Found this amusing comment in one of our old posts and I just had to create a fresh post out of it.

Read on…

I’ve almost dated a broke guy and I broke up with him before we could even start. At first, I told myself that I wasn’t materialistic; that money didn’t mean anything to me. I could say that because I am blessed with parents who provided well for me.

I got tired of meeting him at restaurants and all we’ll do there is talk for hours on end and then share a meat pie and a drink, when people sitting around you are eating pounded yam and soup with juicy pieces of meat, or rice and chicken. I was always hungry around him. On some occasions, I would have been with him for a good part of the day and eaten next to nothing and then my mum would call me asking where I am and saying that she has made semo and okro for my lunch. If you see the the speed I use to leave him on those occasions eh!!! LOL

We would enter taxis and because I knew that he was broke, I’ll offer to pay for the fares. After a while, he got used to me paying. When we enter the taxi and reach our destination, he’d wait for me to pay. That angered me.

When I got fed up with the whole thing, I broke things off with him. I didn’t want to get ulcer because of a boyfriend. This is someone who would eat a greater part of my food when we go out and I get very hungry and get myself rice and chicken or swallow. I’m not a snacks person. I prefer to eat well but I eat slowly.
I resolved never to date a broke guy. In this guy’s case, he was already talking marriage but I wasn’t moved. That doesn’t make me materialistic. It’s so not worth it. You’ll start to resent the guy. And it’ll give you an idea of how a future with him would be if he remains broke for a long time.

Culled from http://naijasinglegirl.com/dating-a-broke-guy-it-is-not-worth-it/

It's certainly worth it, it will teach you how to appreciate moneyed men and not give you an entitlement mentality.

For the guys, it's important to date while you're broke. It will teach you that women only look for comfort and you shouldn't be a fool looking for love up and down. So, when you eventually get money, you should understand your worth and how women are to be treated. Without money, you will never smell what true love is like. Therefore, there is no such thing as true love. It is a myth. Not even God has true love, if he did, there'd be no hell fire, we'd all be going to heaven.

It cud be worth it attimes, buh not always...if the guy in question tries his possible best to satisfy you even when it's not much, tries to avoid going on dates coz of cash, then you know he's aware of the situation and doesn't want to burden you much and be seen as a loser...unlike the case of the guy in the story who's totally not interested in what shud be his responsibility, then I fink it's best to run for yr dear life coz when he does have, he'll be too comfortable to remember he's gat some duties to perform.