Back in the days when there were different types of chat sites, I happened to fall into one. I have been to different kinds of sites where you have to chat with someone you don't know. This one I fell into was through the Glo sim I had on my phone. If I could still remember, it was called Frenzo Chat. It was just like a dating platform. I don't know how the Glo network managed to connect through the Glo verse to different users of Glo.
A message was sent to me saying "hi love". I was surprised to see this but then ignored it. This same message kept coming repeatedly with different user IDs. Although, I have registered with this site as Glo sent me a message saying I should subscribe and register. This means I was known to be a female user.
Another user sent me a message saying "Hi my love". This time I had to try just to know if these are true humans. I replied to the message, "Hi". Within a few minutes, the same user replied "I'm Kelvin". I replied to her, "What's up". This time it was just as if I had paved the way for him to chat with me to the fullest.
"I'm so excited that you are chatting with me, what's your name?" He asked. "My name is Abigail". I'm not the type who does lie or else I would have lied to him about my name. "Can I have your number so that we can chat properly and also call each other?" He asked. I was somehow enjoying it. I initially sent him a fake number just to clear him out of the way, but he kept pestering me saying the number I sent was not going through. After much pressure, I sent him my phone number.
Within a few minutes, he called. "Hello, I'm Emma, your friend from Frenzo chat". "Oh… I see", I replied. He asked me to describe myself which I did. Now it's his turn to do the same. He said, "I'm dark in complexion, I hailed from Kogi State and reside in Abuja". In my mind, I said, "I will squander your money no matter what".
We started chatting and saying all sorts of rough words. "He asked, where are you working?" I told her, I'm the one who is supposed to ask this question as I'm not working right now. Oh… I'm working in an oil and gas company, he said.
Wow .. for my mind, I was going to finish his wealth.
We started normally and I asked for money to make my hair, and he sent it. "Eh… I'm going to open shop on this guy*, I said. The next week I asked again for the huge amount of money but he refused to respond. He said he does not send money to someone who he had not seen. I said it was over between us in my mind. I did not respond to him. He felt maybe I was angry and he responded "I'm sorry". Gradually it started just like play and graduated to visiting. "Please, let me send you some money so that you can pay me a visit", he said. In my mind, I said "You are not ready to send me the money I need but you want to send money just to visit you?
He sent a huge amount of money after promising him I would be coming. The day I fixed for him passed. He sent me messages apologizing that he was not home and his phone was switched off. "Oh, what a nice excuse!!!"
I told him "You made me spend my money as I was trying to call your number when I got to Abuja. Your number was switched off. Why on earth did you do this to me?" He apologized and sent me extra money with a change on it to cover my expenses. Hmmm… "This guy never knows who e jam", I said quietly.
The day I fixed for him passed and he did not see me. He called and I told him I was very busy with my Aunt. He said he would come to me. I never disputed. Behold, I received his call the following day at 6 pm saying "I'm at your bus stop, please come around". I was shocked to hear that. Nevertheless, I had to go just to even see the face of the one who I have been chatting with.
I got there and gave him a call. Although, I was from afar observing who would answer the call. After critical observation, I saw something which was not too sure to me, "a dwarf answering the call? Oh my gosh…, is this the guy I have been chatting with since all this while? I aborted the call immediately. As he was directing the phone to his ear, I could not wait to say where are you. I took off immediately. My guy was aware of all these as we have been sharing the money.
Now, my guy invited me on a date. There was this cloth they called Apose. It is a shiny silk. I wore the clothes following my guy to the place he invited me to. As we were going, I discovered that people were laughing at me. They would look and begin to laugh. I looked at my body but found nothing offensive. I asked my guy "Why are these people laughing? Have I done something wrong or what?" He said nothing was wrong. He was not observant.
They kept on laughing and one of them came directly to me and touched my clothes. I kept on wondering what he meant by touching my clothes. Another lady saw me and was laughing seriously after seeing me. She said, "Shine shine baby". In my mind, I concluded that they were admiring my beauty. I was still not sure. I asked the lady politely and asked "Why are you laughing?" She said, "Your cloth is Apose, a shining material". She continued, "No one is wearing the cloth anymore just because of the way it is shining". Wow… I was ashamed of myself. At that moment, anyone I see laughing may seem as if he or she is laughing at me. I became glued to my seat.
Do you know when I left the place? Night. Even while leaving, people were still laughing at me as the cloth was shining even without light. I could not send my guy home to bring other clothes for me because I would be left alone. He was with me in a hiding place until nightfall.
It was the worst date I ever attended. I can never forget this ever again.
