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Your 20 years old girlfriend is not a gold digger

One of the more exciting and illogical aspects of dating in Nairobi is seeing mature, financially stable 30-year-old men dating 20-year-olds, who are on an allowance of Sh1,500 per week, inviting them out to their untidy one-bedroom apartments (often in an entirely different county), then referring to them as beggars on social media or as demanding when they ask them for money as if love happens in a vacuum.

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