The Art of Repackaging

The business of getting married is a very serious one. It is probably more serious than the Biafra war that took place in the late 60s.  The desperation to get married has definitely allowed a lot of young women express creative genes they never knew existed. This is sheer proof that humanity will do things to adapt to their environment and so this is not too far from Darwin’s theory of evolution. In Nigeria, this jungle is chaotic and its all about survival of the fittest in the race to get married. One of the creative expressions that always amuses me is the art of repackaging. I have a definition. Allow me:

The art of repackaging is an unspoken rule which states that a Nigerian woman who has had a very dodgy past, becomes this new creation solely by changing certain attributes on the exterior and pretends what is seen on the outside is also what is on the inside.

The characteristics of such a woman includes:

Withholding sex: Yes! She has spent most of her teenage and university years giving guys free milk and realised a lot of them didn’t want to buy the cow. So she decides to hold off sex with the guy she desperately wants to marry all because she wants him to think she is a good girl with principles. This usually never happens with men in the same circle. This woman is smart as she finds a new crowd to socialise in. Some women take it a step further by breaking all old ties and making new friends while some others drastically reduce association with old friends just so they save face. A lot of men always fall for this trick and why they do is a different story entirely.

Church/choir girl: lets face it, rebranding always works. Image has an effect in this world we live in. This is why even though we all know kim kardashian is a slut who got popular through a sex tape, she has become one of the most googled personalities in modern time. Why is this? Rebranding rebranding rebranding. She has been rebranded from sex video slut to a reality TV star. She shows us exactly what she wants us to think of her on her show and steps out in outfits that will be talked about and dates men that will always keep her relevant. What all this has done is slowly made people look at her more as a business woman/TV star/Fashionista/Model than a slut with a sex tape.

Yeah..this same analogy applies to the repackaged church girl. Soon you will all forget her philandering ways and go on about how she is a bible reading, tongues speaking , dedicated Christian youth leader.

Submissive:  she will let you think she is the most submissive woman in the world. She will cook, clean, never argue and hardly put up a fight, let you get away with things, never nag you etc. These women are smart and if they can fake an orgasm and make you believe it, heck!  They can fake just about anything.  

After she gets what she wants (marriage)..this woman will become her true self. Men always think women change after marriage. No mate, she didn’t change. Neither did she morph into this monster you see every day. She had always been that way.  She only ‘repackaged’ to get you where she wants you. Now if only you spent a lot of time deciphering her true personality.