Mariam @TheArtofMariam Twitter profile

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Mariam

3 years

Super excited to announce @OjaHQ ’s pre-seed fundraise of $3.4m from @LocalGlobeVC + angels @AntonSoulier , @SharmadeanReid , @SuliBreaks , @Azeem & more! Our mission is to reshape ethnic groceries starting with African & Caribbean products. Shop now at ✨

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Meet London’s latest speedy grocery startup: Oja. 🇬🇧 @OjaHQ , which has just secured a $3.3m seed round led by @localglobevc , will initially focus “on Nigerian, Ghanaian and Jamaican products”, says founder @TheArtofMariam . 💬

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@TheArtofMariam

5 years

Michelle Obama said “Marry your equal. My husband is my teammate and I don’t want no weak players on my team.“ Yes.

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4 years

I made some garlic butter lobster tails & creamy crayfish risotto for dinner yesterday... 🍽

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3 years

Freshly cleaned Sundays ☕️

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5 years

Always a glass of champagne to start...

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4 years

I heard picnics are the new restaurant...

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6 years

Wow, this proposal was so cute 😩

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5 years

I need to disappear and focus for 3 months.

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@TheArtofMariam

5 years

Did anybody call your name?

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I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MICHEAL’S BEHAVIOUR FFS 😂😅

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@TheArtofMariam

3 years

The secret to this is blessing others before you’re even wherever you think you need to be to do this.

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I wanna become so financially stable that God uses my pockets to bless others

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I finally put my tree up ✨

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3 years

How I celebrate hitting milestones… 🥂

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5 years

I love a dramatic arm.

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3 years

It’s funny because nobody sees the process or the madness or the struggle… just the end result. The journey is overlooked.

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3 years

We’re in guys! @OjaHQ is officially moved in to our new warehouse and office 🚀😩

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@TheArtofMariam

5 years

Just arrived in Cape Town.

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@TheArtofMariam

5 years

GUYS, I WON!

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@TheArtofMariam

5 years

I’ve just submitted my business plan @Conna_Walker @HouseOfCB and I’m super excited to get your support for my app @ojahq - a platform to order your favourite authentic ethnic & international groceries from local stores across the UK #CBWOMEN4WOMEN

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1 year

I’m very excited to finally announce England & Chelsea footballer, Raheem Sterling ( @sterling7 ), as our latest addition to the @OjaHQ family as angel investor & ambassador!

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I don’t think I’ll stop being who I am, because I am good... and my intentions are pure. And hopefully that’ll pay off for me one day.

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5 years

Guys. GUYS! I won £10k from @Conna_Walker & @HouseOfCB for my app @OjaHQ & I’m literally speechless! So honoured to even be considered 😭 It’s a platform to order your fav authentic ethnic groceries from local multi-cultural stores #CBWOMEN4WOMEN

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5 years

You would be SHOCKED how many rich people buy fake stuff to mix in with their real labelled items - The amount of upper middle class white women who have given me tips on buying handbags in Turkey lol.

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3 years

So thrilled to be named in the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 List for Technology. It’s so wonderful to be recognised amongst so many young pioneers. I’m so excited by the work I’m doing at @OjaHQ & we’re just getting started! Congrats to all #ForbesUnder30

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4 years

Lipstick on teeth check.

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4 years

I actually only understand being looked after. I complain, he fixes it. Him checking if I’m comfortable consistently. Being spoiled. That’s all I know... it’s all I need really.

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@TheArtofMariam

6 years

Is it that deep?

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4 years

We actually need to start a thread of all the places in London you can get 4 for £1 plantain - picture evidence too sha...

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@TheArtofMariam

3 years

From being up at 4am this morning to check out new suppliers to announcing and celebrating @OjaHQ ’s $3.4m investment. Life of a Founder 🙂

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@TheArtofMariam

6 years

I never comment on this girl but this is so dangerous. These are not conversations to be had outside of our community, in my very humble opinion. This is not the platform to feed an anti-black men agenda all in the name of your “career”.

