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Girl code: Why I'm proud earning my own money

I will work heard and earn a lot of money (Photo: Shutterstock)

Back when I was in a long term relationship, some lessons came through to me that I don’t think will ever leave me. As fate would have it, I was dating a financially stable man yet I was unemployed. Talk of God remembering His daughter!

I remember how sweet it was spending money those days. It was probably because I didn't know the feeling of earning it! All I had to do was ask for money and it would be given without a murmur. My man would walk with me into a shopping mall and ask me to push whichever size of trolley I wanted and pick anything I wished. Imagine such an offer! Wasn’t I blessed my people?

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