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  • Ask These Questions Before Accepting Someone New Into Your Friend Group

    Choosing friends is a big deal. Trust me, you don’t want the person holding all your secrets to wake up one day and decide not to have sense.

    And if you already have a friend group, you’ll understand how important it is not to bring someone new who’d scatter your friendship dynamic. Ask new applicants these questions so you can make the right choice.

    Semo or pap?

    Trick question because there’s no right answer. If they pick either, they deserve to be locked up with their preferred option. Good riddance.

    Will you take my side?

    Imagine having a friend who you share gist about your foolish ex with, and they have the audacity to say, “I think your ex might be right, though.” What the actual heck?

    Can you take fire pictures?

    Your social media can’t contain selfies only. It won’t hurt to have another friend to help you get your best angles.


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    Do you usually keep secrets?

    Before you’ll go and be doing friendship with someone who’ll japa and call to inform you from the abroad three years later.

    How many people do you know?

    Like a wise person once said, “we rise by lifting others.” We all need a connected friend. They don’t even need to be rich rich. If they can score you extra meat at an owambe, hold them tight. 

    Do you have sense?

    If they take it as an insult, they really don’t have sense.

    Do you like advice?

    Not the one that’ll complain about their cheating partner all day, but will still be ignoring your advice to leave them. They can even wake up and claim you’re the enemy of their weyrey lover.

    Are you stingy?

    Again, they don’t have to be rich. But a good friend should be able to share nice things with you, and vice versa. 

    Are you dramatic?

    Make your choice based on the level of drama you can live with. Imagine being friends with someone who under or over-matches your energy. God abeg.


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  • If You Have a Best Friend, She’s Definitely One of These 10 Girls

    Since I started writing Letters #ToHER, I’ve come across the sweetest words shared between friends. But I’ve also seen best friends that barely care to hug each other. So, I’ve come to the conclusion that the most successful friendships always fit into one of these 10 duos.

    The babe that has at least five foundations lined up in her drawer: 

    And the friend that can’t do makeup to save her life :

    Is a friendship really complete if one friend doesn’t always need help getting ready for events? I can’t imagine such.

    The friend that goes on the wildest dates and brings all the tea:

    And the friend that’s planning to marry her secondary school crush:

    Don’t you just love a duo with one friend who shows wickedness on the streets and another who tensions everyone on social media with “God when” vibes? 

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    The ballsy friend that doesn’t take crap from anybody:

    The ajebo friend that needs ginger to try new things:

    Blood Sisters is one movie that sums up what this type of friendship looks like. You have the babe that’s willing to kill for her friend and the babe that’ll ride or die with her crazy friend.

    The planner:

    The carefree friend that trusts the universe to decide what happens in life:

    Someone has to take charge of the future while the other person schedules periods to calm down.

    The besties who have their periods in sync and have an attitude together:

    Every real friendship has to be sealed by tears, blood and period cramps.

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    The anxious friend that doesn’t realise how smart she is:

    The friend that’s always on standby to hype her bestie:

    Every girl needs a babe friend that’ll hype her up unprovoked and knows exactly how to get her energy up.

    The bestie who’s a social media influencer:

    And the bestie that has to give feedback before every video and picture goes up and still hypes a post like she’s never seen it in her life:

    Behind every creative is a bestie who doubles as a manager and hype woman.

    The bestie who’s married,  a hot mum and premium pie:

    And the bestie who’s single and prefers to play the rich aunty role forever: 

    Imagine the joy of getting to play mummy and returning the kids back to their real mummy when you’re over them. That’s the joy of every rich aunty out there.

    The gym babe that’s all about the squats:

    And the bestie that has the superpower to eat five times a day without adding weight:

    How can we all benefit from the superpower of eating without spending the whole day sucking in our tummies? These are global issues we need to address. 

    The pasta babe that only wants to eat out:

    And the bestie who doubles as an accountant:

    It’s either your bestie goes broke and spends months on your couch, or you put on your accountant hat and play devil’s advocate anytime she wants to squander money in the name of enjoyment.

    The ride-or-die besties that only say  “I love you” once in a blue moon

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