u/krymzynnova

Serious Answers Only 😂

Football World Cup will take place in Portugal 2030. Will Angola have enough time to prepare ?

Such a shame we have to go up against our own people (if they’re selected) such as :

Rafa Leão 🇵🇹 (Angolan Dad)
João Mario 🇵🇹 (Both Parents Angolan)
David Carmo 🇵🇹 (Angolan Dad)
William Carvalho 🇵🇹 (Angolan Dad)
~ and there’s more where that came from ~
Eduardo Camavinga 🇫🇷 (Born in Angola)
Johan Manzambi 🇨🇭(Angolan Mum)
Ezra Konsa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (Angolan Mum)
Adilson Abreu de Almeida Gones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (Both Parents Angolan)

É triste né meu povo

But does angola have enough time to prepare to go up against Portugal and other strong teams like Cape Verde ?

Isso é azar yah

This one over here

Must they even come over ??

But when my parents pass away - my door will be locked and i’ll be watching disney channel movies cause we all know auntie sonya will be trying to cook burnt rice and auntie sara will be trying to offer her raw meat 🫩

And auntie sabrina will be trying to sleep over to “give you comfort” but it’s an excuse to get away from her bad marriage with her cheating husband

That’s it, that’s my African thought of today *sighs*

We need to break this habit of over stepping boundaries when visiting others when their parents pass away, our European/Westernized counterparts don’t do this 😂

**Story is a tad long**

This was Christmas 2022

I was a full time uni student back then so of course I had course work that I needed to do. I chose FOR MYSELF at that time & for the future that I was no longer going to celebrate Christmas cause honestly ? It made me more sad than ever so no thank you

Anywayz, I said “let me be wise”

The plan was that i wake up early, cook myself small rice and tomato soup JUST FOR ME so i can get an early start on my uni work and have minimal disruptions because my nephew aswell was also in the house aswell as my mum

(The best place to work was in the sitting room due to internet connection and my nephew also played on his laptop there. I wanted to claim space yet i had to be wise and say “let me cook first”. I say this because my nephew was also smart enough to wake up early to claim space as he wanted to play his roblox games. Fair game is fair game i respect him, at least i had food tho 😂 we are 7 years apart)

I brush / bath AND MIND YOU MY MUM IS STILL SLEEPING. Nothing. All that noise ? Guys are SNORING

My nephew is yelling at his international friends 9am in the morning ? NOTHING, my mum is snoring like daddy pig

I’ve now come to the kitchen, and taken out a POT from the cupboard. Please explain to me why I thought I’ve heard the incredible HULK and his bestfriend from asgard thump down the corridor 🫩 whole time it was my obease Angolan mum by herself 🤷‍♀️

Not even simple good morning, guys are looking at me
Asking me “what are you doing”. I’ve said “i’m making rice for my self as i have course work to complete”

“No no no nova (i’m nova *BUT THAT IS NOT MY REAL NAME*). you make this type of rice for the entire family ?”

My mum wanted me to make a different rice. I said i’m making white rice with tomato sauce. I wasn’t at the mental capacity to make 2 different rices. I had my own programme and my mum wanted to inconvenience me when she knew i had my own course work that needs to be done ????

I simply responded - “years ago, i needed help and someone said to me, nova i’m not your sl^ve. Now i’m an adult. Guess what. I’m not your sl^ve either”. I put back the rice and I put back all the other ingredients and made myself simple coco pops instead. I just told myself in my head i’ll order myself pizza / chicken and chips for lunch and dinner instead because i actually had MY OWN MONEY :)

my mum said outloud “don’t eat our food then”, i said “watch me then”

I know i disgruntled my mum with the sl^ve comment and me not cooking rice ????? MWAH - i know i slept good that night 😛

I know my mum secretly fears me

But it’s actually sad though … For her, not for me xx

Because realistically, why are they trying to control what / how much their kids cook at 9am in the morning ?

That’s genuinely sad. That spirit of control is concerning. If my mum was to leave this earth today, best believe *_NO_* tears are coming out of my eyes 🤷‍♀️

The end

Yes. Nose / smell / scent 👃

I’ve just woken up at 10am to take medication 🫩

My african mum was very quick with the “you didn’t bath today”. I’ve just woken up ??

Respectfully i KNOW i don’t even smell bad. People tell me i smell LOVELY actually. This is how i know my mum’s been my no. 1 hater since birth

It just even reminds me of a time a couple days ago where I was dying my mum’s hair black as she wanted me to cover her grays. AND MY MUMS HAIR STUNK SO BAD 👎

And the other time my mum had NASTYYY body odourrr at 3pm

And the other time my mum’s breath smelt like a rat died at 9:37am in the morning

But i smell though ?

