDS wa campus. Mr Marshal Ziemah -2016) . Life on campus for this 3-year period has not been easy at all. From the Shackles of broken heart, through to the tightened of bonds or relationships, young intellects of both sex traits have experienced any of these.

I understand my deficiencies in this arena, and i fully concord to the assertion that there are gurus of love. But i wish to divert my little experience through writing to enlighten ourselves on the various categories of relationships and its characteristics on campus.

My little research over the few years on UDS campus have resulted in four major categories of relationships. We have the Shareholders, the stakeholders, the guiders and the terrorists.

Firstly, the shareholders are more or less like investors with less returns. They are mostly males but females are also part of this category. These shareholders can go to the extent of spending all their money with their girlfriends or boyfriends just in a month. As reopening looms, the shareholders work assiduously to gain enough funds just to come and satisfy their part time girl friends. Just two months into reopening, all the money is gone. You now see them droping from restaurants to "Gob3", from Heineken to Sobolo, whiles those who brought gari results to that. Most of them parks their bikes and cars and join the masses in walking to lecture halls. Their lives become miserable, and nothing differentiate them from a well endowed poverty ridden man. Their girlfriends continue to enjoy gifts from other shareholders. There and then, the relationship ends. Guys beware of such category of relationships.

Secondly, The stake holders. Unlike the shareholders, the stakeholders are professional spendthrift. Ladies are usually culprits of such categories of relationships. Guys normally title it as "Help me to complete my degree".

The stakeholders unlike the shareholders make very less financial contributions to relationships, however, they satisfy every corner through any other means. Ladies find it difficult to do away with stakeholder boyfriends, cos after the shareholders pays the money, stakeholders come to enjoy. Stakeholders barely sleeps in their hostel, they barely cook, but they enjoys the most, because they do what money barely does. But the most unfortunate thing is that, Stakeholder boyfriends are always having serious relationships elsewhere, and they ride on the vulnerability and intelligence of their girlfriends just to enjoy their riches. Ladies be warned.

Thirdly, The guiders. These group of persons are neither stakeholders nor shareholders. However, they just waste the precious opportunities of others. Guiders are usually not in relationship, but to leave for another guy or lady to occupy their position!!.. Never!. they will follow eachother from lecture halls to hostels. Defend eachother on whatspp groups, create funny dp's and status, claim the title of relationship, but deep within their hearts, nothing of that nature exist. To be frank, guiders are very annoying. Caution: Is good to desist from a guider type of relationship because you might end up never getting a boyfriend or girlfriend.

Lastly, the almighty Terrorists. These groups are more powerful in relationship destruction than the Guantanamo terrorists. Their main aim on campus is just to identify a very fruitful, lovely and joyful relationship that has a better future and destroy it. They adopt all strategies from spending money and gossiping just to win an already in

"love lady or gentleman". I call them the architects of broken heart. And if they destroy your relationship and win your heart, they dump you and search for another. Beware of terrorist because they are not only imported from Guantanamo, the live with us.

The question is, which category do u fall under?

Now knowing all these types of relationships, i would advise you desist from any of them. And if there is the need to be in love on campus, please critically assess the individual and coordinate your thoughts in order not to be at the negative end of a shareholder, a stakeholder, a guider or a love terrorist.

Wish you all the best.

BIOH DANIEL

PLANNING 300

UDS WA CAMPUS

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