Media personality and actress Toke Makinwa has explained why she no longer buys gifts for men she is in a relationship with, saying the decision came after a painful experience during her university days.
Speaking on a recent episode of her Toke Moments podcast, which featured reality TV star Beauty Tukura, Makinwa opened up about a past relationship that changed her outlook.
She revealed that while she was an undergraduate, she dated a man who was 10 years older than her.
Wanting to make his birthday special, she said she used her school fees for the semester to buy him a gift.
However, she later found out that the man had been unfaithful to her. The discovery, she said, left her deeply hurt and influenced her decision never to buy gifts for men she dates again.
“I stopped buying men gifts after I dated a man who was 10 years older than me. I spent my university semester’s school fees to celebrate his birthday and took him to an Italian restaurant in Victoria Island.
“He ordered everything on the menu. When we got home…there was another woman in his house. That broke me,” she stated.
Makinwa explained that the incident had a lasting impact on her and changed the way she approaches gift-giving in romantic relationships.
