₦100K To ₦10K: Man Shares How Wife’s Romantic Pet Names Changed With His Monthly Allowance

A Nigerian man has amused social media users after sharing how the pet name his wife calls him allegedly changed as the amount of money he gave her monthly was reduced.

According to Bush Radio Academy, the man recounted the experience in a Facebook post, explaining that his wife initially called him “Onye Nwem” when he gave her ₦100,000 every month. The Igbo expression can be translated as “the owner of my life,” which he jokingly said was a name traditionally associated with God.

He explained that shortly after their marriage, he was able to give his wife ₦100,000 monthly, and she affectionately referred to him as “Onye Nwem.”

“When my wife and I married newly, I was giving her 100k every month and she was calling me ‘Onye Nwem’ meaning ‘the owner of her life’. She was calling me the name meant for God and wanted to cause serious problem between me and God o,” he wrote.

According to him, increasing responsibilities later forced him to reduce the monthly amount to ₦70,000, after which his wife’s pet name for him reportedly changed to “my world.”

When the amount was subsequently reduced to ₦50,000, he said she began calling him “my heart.”

He added that another reduction to ₦30,000 resulted in yet another change, with his wife allegedly referring to him as “Papa Kaira.”

The man said the situation took another turn when he could only afford to give her ₦10,000 monthly. According to him, his wife stopped using a pet name altogether and would instead ask their daughter, Kaira, to call him whenever she wanted to address him.

“From 30k it further reduced to 10k and she no longer calls me any name. If she wants to call me now, she will tell Kaira my daughter to call her papa,” he stated.

Continuing with the joke, the man said he was considering reducing the monthly amount further to ₦5,000 and humorously predicted that his wife would then give him another, less flattering name.

“Now that I’m planning to reduce it to 5k, I’m sure she will start calling me Ekperima,” he wrote.

The humorous account has sparked reactions online, with social media users commenting on the relationship between financial support, affection and the playful dynamics that can exist between couples.