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On Late Night Woman’s Hour, @laurenlaverne meets interesting women for intimate and honest nocturnal conversations. This is @theslumflower talking about her photo that went viral and what it says about society. Subscribe to the podcast 👉👉

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@TheArtofMariam

5 years

THE WORK YOU’RE PUTTING IN NOW WILL NOT BE IN VAIN, YOUR REWARD IS COMING. THE BEST IS YET TO COME.

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@TheArtofMariam

4 years

The lack of collaboration in our community is such a pain point. You don’t need 54,567,456 versions of the same scaleable idea, fund or business. Why operate fragmented and inefficiently when resources can be pooled to create a powerful and wide-spanning entity?

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4 years

Meh to justifying the value of our existence with what we have to offer...

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@TheArtofMariam

6 years

Lol everyday BBC is enabling us to make complete fools of ourselves as a community. Are these the issues weighing heavy on us? Hiding white boyfriends and intraracial relationships, blasting black men? It’s truly pathetic... and a true lack of education.

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@TheArtofMariam

5 years

Tired of consuming black struggle narratives. I want black thrillers, rom-coms, pre-colonial historical dramas, comedies... anything but people who look like me being broken and beaten down.

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@TheArtofMariam

5 years

Left my investment banking job. Started 2 businesses. Got a flat. Completely refurbished my flat. Travelled too much. Realised my calling is to be a socialite. Had a baby via surrogate. Supported 4000 black women in their professional and personal development.

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@TheArtofMariam

5 years

This is what I will do for my children, and my friend’s children because there isn’t beauty in struggle for anybody but black people. And I’m uninterested in all of that. You want a house? Here. Job? Okay. To build a business? Let me transfer.

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@TheArtofMariam

5 years

I’m really spoilt. I work hard and over do things but my parents have really made a lot of things easier for me. I only have to tell them what I want to do and they’ll make it happen.

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@TheArtofMariam

3 years

It’s okay to receive new information and change your mind or stance on something. You’re allowed to evolve. And it’s okay to admit it.

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@TheArtofMariam

4 years

A little garlic butter goes a long way...

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@TheArtofMariam

4 years

Lol white men and Indian women applying for this and thinking we won’t notice. We check EVERY application & your LinkedIn post initial screen. This opportunity is for BLACK WOMEN who are members of WCAN only.

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@TheArtofMariam

4 years

Are you a black woman in your penultimate year without a summer internship? @FitchRatings is exclusively opening their virtual internship to @WCANetwork women. This is a PAID opportunity to work at a Fortune 500 finance company! Apply via before 2 July!

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@TheArtofMariam

3 years

First venture-backed online supermarket for cultural & ethnic communities, let’s go! I’m literally so excited for what we’re building, doing it like it’s never been done before - we’re redefining the customer experience for OUR foods & products insanely 🚀🚀🚀

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@TheArtofMariam

3 years

We’re in guys! @OjaHQ is officially moved in to our new warehouse and office 🚀😩

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6 years

Twisted.

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6 years

When guys are nervously trying to initiate something like you’re not already wearing matching underwear. This was always happening, boo.

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4 years

How I start my day... pre-macchiato.

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5 years

I’m really spoilt. I work hard and over do things but my parents have really made a lot of things easier for me. I only have to tell them what I want to do and they’ll make it happen.

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2 years

What 60 days of planning and 60 days of operating looks like for @OjaHQ - a little rough around the edges sneak peek into our busy days at the warehouse / office ✨ I love the BTS stuff, it’s where the magic happens! 💪🏾

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4 years

I have no idea how GPs have studied 6 years to be doctors... they are completely incompetent.

