Dating and Marrying a Cameroonian woman or lady can be a topsy-turvy experience, especially for a man who is just wetting his feet in the dating game.
Commonly, women are complicated beings, let alone a Cameroonian woman with many challenges like an unstable economy, family, tradition, ethnicity, religion, peer pressure, and much more. All these factors conspire to influence whoever she will date.
Dating and Marrying a Cameroonian Woman: Ultimate Guide
The average man with his chauvinistic African mindset or perception does not understand this and expects this woman to accept him hook, line and sinker.
Little does he know that parents' days marrying wives for their kids is old school and that most women know what they want. If you want your relationship to blossom with a typical Cameroonian woman, some African dating websites can make this dream a reality.
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Give her money to make her hair.
Bakala and Push-back are formal hairstyles in Cameroon, but young women prefer Brazilian hair, bone-straight hair, and attachment because they appear sophisticated. They rarely wear their natural hair; adorning these foreign hairstyles cost money and time, and she expects her man to foot the bill for her hair.
If not always, but once in a while. In other cases, if you notice she is wearing a new hairstyle, it will not kill you to compliment her and perhaps pay for it. Afterward, it is because of you; she spends that much time at the salon anyways.
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Accept the invite to her church.
Cameroonians are very religious people. A typical Cameroonian lady will always scheme ways to invite you to her church, especially if she likes you. It is an opportunity for her to show you off, especially if you are smooth and suave, to her family, friends, and even her pastor, whom she relies on for spiritual guidance. Importantly, accept the offer even if you are not a 'churchy' person.
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Don't surprise her with a home visit.
A Cameroonian woman is calculative and shrewd. She knows how to play dating games. She knows the right time and the man who gives a pass to her home. But some men jump the gun by paying her a surprise visit to her house. She will not be excited to see.
In fact, she may not even come out at all. You are on your own as you are disappointed. It is better to be patient with the invite. If she is not forthcoming, you can discuss the issue with her.
Respect her parents
If she is a woman you desire as a life partner, you must respect her parents when you eventually visit them. For example, if she is from the North-West, you will be swimming in the waters of respect because the Bamenda or Batibo elites value respect.
Other Cameroonian ethnic groups have their rules for respect. So, you are expected to greet not just greeting but prostrate. This will put you in the good books of her parents.
The Pathway to a Fruitful Marriage
Any perambulating relationship will not last for the typical Cameroonian woman. Sooner or later, she will quit the relationship if the relationship is aimless and does not have any direction. She will give you marriage signs, but of course, she will not pop the question.
She will be more concerned if you mature and know that you are ready. The question she will ask herself is, why the delay?
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