Things NaijaHusband Says – Episode 1: Misquotations

One of the many joys of marriage is that you begin to see funny patterns in the various conversations you have with your spouse. Welcome to Episode 1 of the Things NaijaHusband Says Series! Inspired by the Things Guys Don’t Say and Things Black Girls Say memes.

Episode 1: Misquotations

NaijaHusband: *Going on and on about his dream job* “…And I hope they give me an official car complete with a driver and new house…in fact I should demand it!”

NaijaWife: “Well…why not just wait and get the job first before you plan on which demands to make.”

NaijaHusband: *Reflecting* “You’re right. I shouldn’t run before we get to the end of the show.”

Long Pause.

NaijaWife: “Um, I think you mean…’Run before you can walk.'”

NaijaHusband: “That’s what I meant. Otherwise I’m leaping before dancing.”

Even Longer Pause.

NaijaWife: *Sigh* “You mean you want to look before leaping?”

NaijaHusband: “That’s it! But like I was saying…it’s probably not best to focus on the money. After all money is the root of all pride.”

money root of all evil

NaijaWife: “The love of money is the root of evil…”

NaijaHusband: “Are you asking me? Well… yes obviously!  If I don’t take care and start feeling too proud, they won’t even want to hire me. So I’ll need to temper my demands because ‘pride comes before you stumble.'”

NaijaWife: “….’Pride comes before a fall’…are you doing this on purpose?!!”

NaijaHusband: “Doing what? Madam I.T.K. don’t kill me with grammar…. I’m going to bed. There’s clearly ‘no rest for the weary’ in this house.”

1 minute later

NaijaWife: *After looking it up, shouts at his retreating back* “No rest for the wicked!”

Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.

Look out for more episodes of Things NaijaWife Says and Things NaijaHusband Says!

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29 Comments

  1. Am with naija wife on this….you were doing it on purpose joor…..real nice

  2. Haha! Accoring to my yoruba people, “Idea is need.” As long as you manage to get the point he’s trying to pass across then all will be well with the world.

  3. Haba…you were doing it all on purpose jare. back to back like that! Very funny tho!

  4. Naijahusband is doing it on purpose or is it the idea of’dream job’ that is causing d wahala?lol

  5. loool…it had to be on purpose….too many misquotations. Albeit just to look for naijawife’s trouble 😛 she must be a grammar madam

  6. Lmbo!

    My favorite part of the entire post?

    “NaijaHusband: “Doing what? Madam I.T.K. don’t kill me with grammar…. I’m going to bed. There’s clearly ‘no rest for the weary’ in this house.”

    1 minute later

    NaijaWife: *After looking it up, shouts at his retreating back* “No rest for the wicked!”

    This absolutely slayed me!

  7. Very nice! I was laughing real hard reading this, especially when I got to that last part. Good job! Keep it up.

  8. You know I do this a lot with my boo and he discharges me saying ‘no be exam all we dey’ BTW, he is way book-smart than I am (He graduated on top of our Uni class) but I’m the one with sharp eyes/ears for details.

  9. The last bit was funny..there’s clearly no rest for the weary…ROTFLOL! My boyfriend is a walking dictionary, meanwhile am the one who studied English education..the irony of life..

  10. One acronym comes to mind after reading this: IKIA – Naija Wife, the Insufferable Know It All! 😀
    You guys are sweet by the way. Love your blog. Stay sweet.

    • @Emilia; No oh! It’s SKIA the “Suffering” Know It All. Trust me, we really suffer and would rather not HAVE to make the corrections at all, especially when the man (or person) in question is undeniably intelligent. But alas, marriage is (and has to be) a complementary institution.

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