There’s no defending this monstrosity 😐

Nah cause I personally will be taking the money the aunties and uncles give me and run away to buy food man

Back in the days - there was no money … now i have money ????

Let me use the money for food then, guys’ bodies have already left the planet, i might aswell eat 🤷‍♀️

No tears from me tho x

Edit : I meant 3/7/26, please forgive me **

Our parents/ grandparents srsly failed to realise:

“Your favourite one is not always the one who’ll take care of you in your old age”

This one really got me thinking

My traditional angolan mum had 3 non traditional girls - yet the first is her fave. Of course she doesn’t say, but actions speak louder than words (our ages now are F36, F35 and ME 22 - yeah I know 😂)

But I also know when our mum grows to be prehistoric - I personally will *NOT* be looking after her … and i know damn well our mum does not know this, but i know the other 2 are not looking to look after our mum either … if push comes to shove i know number 2 will do it out that “african tough love”

But number 1 ? My mum’s fave ? Forget about that one 😂

That’s it folks

But our parents just messed up - and they won’t even see it coming until like … 20 mins before their body officially leaves 🤷‍♀️. Harsh but true

We’re watching Portugal vs Croatia football (of course supporting Portugal)

I make a comment about the Portuguese team

My mum says “Huh”

I repeat myself

My mum says “Huh” Again

I then say LOUDER (ofc w/ Zero fear) “DO YOU HAVE WATER IN YOUR EARS”

My mum says “yes”

Brothers and sisters and sisters and brothers

What do i do now because my African mum responded yes so calmly - she paused - then she continued to comb out her hair whilst cheering for Portugal ???

Is this a sign of em yielding ?????? is this a sign of us kids winning in some way ?

Oh

For context please read 😭

I’m 22F - i have to take heavy medication due to me having severe eye issue … it’s my African Mum’s fault for neglecting me medically cauze THERE WAS NO MONEY GROWING UP (she thought angola needed the money more than me) but that’s fine

I excessively use the toilet taking this medication - not a major problem. Today, i just ended up randomly doing a number 3 so i cleaned EVERYTHING TWICE and used a yellow bleach to make sure the toilet smells nice / no stains left behind etc this was at 2pm. I know that toilet was left looking NICE

Why at 10:30pm is my mum complaining about poo stains being stuck ???????????? but i know i didn’t poo between 3pm and 10pm and i know she did tho … so why are we now lying

Can someone laugh with me please ?

Cause this isn’t normal behaviour. AT ALL 🤣🤣🤣

I simply walked away because why must they shift blame now - it’s acc never ending, isn’t it ??? 🤦‍♀️

My dear Africans,

How do we feel about this ?

I personally want to give a massive shout to Cape Verde 🇨🇻👏

But all african teams deserve the credit for getting this far !

How do we feel though ?

Is an African team taking it this year ?

I’m from UK 🇬🇧 & I’m now 22F and this is a storytime i remembered - but I just wanted to share to see if anyone else relates/ related

This all started from a school discussion (it was actually a really lovely chill discussion) between my Teacher and some of my schoolmates and my teacher stated : “some of you in this class are entitled to £20 per week from the government, go home and ask your parents cause your parents should honestly be giving you some or all of this as it is for YOU not for them”

I went home of course and I waited for my mum to come home; Once she came home - which was even an hour after i came back - i even gave her an extra 15 mins just to be nice you know 🤨. Shows you lot i wasn’t even a bad kid.

I asked her “Just a quick question, does the government give me £20 per week ? And if so, can i get that £20 every week please”

My mum looked at me as if i some odd being - as if she didn’t want me to ever find out the £20 being given per week ….

First she even asked was “how do you know” … that’s actually so rude and selfish. So my money, that’s meant for me, i can’t get ? Anyways - i told her the school told us to ask at home after a healthy discussion as we’re entitled to it, and my mum all of a sudden began to somewhat panic, complain, kiss her teeth, all of that African Mum Jazz

That £20 that was mines ? my mum just always used it for something that *she* needed and well - me asking for it somehow inconvenienced her

After going back and forth with my mum, I think I threatened to even tell the school 😂, It ended with her agreeing to giving me 10£ weekly …. This was okay until light bill got extremely low tho, so i said use the £20 on light and light only … my mum listened for once 🤷‍♀️

After that ? Lockdown came and no more money was given - sum1 was crying but it wasn’t me tho 😂😂😂😂😂

Can any1 else relate ?

Oh my good ness me

Sounds silly i know i know 🤦‍♀️ but genuinely my mum coming home earlier than expected for the 3rd time in a row this week is actually PAINFUL

Like … because of small heatwave - everyone must go back home now ??? 🥴

Have they thought … you know … some of us enjoy our parents coming home at 5pm and not 1 flipping 30pm ? Because why must I now endure my african mum yelling about the toilet and it’s not even 3pm yet ?

