“I didn’t like him enough to date him” – Lady shares how she married the university friend she once rejected

A Nigerian lady has shared how a man whose romantic advances she initially turned down while they were in university eventually became her husband.

In a video shared on X (formerly Twitter), the lady explained that although she liked him, she did not have strong enough feelings for him to consider dating him at the time.

She revealed that they remained friends despite not being on the same page romantically, adding that she dated other people while they were in school.

According to her, he remained the person she could always confide in, as he understood her regardless of what she was going through.

The lady explained that their relationship took a different turn in 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown, when they continued talking and she realised she had developed feelings for him.

She disclosed that she eventually gave him an ultimatum, telling him they could no longer remain friends if they were not going to date.

In her words, she said:

“I said, ‘You know what? If we don’t date, we can’t be friends again.’ So we had this one week where we’re not talking to each other, which was very weird, actually. We’ve not gone one week without talking to each other since the ten years we’ve known each other.

I’m like, ‘You know, if we don’t date, we can’t talk again because I have feelings for you now.’ But he was like, ‘No, you broke my heart several times. I’m not going to date you.’

I’m like, ‘I can’t do this. If you can’t get past what has happened, let’s stop being friends.’ And so we did get to this point where we realised that we can’t do without each other, and that’s how we started dating in 2020.”

The lady’s story has highlighted how a long-standing friendship can eventually develop into a romantic relationship, even when one person initially rejects the other’s advances.

Watch the video below…

“While We Were in School, I Didn’t Like Him Enough to Date Him. After Dating Two Other Men, I Later Realised He Was the One Who Understood Me the Most.”

A lady has shared how a guy who once tried to date her while they were in school eventually became her husband.

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— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) October 15, 2026