Can one still find true love in Lagos?

Lagos oh Lagos. How we love thee, or do we? According to many of us, being a single woman in Lagos comes with its perks. A city with endless possibilities gives a single, hardworking woman the chance to build herself mentally, physically and spiritually. If one puts her mind to it, they can have a successful business or career. In many cases, some women have both. It is the city of boss ladies and go getters.

Word on the streets though is that a lot of ladies are giving up on the Lagos hustle dream of working and choosing the 'easy' (or not so easy) way of making money. Women now opt for quick money 'earned' through sexual encounters. It just depends on how much a man is willing to spend. Now one point should be made very clear here. It does not matter what social standing the man has or what his appearance is. Neither does it matter whether he is married or not. As a matter of fact, if he is married, even better. His status qualifies him as a responsible man. As the numbers of women who chose the path of being prostitutes or as widely known, runs girls increases, what then happens to the number of women who are looking for a genuine relationship that could lead to a happily ever after?

Having discussed with a few men who look forward to getting married someday, here were the statements most of them had to say about our Lagos girls.

"Lagos has no good girls"

"I would never marry a woman from Lagos"

"I would find it surprising if I met a genuinely decent woman who is not after money and material things in Lagos"

"Lagos women are all about faking it till they make it"

The list goes on but I believe you get the idea.

So what happens to the good women who are willing to sacrifice and wait to do things the right way? As the clock ticks away while they wait to meet the right man with whom they can build a future with the pressure of not missing it surfaces. The fear of 'failure' to marry as some tag it, begins to creep in and depression follows shortly after that.

How many married couples in Lagos are genuinely in love. How many are not shaken by the "runs girls" and for those that are holding on, what does this impatient new generation have in store for them? Can a man and woman in Lagos meet and hit it off without the other worrying about the possibility of the other being a fraud?

What do you all think? Can a woman still find true love in Lagos?