abbey621:
We all know kneeling down to propose is for the hype and nothing else. 9ja girls after knacking a man for several years, discussing una future and everything else, still wants a man to go on his knees and propose, is this not hypocrisy? I only dated my wife for six months, once I confirmed she ticked all the right buttons, I told her I would like her to be my wife, met her parents, took her to the nearest jewelry store and that's it! No need for drama, no photos for social media, simple man to woman talk but I understand you kids of nowadays prefer the glam life, if it ain't on Instagram/Facebook it ain't real....lol.

Gbam. Same thing I did.

Continue to deceive yourself, if the whites did not teach you how to construct houses, you'd probably still be stoked in your thatch houses. I am not trying to disregard black men, but you folks should simply shutt the Bleep up, and stop insulting the ones who brought you out of the slums.

hensben:
All the houses in your area in Nigeria was it a white man or women that built them. Black men are doing a lot too when it comes to invention, it is bad leadership that is restricting an African man.

All this kneeling down is a copy cat culture from the West. Ask yourself why kneeling down for making your proposition to a woman, kneeling means begging, an act of subjugation which is not found in the parlance of love. True love isn't begging, it is a mutual agreement between two parties. You beg for her to accept your proposition, something begged can be withdrawn at any time.

irunoko:
gbenulooo joor...you will even run errands for her .no be men again?

When preek stands,common sense vanishes.that period if she says wash my pants, you will do it with all gladness

If u are a guy, then I'm really worried of the fatherly impact on ur life. If you are a lady, then, all d guys you've met are as I've mentioned.
really sad!

xendra:
please apart from dick and money, what other impact does a man add to a woman's life?

asking for a friend

so many mentions yet not 1 thing, guess that's all y'all have afterall, but you want a woman to be everything including a mother, househelp, maid, prostitute, manager and nanny for you. SMH

ozuo only that money wen u just mention cover every fucking thing wen una fit offer us. Una still dey rush us without as long say the money they. Money na the hardest thing to get for this country so abeg just shut up. Prick wen una dey fight una bestfriends just to taste na he u dey yan lyk say na nothing. If u comot money and dick from una life, na dead be dat oh!

nineone:
Yet he kneels for some stupid Rev father and breaks kolanut in Jesus name. Enslaved Africans cherry picking which of the slave masters tradition to abandon. Anyone that has to do with the religious believe forced on them by the colonialists, they defend

Religion is different from culture mr.

obembet:
Veteran Nigerian actor, Pete Edochie has said any man who kneels down to propose to a girl is an idiot.

In our contemporary world, it is common knowledge that men who ask their women to become their wives kneel down to do it. However, veteran actor, Pete Edochie, does not think any man should kneel down before any girl to propose.

In a video making the rounds online, the respected actor is seen speaking to a man behind the camera, giving his reasons why no man should propose on his knees.

"Any man who gets down on his knee to propose to a girl is not just an idiot but a bloody fool, he's a compound buffoon" the actor declared.

When the man recording the conversation asked why, Edochie explained that if a man kneels down to propose to his woman, it means that the girl has taken over the family.

Watch the video below:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um0ruyhtOCU

https://twitter.com/iam_alvinpaul/status/1230504596579201024?s=19

Imagine a Muslim celebrity said this, Flat Headers and hypocrites called xtians would have rained abuses on him.

Amanda4life:
Igbotic African sense.

This man is so proud.

I distaste him now

Lol... U never see any thing! Igbo girl 4 that matter!
better go marry whitey o!

It is not our tradition, he should have said "any NIGERIAN man" it would have been better.

LilMissFavvy:
Wether you like it or not, technology/inventions have a way of influencing/interring with cultures. Culture my foot, the black man made so many foolish cultures in the past, luckily the white man gave him some sense to see that he the black man was a fooool. Killing of twins, widows drinking water used in washing their dead husbands corpse, etc. Black men should simply shutt up and stop insulting the white folks.

Now you are sounding myopic. Are you aware the whites were once scavengers, they still are anyways.

Save the details, keep the details to yourself, ''were once'', yes! were once, stop talking about the past of the whites, you should rather be concerned on how the blacks can improve their shittt holes. Mature men, always talking shiittt, deliberating on stupid things that' makes no sense. Why should something like kneeling once to give a lady ring become something a mature man should worry about? Pete married for 53yrs according to him, is he not bothered that marriages of today are collapsing, yet he wants to infuriate the situation further, it does not make any sense, these are the same men chasing prostitutes, yet looking for respect.

hensben:
Now you are sounding myopic. Are you aware the whites were once scavengers, they still are anyways.

How did u propose to you wife?

dazzlingd:
They are all bunches of idiots....white slaves...copy copy morafuckers....leave the whites to their culture and face yours ....do it the proper way, go to her parents house with proper introduction, kolanuts and wine....awon oloshi forming modern day slavery..



So I made FTC, shedding tears of joy, who says your time wont come

Thanks for telling them!

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YorubaLord:


Who dey bear Cletus, Donald, Rita, Jennifer, Amanda, Priscilla and all the Ashawo names... Joy, Peace, Patience, Victory etc..? Why dem no dey bear correct Igbo versions like Yorubas do? Awon were Olofo!

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I feel like it not worth a news ..shey person wey kneel down no go stand up again. How does dat afect is home. Kneeling down for woman dat u wanna make the mother of ur unborn child, wife ND ur life companion. Kneeling down I feel is not too much,it shows how special she is to u. Dat doesn't make a man a fool. Dis coming from a guy oo

kebliss:
I always ask what the significance of "kneeling to propose" to a lady is.
But the responses I get only centers on "it's romantic"

Kneeling down is submission and not romance.

