How I almost became a runs girl - Shade Ladipo shares touching story

Popular media personality, Shade Ladipo has shared her story of how she was tempted to be a runs (call) girl in school due to her parents inability to afford the luxury life her peers had at that time.

Shade, an alumnus of University of Lagos, revealed that she could not sleep with older men for money, in spite of the fact that some of her mates were doing it to live the "big girl life" on campus.

She made this known while recounting how she was able to fund her first trip ever to Cotonou.

Part of her post read: “I remember being in unilag, and all my mates were going to the UK for holidays. My parents got all of us visas but could only send 1 person for holiday. I was so oppressed but I couldn’t afford it with all my side hustle and my parents also couldn’t afford it.

“I was so tempted to do ‘Aristo runs’ that year but on God, my mind could not carry it. I went for a few parties with some girls, saw the old men and that was the last time I went out with them.

"It took me almost 4 years after that to fund my first trip out of Nigeria. FYI my first trip outside Nigeria was to Cotonou.

"Life is in stages. Please stop pushing for all these immaterial things. Stop giving up their dignity and life just for fleeting things that don’t mean anything in the large scheme of things.”

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