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@TheArtofMariam

6 years

I muted that idiotic #IfSlaveryWasAChoice hashtag. We show performative outrage, then use it to poke fun at our pain. It isn’t humorous or ironic at all. We don’t even take ourselves seriously, why would anybody else? Unfailingly giving them the ability to defend their behaviour.

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5 years

I’m really harsh sometimes but it comes from a place of love.

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@TheArtofMariam

4 years

One of the only things I fear in life is moving without purpose and intention... living a passive life, letting things happen to me. A life I didn’t choose, a partner I didn’t choose, a family I didn’t plan for is my worst nightmare.

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4 years

I’m looking for UK-based black businesses to promote for #BlackPoundDay on a global company’s social media pages! Plug your business below and I’ll pass on to the client!

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5 years

My cardigan has dinosaur buttons.

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6 years

Do you think Jews could ever give outsiders ammunition to make light of the Holocaust? Could you even mention it to a Jew without humility and respect? Yet we make a spectacle of ourselves when our genocide spanned generations.

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@TheArtofMariam

6 years

I muted that idiotic #IfSlaveryWasAChoice hashtag. We show performative outrage, then use it to poke fun at our pain. It isn’t humorous or ironic at all. We don’t even take ourselves seriously, why would anybody else? Unfailingly giving them the ability to defend their behaviour.

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4 years

Some of you think you’ve transcended your socioeconomic class because of your income and a mortgage in deep Thurrock and it’s embarrassing to watch lol.

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4 years

Plantain straight to your door anyone? cc @OjaHQ 🎈

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@TheArtofMariam

6 years

You are entitled to nobody’s support. Spend less time complaining about who isn’t supporting your product and more time making it impossible for people not to support your product.

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@TheArtofMariam

6 years

So if my ego isn’t rubbed by them I should cut them out? I said it yesterday. You all care to much for the empty compliments and pure gas from your peers. Such a strange complex... to even feel entitled to it...

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@TheArtofMariam

4 years

I see nothing wrong with this. How is being intentional with your culture & heritage and potentially, your legacy an issue?

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Dating outside black? I’m not even being dramatic but I pick single.

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7 years

CALLING ALL BLACK FEMALE STUDENTS & GRADS: We have 100 15-18 year old black girls looking for educational, professional & personal mentors!

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4 years

#QuarantineBirthday 🎂

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4 years

Perfect weather for a picnic...

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5 years

I personally believe when you’re doing too much, you’re not doing any of those things particularly well. And that’s the difference between building something that is actually impactful and just having your name on every little project or list.

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@TheArtofMariam

4 years

Lol almost a 6 figure grant awarded to one of my businesses this beautiful Friday morning. God is good.

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4 years

Really excited that @WCANetwork is partnering with @SheaMoistureUK to offer £40,000 worth of grants to black female salon owners! And I’ll be one of the judges picking the winning hair business! Check out their Instagram for details!

SheaMoisture launches fund to help black female salon owners stay in business

The grants will be available for female minority salon owners who need support during the pandemic.

metro.co.uk

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4 years

This place is my complete vibe.

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4 years

Looking for UK-based 5 black female owned business to purchase some products for a global company’s goodie bag! Plug your business below and I’ll pass on to the client.

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3 years

All I know is; stingy man -> stingy husband -> stingy father. How can I sign my children up to suffering before they even exist? Wearing the same torn singlet until the age of 12, for why? God forbid.

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5 years

I’m super disappointed but wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported me on this #CBWOMEN4WOMEN 🧡

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5 years

Having faith is actually a synonym for peace. When good things happen, when bad things happen, I'm not even surprised anymore because I don't walk by sight. God is faithful.

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6 years

The funniest thing is rich people with good cash flow finance a lot of luxury items... it’s not that strange at all.

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3 years

Lockdown birthday number 2.

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5 years

I hate terms like 'Mompreneurs' and 'She-E-Os' lol. The word entrepreneur does the job.

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5 years

Fine wine.

