“Always have your own money”… and 4 other major lessons #KeepTheChangeBae taught us

Anyone hasn’t seen, heard or read about #KeepTheChangeBae?

It’s the biggest trending topic on the Nigerian internet today and we’ll hardly be shocked if we find the story on BuzzFeed or Mashable tomorrow.

So much has been said on social media about this situation where a young Ibadan-based dude takes a lady out on a date, spends a total of N3,800, goes on a massive rant about it on Twitter calling ladies mad because apparently the one lady he went out with turned down his request to start a relationship, the lady catches her sub and does what she considers the needful, she pays N5,000 into his bank account and makes a note on the transaction receipt: “Keep the change bruh“. Apt!

Sufficiently caught up? Hopefully…

Now we believe that with every situation regardless how trivial, there are always lessons to learn. So here are five lessons we picked from the #KeepTheChangeBae story.

[Still confused?]: Here’s how the #KeepTheChangeBae trend started and some questions we raised too

  1. Do not be entitled: And this applies to the male and female folk! For the guys though, that a lady goes out on a date with you and you spend a miserly (we’re not even joking) N3,800 on a movie you both watched and snacks you both ate does not mean you own her. No, live in the moment. It’s just N3,800 and guess what? Even if you spent more and treated her to a proper date, she still has the right to turn you down and you need to respect that.
  2. Dates don’t have to be expensive: It might be worth it for dudes to learn from this story to stick to what their pockets/bank accounts can allow. We’re assuming Ayodeji (the Twitter dude) was so upset because he had spent a substantial part of his savings/earnings on this date that turned out futile. Well, everyone understands the economic situation at the moment so maybe try having less expensive fun. But we also understand that this is only possible if the other person is understanding, so another option will be to stay at home and restrict the friendship to Whatsapp until you can afford a decent date. A word is what? Enough for the wise.
  3. Always have your own money: Listen up, ladies! The only way you’ll pull off the perfect clapback like Ayodeji’s date Ore did is to have your own money. And we couldn’t have said it better than this dude right here:

4. Twitter is the only place boys like Ayodeji thrive: It’s where real life cowards form boss so we’re not surprised he went on that rant and even got to the point of calling his date “hungry”, “broke” and “asshole”. How? Everything on Twitter will frustrate you, really.

5. Nigerian coys are not dulling these days: Have you seen how the trend has been turned into a marketing/advertising campaign? Wema Bank was the first to jump on it and it was so smart of them, payment platforms: Quickteller, Interswitch and Verve have had fun clapping back at each other, Yudala, The Nail Boutique etc. We find this very instructive actually, companies have gone social and more in tune with customer needs, language and all the other things. It’s a good thing.

And a bonus lesson:

6. But Ibadan has suffered sha: This incident happened in Ibadan and we’re not surprised. No offence if you live in Ibadan but na una way…

 

[Still confused?]: “Nigerian Banks make snazzy adverts out of “KeepTheChangeBae”

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