How capitalism eats the sense of love out of relationships.
By Burite Joseph
A Nigerian friend of mine, Joshua Eromosele asked his facebook friends whether money can really buy true love. I tried to ignore his post because first, this is not a strange question. In fact, it is common speak that Money can’t buy love, let alone true love. And still, I thought it was just another stereotyped question about the single most intriguing subject in the history of mankind – love.
Joshua got some really typical answers but in the same breath, bumped into some radical ones as well. “True love is a myth,” declares one Mulya Gonja who goes on to say that all relationships are for convenience. “Some people want company, sex, money, business while others do it to avoid loneliness,” says Mulya Gonja adding that if one loves their father, its because they need him.
Going by Mulya Gonja’s comments would seem logical until one Chijimakaoma Becky Ogbuka, another Nigerian reveals that true love indeed exists but can only be achieved by those who believe in it. And hence introducing another key twist to the debate – belief.
So, should all those who fail to find true love, if other factors are kept constant be deemed non-believers? For Becky, all one needs to find true love is belief. “There is no reason to explain true love because it just happens,” declares Becky noting that if there is reason or explanation for it, then it ceases to be true love.
Traditionally, and because of the chauvinist leaning societies in Africa, girls were always groomed to
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