Sometimes. I just wonder if I can call the UK government and tell them she allegedly isn’t legal here … *crosses arms*

Serious question people

I know it won’t be us … but who ????

Like wow … back home will really just be hating on us 😂😂😂😂😂😂

But serious question people - will anyone after our parents be offering to send the money ??

Thoughts ?

Someone here not long ago posted a question “Did anyone’s African Parents set them up to have a successful life” which inspires this rant response :

For my own personal case ? it doesn’t make sense as to how my mum came to UK (from angola) and got a job 4-5 year later and then started investing in back home whilst we struggled underneath our own roof

What i mean in investing in back home ? I mean *EVER SO SLOWLY* building a physical house (that her family tried to even sell behind her back in beginning 2026🥴 sorrows)

Sending money - which got wasted 60% of the time due to my mum’s half sister’s husband being an idiot 🤦‍♀️ whilst we slept on BISCUITS AND TEA. Send money back home, but I got yelled at if I asked for more than £10 to go shop 🥴

Generational wealth ? Zero. Mum’s Emotional trauma ? 100
Where’s dad ? Idk you tell me

It makes me think “if my mum never came, who would be saving you lot cause this is bullocks”. Thank God i did some sort of therapy cause my Kids can’t know i endured all of that, it’s emotionally disgusting and too much to handle

Like I know the lot of you can relate. It’s beyond a madness
But nah, some African Parennts set us up to fail

Do I need to mention That i 22F Haven’t even been back to my Home Country yet cause there was “no money” growing up ???
Oh. But my mum had money to send back home for a house though

Hey chi-town gang 💙

The following is to sound so silly but yes I will begin by saying I’ve missed out alot (I’ve had eye issues and soon I may need surgery) so of course I’ve deffo missed a chunk of games and info via twitter / wnba app and needa catch up !

**No. 1 - SAYLOR / Sid Taylor Name Confusion**

Why did I think “SAYLOR” was the knickname fans gave Sidney Taylor 😭😭😭😭 as in SidTAYLOR = SAYLOR

I didnt know there was an actual SAYLOR 😭 … oops🥴

**No. 2 - THE ACTUAL SAYLOR**

She got waived today ??? As in … 10 mins ago ?
Didn’t know there was an actual Saylor, oops 😂

I know i missed out a bunch, but I’m fearing for Chi-Town the more the days pass by 😭

I hope dijonai makes a nice comeback tho 🫶💙

My mum will make NOISEEEE for 40 days and 40 nights straight then have amnesia about the issue 🤦‍♀️

What is the psychology behind this please ? This isn’t normal at all ?

They need to SEEK HELP MAN 🥴

I can name all the issues my mum was yelling about since i was 8 years old ….. SINCE I WAS 8. But my mum claims she was an angel. She will be going to a retirement home the moment she …. allegedly drops down the stairs just if that happens … yukno - cause it’s life 😔

This is a serious question because this genuinely affects many of those in the community as the many of our parents caused us harm 😔 :

CXT : Some ODD smell was coming from my MUM’S room … or at least her room direction - she wasn’t home. I thought potentially a mice had died in her direction of the walls (sadly)

She comes home from work. She immediately starts yelling her lungs out and assumes I did a number 2 with the door open … but I didn’t tho. First, why yell ? We have neighbors ? What if I had a headache ? Can we not be considerate of others ??? And 2nd I know damn well I had no fault in this smell issue because I took my meds which make me do a number one, so try again you psychotic human. Blaming someone when you’ve just come home from work is actually harmful in more ways than 1

I obviously told her you’re wrong for assuming and it’s wild to assume. Of course she went quiet. My mum needs to sit her ugly ass down honestly, I had enough. Like go loose some weight

I sprayed the house 2 mins lated - she over reacted like I burned the house down ????????

I said to myself this isn’t normal at all ????

Like with all due respect, this … this is not normal … is this a partial neurodivergent thing mixed with something else ? Is this african parents being psychologically unstable and mentally challenged ? This … nah man wth 🤦‍♀️

Brother sister - sister brother console me pls

https://www.reddit.com/r/NHSfailures/s/qNnxFbMI2g

** above is only if you wish to just read so you get the story, it is a little long and I did apologise for spelling mistakes in advance

This is a mini update :)

After the first day of the NHS Failure (I thought it was one - I understand others may think differently)

I have to be on medication and do a BUNCH of bloood exams cause i have a rare case of eye issues … uhm … wow 😮

I only had 1 other issue with my GP, 111 AND my Hospital having me go 5 days without my eye medication … the Hospital was not happy about that, so they’re doing all they can possible to avoid it getting bad (it really was the GP who messed things up)