IME1:


He said any man he didn't say black man that means he is also trying to berate the white man and his culture.
Now take a look at the 4 pictures above, one man is proposing to his woman who has dwarfism, is he supposed to stand or make her kneel?

How does kneeling make one less a man?
In your tribe doesn't the man and his wife not eventually kneel before their parents for them to pray over them at their wedding?

Also he who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favour from the Lord, a wife is like a treasure found that makes a man sell all he has to buy the treasure and even the land join.

You can't do cafeteria when it comes to certain things, like the Christian faith, however, you can when it comes to inter cultural exchange.
When you wear jeans and wristwatch it is the white man's culture, but you don't say that's copy copy?
You eat with cutleries, sitting on a table and use gas or kerosene cookers, those are the white man's techniques, is it not copy copy? You may even have an English name sef
That means all cultures borrow from each other and have many similarities- from the dressing, to the food, to the cloths to the music and more.

When you see someone you wish to spend the rest of your life with, who would be your help mete and would drop her father's name and take yours up, you should, do appreciate her and honour her.

If you can kneel for so many other things and reasons freely why the ego when it comes to a woman you married, not just any waka pass strange woman oh

well said, by ;Dthe only mumu on this thread

Khaleell001:
And has your kneeling made your marriage better than these men?
You guys of this generation are clearly emasculated.
It's simple.

You're right on the money bro.
These white folks threw their culture at us and the wimp in us just swallowed it. Now that we have started spraying roses on beds and floors, arranging candle-lit dinners with live bands and kneeling for them in public has the outcome been commendable? How come it is now the divorce rate statistics are skyrocketing just like the white man's? It's unfortunate but the black race is a grossly foolish one. Intelligence is knowing what to and what not to imbibe from another man's culture. As much as I detested Fela Anikulapo Kuti initially I have to hand it to him he was a true son of Africa. He did not kowtow senselessly to their hopeless traditions and norms that were totally not in tandem with our Africanness. Have you observed the same white men now come to pay homage at his shrine? I'm talking about WHITE PRESIDENTS AND ROYALTY COMING TO PAY HOMAGE TO A BLACK MAN WHO THREW THEIR DAMN CULTURE BACK IN THEIR FACES 20 YEARS+ AFTER HIS PASSING. Nobody respects wimps and that's what the white man's culture dictates for men to be. Pushing for the total emasculation of the male gender. Now they tell us men should cry, men should stand up for women to sit first, men should kneel for women. When a woman slaps you be a gentleman and walk away.... Chimo!! Who do us like this?
Make we kwantinu to dey do follow follow na. Chopping the white man's sh!t while all he does is laugh us to scorn.
Kneel to propose to a woman my narrow black ass.

OBku4:

If u are a guy, then I'm really worried of the fatherly impact on ur life. If you are a lady, then, all d guys you've met are as I've mentioned.
really sad!

story for the gods.

Yawns

Obiagu01:



from their comments you can tell how old they are.

from their comments you can tell their level of IQ

LilMissFavvy:
Save the details, keep the details to yourself, ''were once'', yes! were once, stop talking about the past of the whites, you should rather be concerned on how the blacks can improve their shittt holes. Mature men, always talking shiittt, deliberating on stupid things that' makes no sense. Why should something like kneeling once to give a lady ring become something a mature man should worry about? Pete married for 53yrs according to him, is he not bothered that marriages of today are collapsing, yet he wants to infuriate the situation further, it does not make any sense, these are the same men chasing prostitutes, yet looking for respect.

Kneeling down to propose to a woman is submission and not romance. If you are a Christian I believe you read the part in the Bible which says man should love their wife while the woman should do the submission. How can you kneel to someone you will be heading in the home.

Spectrum22:


The problem is obvious.

my friend you have nothing worthwhile to say so please koshilo

ibkayee:
I think people just do it because it's conventional and they're thinking of it more of a romantic gesture than whatever deep, traditional significance it has

It's not that deep, once you stand up your penis will still be there, sheesh

Its not romantic to kneel down to propose to a woman, it is submissiveness on the man’s part which is bad. That’s not how a man should be romantic to his woman.

pek:
Who made it normal? Is your culture? Do you know what it means for a man to kneel before a woman?

Tell him. Only if he know the spiritual implication of kneeling down before a woman.

His opinion is based on patriarchy and a myopic one at that

Davash222:

It’s better you use the time in increasing the volume to increase your sense of reasoning, you this Night newspaper.

see finishing jesu

obembet:
Apart from small dick and money and many of them are lazy o, what other impact does a man add to a woman's life?

Werey! be hiding under a female moniker and be commenting and posting gibberish.

I don't give a damn if my man didn't knee to propose to me..

Kneeling or no kneeling will never determine a long lasting and happy home.

Long lasting and happy home is all I seek for

Plumville:
Abeg I don’t understand you again. So if one kneels and proposes he is a pant and bra washer. What is even wrong in washing pant and bra of a loved one if need be. Oga collect several seats

there is nothing wrong ooo but keep washing pant and bra ok, I can't do that!!!

Arrant nonsense !!! Everyone is entitled to his opinion and that does not mean others are wrong. In Yorubaland during our traditional wedding the groom, along with his family and friends are required to prostrate flatly to the family of the bride and openly declare with all sense of humility that HE/THEY are BEGGING to ask for the hand of the wife in marriage. This symbolic act is to ensure that the groom realise the importance the family of the bride attach to giving their precious daughter away to the husband.

This tradition had endured for decades and it has come to stay because we proudly embrace and appreciate it.

hensben:
Tell him. Only if he know the spiritual implication of kneeling down before a woman.

infact, it's not everyone you kneel to.