To be Carrie Bradshaw is every girl’s dream. Live in a fabulous city and have a fabulous job minus the Mr. Big drama. We want to pen down our lives, get published, meet the man of our dreams and live happily ever after.
Not to be a pessimist and put a downer on all our sex and the city aspirations, I mean it could happen, but clearly not in this city. True, Lagos and New York are both concrete jungles where dreams are made, but there are a few outstanding differences that would stifle even the most hopeful.
First of all, consider dropping the “sex” from your dream title. We all know it, us Nigerian girls are raised good and decent and don’t indulge in as many amorous relationships with multiple fellows. The truth is all us girls really want to do is find ‘the one’ and settle down. There’s no such thing as “sex just for the heck of it, as so often channeled by Samantha. If you however dare to indulge in mindless sex, you can change your sequel to “Whore in the City” as aptly titled by the men you slept with.
Next stop, the ridiculous Louboutins and Jimmy Choos. Sure, we simply adore Carrie’s shoe collection and some of us have an almost intimidation shoe collection of our own, but would we really traipse around in red backs all day… I think not. More like hell no!!These shoes probably cost you (or your ‘friend’) a fortune to acquire and there’s no way you would let the uneven, un-tarred roads of Lagos destroy them.
Hailing down the taxis…. Okay so this might actually work….But erm… you might want to calculate where exactly on the road you raise that pretty hand, what with the 'need for speed' danfos and purse snatching okadas. So maybe you could try one hand hailing the cab, with the second one tightly clutching your bag under your armpit.
The last drop of rain on your Carrie wannabe parade would be the three supportive and successful friends who absolutely love and support each other. That would be replaced instead by two 'frenemies,’ who are in an incessant competition over who has the best job, nicer shoes, and hotter man. But not to worry, you'll always have that one best friend who genuinely loves you...just for the sake of balance.
All things being considered, my life's movie, if there ever was one, would simply be 'Life happens, deal with it.'
