ADULTHOOD A SCAM

There is a Nigerian song that says “Adulthood Na Scam” by a Nigerian Artist “Lade”. The song resonated with a lot of people especially the youths (From 18 to 30). Sometimes I look back and it feels like it was only yesterday I was checking the length of my beards to see how much of an adult I have become. Today my beards are usually the last thing on my mind and if I am to be honest there are days I wished would just continue. As kids a lot of us wanted so much to be an adult that we didn’t even wait to turn 18 before doing adult stuff. Now when we look back we wish we could be kids again , but this time with experience.

For one if I could be a kid with experience, I would have grown to be a wealthy adult lol. Back to business, of course I think adulthood is a scam because when I hoped to be an adult there were things I had that I thought I would always have. It was great knowing that I won’t have to go to school again, but no one told me that I would need to create a source of livelihood for myself, else I would go hungry and starve to death. It is easier knowing someone would be responsible for you, because if I must be honest with myself, I wish I was not responsible for a lot of people sometimes.

No one really prepared me for adulthood, No one told me that I could sleep as I like, as long as the mouths I have to feed do not go hungry and it is tiring. Waking up everyday to hustle because I am supposed to be an adult and provide for my family. But then the thing I miss most about my childhood is the fact that I have to always think about what to eat. Even with a partner, I need to think about our feeding for the week and for the month. These were things no one told me I was going to do as a male adult and I have no choice but to do them. Or should I say the only other choice I have is to be an irresponsible adult.

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