Anyways, Turns out that if i never caught the situation 46 days ago. I would have been blind within 3 years

With that being said - doc phoned me today & said i may need surgery for my eyes

Not sure if i feel relieved, happy, mad, … not sure at all

Thanks for reading friends <3

**THIS IS LONG - NAMES ARE NOT REAL - READ CAREFULLY PLEASE**

Canada (F, 35) and me only share the same mum - I have a diff dad, nice to know but not the most important piece of information //

We have a 13 year age gap between us and we used to speak at least every other week. She was born in Angola and I was born in UK and I never met her - always spoke to her online but I just never felt that sisterly connection and I thought to myself "let me not force it considering there's alr a big age gap, and I just don't know her". At this time period, there was no issue

Some context: as our mum really wanted Canada to be physically close to us as possible (I live with our mum and our sis Cassidy F, 36 who lives 30 mins away from us and she frequently visits), my mum somehow finds Canada a way to get temporary documents to live in spain

- Cassidy and Canada are also a year apart, both born in Angola and share the same mum + dad whilst i am 13/14 years younger and have a diff dad (yeah i know crazy) Canada also been in spain since 2022 (?) more or less. Cassidy got to come to UK via their dad & not our mum (Cassidy came over when she was 8)(our mum came with her half older brother. Our family line is quite messy eeesh)

These are just informations that I've retained due to overhearing many phone conversations

Back to the main story, Canada is technically living undocumented in spain (she isn't able to travel to diff countries after coming to spain from angola due to documentation issues) - and she genuinely has no proper housing (she's in a hostel that doesn't allow kids** keep that in mind) / she has no job / no husband / no money - she relies on my mum to give her a good £100-£150 every other month. Canada also does have a paternal cousin who helps out where she can (Molly, F, 34) ... Canada's dad gives a good £50 when he can

Here's where issue no.1 lies : Canada got pregnant August 2025 ?.. again she's in a place where the hostel she's In doesn't allow kids / barely any stable income / no documentation (she used sum1 else's docs to even get to spain) / no husband / no job and it does annoy me that she's heavily reliant on my mum especially as my mum has her own bills 2 pay aswell - like my mum can barely fund her own lifestyle due to Canada getting pregnant? Like did she forget everyone else has their own life?

And yes with the little money I make I help our mum w/ bills as I'm the only one living w/ her

And does Canada know taking care of kids is an actual responsibility which involves stable money? (Yes i work with kids so i know that !) I wanna know what she was thinking but I don't at the same time, it's honestly mind games to me

After overhearing **multiple** phone convos, i've discovered that Canada's baby dad (Victor, M, 35) admitted to using her to have a child and he only wishes to be in the child's life and not in Canada's life (I personally don't see an issue with him wanting to take care of his child - but it was wrong how he used Canada) yet Canada wants Victor to be in both her & the child's lives ????? sigh - and no, Victor and Canada were never “dating properly”

She didn't tell me about her pregnancy directly and I TOTALLY respect that (she told our mum who then told me) ... but here's where issue no. 2 lies: She waited till she was a good 5 months in her pregnancy to tell our mum Koralie, F, 54 (who told me and cassidy after) that we (me and cassidy) ABANDONED and NEGLECTED Canada?

As in we abandoned and neglected Canada?? This is messy bro, i like I actually have never met her

How tf does 1 abandon and neglect someone they’ve never met?

Can't speak for Cassidy's POV, but regardless, very interesting choice of words to use

Canada also had an issue with me (I WAS NOT AWARE - again she told our mum, Koralie, who repeated the news to me and Cassidy) yet till this day, Idk what the issue was. And i'll be real, i’m not asking jack - i find that it weird cause this has come out of no where. All these years and only now there’s issues ? Weird

I do feel as if Canada caused up a whole ruckus and noise just for attention as she stated she felt lonely while pregnant, but sorry that's self centred, selfish and low. I stated to Koralie that I don't wish to speak to Canada no more as I believe it was selfish to use her pregnancy to vocalise her own unresolved issues - i believe she was going to use her pregnancy to guilt trip me… don’t do that.

Cause where was this "abandoned" / "neglected" issue before her pregnancy? It gives 35 year old acting like a teen brat for attention but this is something out of my control, this is something her mum needs to sort out. I’m not her parent, i’m her younger half sister 😂

So ... AITAH for not wanting to speak to her after all of this noise ?

Sighs

https://www.reddit.com/r/africanparents/s/Z8MjoT4QHP

(Read Above So You get the short rant / story time first guys)

SO UPDATE 46 days Laterrrrr

**DRUMROLL PLEASE**

🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

Doc called me and said high chance I need surgery

I wonder if my angolan mum will even call me
Stupid then … huh 🤔

Who’s gonna help me tell her ? Anyone wanna help me ?