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4 years

My mood is lovely & this month has been sweet: ✅ Two 5-figure grants were awarded to 2 of my businesses ✅ My other business partnered with a global brand’s £40k fund for small businesses (+ I’m a judge) ✅ One business is near-launch & is now SEIS authorised God is good 🤍

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5 years

THIS IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER IN MY LIFE OMG THANK YOU @CONNA_WALKER 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

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@TheArtofMariam

5 years

Guys. GUYS! I won £10k from @Conna_Walker & @HouseOfCB for my app @OjaHQ & I’m literally speechless! So honoured to even be considered 😭 It’s a platform to order your fav authentic ethnic groceries from local multi-cultural stores #CBWOMEN4WOMEN

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5 years

I can’t even begin to explain how exhausted I am. My body is shutting down, hard.

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4 years

Aoki Lee Simmons couldn’t have said it better...

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4 years

Nobody should really pay for a CV review, email @WCANetwork at info @wcan .uk and we’ll get someone whose just successfully gone through your sector’s process to look through your CV/application.

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6 years

Tbh enunciation is not an indication of intelligence... which is problematic think in itself.

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Stop telling black people that they “talk like a white person” when they use proper enunciation and good speech. Intelligence does not strictly belong to white people.

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3 years

Zurich is a breath of fresh air🇨🇭

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4 years

Do you know how much I’d pay to have someone pre-poo, shampoo, rice water rinse, deep condition and LOC up my hair whilst I drink champagne? Like an excessively luxury black hair salon.

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I’ve just submitted my business plan @Conna_Walker @HouseOfCB and I’m super excited to get your support for my app @ojahq - a platform to order your favourite authentic ethnic & international groceries from local stores across the UK #CBWOMEN4WOMEN

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2 years

Unprofessionalism and wanting to be something you’re not willing to work to be is killing my people.

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2 years

Love this TikTok by one of our angel investors @SuliBreaks talking about the @OjaHQ journey so far! Always great to be reminded how supportive and involved our investors are - you heard him though, make your first order now on 👀

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5 years

#Top4of2018 Holiday Edition x

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4 years

For recipes PLUS cultural & ethnic grocery delivery, folllow @OjaHQ 🎈 Whether African, Caribbean, Asian, Italian, anything - we’re an app transforming your access to everything ethnic & specialist, with 1-hour & eco-friendly delivery. Sign up on too!

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Some of you live in a dream world where being black means absolutely nothing to you... the world and its brothers will show you what it means at some point and you’ll wish you’d have moved with intention.

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3 years

Look at the sun pouring through my bedroom 🥺

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5 years

Men lie unprovoked. Then gaslight you. Then try to remain a permanent monument in your life. Quite literally stunting your growth and movement. If you need the truth to move on, go and find it. You’ll be sad but better off for it.

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5 years

Teju’s plea for a sugar daddy during this week’s @SheCANPodcast recording 😂

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5 years

I feel like black people don’t value the concept of legacy and what happens after you’ve left this earth. For things to begin to change, we have to value this above all. What you give and leave for your children plays a huge role in that.

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As a black female founder, I see this as an important step for the black community - to have such a talented black footballer backing our vision in such a large and loud way. THIS is what community is about and I hope a number of athletes, celebrities and creators follow suit.

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My tech start-up @OjaHQ is about to launch! Follow us now! We’re the UK’s first venture backed online supermarket for cultural communities! Order African & Caribbean groceries straight to your door - all you have to do is take it to the kitchen 🤝

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5 years

Birthday spa weekend? Okay.

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2 years

Please talk less, you have nothing to prove.

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5 years

Cutie?

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5 years

If your MCM doesn’t reply to your pictures with “send me this pic” does he even like you?

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How you can identify that social hierarchy and still throw those at the bottom with you under a big white bus whilst having a free ride on it is beyond me...

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Not phased by someone making x amount because your brother’s sister’s dog makes that amount too... what about you b? Abeg, let it phase you.

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