Woman Slams Long-term Relationships, Says 5 Years With No Lobola is Like a Missed Call From a Private Number

Woman Slams Long-term Relationships, Says 5 Years With No Lobola is Like a Missed Call From a Private Number

  • A young woman got netizens’ attention after sharing a spicy opinion about long-term relationships
  • Twitter user @_Siyamthanda_Z compared a relationship of five years to receiving a missed call from a private number
  • While many peeps poked fun at the tweet, others responded with their differing views on the topic

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One woman’s opinion about long-term relationships without any steps leading to marriage sparked some reactions among South African netizens recently.

Woman slams long-term relationships
One woman harshly criticised unmarried people in long-term relationships. Image: @_Siyamthanda_Z/Twitter
Source: Twitter

Taking to Twitter, @_Siyamthanda_Z claimed that celebrating an anniversary of five years without lobola or any intentions on the man’s part to bring together the two families, was equivalent to receiving a missed call from a private number.

“Anniversary Ka 5 years without any lobolo noma nje ukvela ekhaya lomuntu ifana ne missed call Ka private number,” @_Siyamthanda_Z wrote in the tweet.

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In this day and age getting married doesn’t take top priority for many young people. This could be for a number of reasons, ranging from trying to find the right person, financial challenges, focusing on their careers, healing their inner child, or simply not being interested in the concept of matrimony.

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Several netizens found the woman’s statement amusing, however, others didn’t take too kindly to it as they shared differing views on the matter.

@iam_lsmp said:

“Mncane kabi leyominyaka.”

@GomolemoSA_ suggested:

“Why don’t women initiate everything and pay lobola themselves akere they are hasty.”

@ShiloteW replied:

“Too many private number missed calls in the country .”

@TThe_Lion25 reacted:

“Ishu that hurt.”

@iammisstc commented:

“5 years issa lot.”

@MrMbulazi_SA wrote:

“They should go to Home Affairs.”

Local man pulls off stunning marriage proposal, Mzansi celebrates

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In another story, Briefly News reported that a local social media influencer landed his shot and has taken to the very socials that likely birthed his pairing to his future Mrs to celebrate.

@Gift_Makoti_ captured every moment of the incredible event and shared the images with his close 69 000 followers on Twitter. The celebrations rang out far and wide as he announced the woman of his dreams had accepted his proposal.

"She said yes!!!" read the concise caption with the hashtag #SettledWithGiftAndKea.

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Nothando Mthembu (Senior editor) Nothando Mthembu is a senior multimedia journalist and editor. Nothando has over 5 years of work experience and has served several media houses including Caxton Local Newspapers. She has experience writing on human interest, environment, crime and social issues for community newspapers. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree and an Honours Degree in Media Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, obtained in 2016 and 2017. Nothando has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. Email: nothando.mthembu@briefly.co.za

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