Why you shouldn’t date someone who has never travelled abroad – Leo Dasilva reveals
Ava White
Updated on April 07, 2026
Reality TV star, Leo Babarinde Akinola Dasilva, tweeted on Tuesday that a relationship will inevitably come to an end when one partner travels abroad for the first time.
According to Leo, if one person travels abroad for the first time, the odds of the relationship ending are high.
In his tweet, he said;
“If you’re dating someone that has never traveled abroad and they eventually do, there’s every possibility your relationship is over immediately they do.”
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Netizens have taken his tweet to mean that living in a place other than Nigeria changes your perspective on life, and may also change your relationships with people.
Tweeps have flooded the comment section to react to the post. Read the comments below;
@dejiayoola_xi wrote:
“Cause na that time the saying. “There are many fish in the sea” will start to make sense.”
@SholzThe narrated:
“This happened to my very good friend she almost took her life. Dis guy actually promised 2 marry her while still in Nigeria Everything was good till he went to Europe blocked her everywhere she started going to beg his Frd’s/FAM 2 talk to him. Felt bad seeing her go tru d whole process”
@The__Andre_ asked:
“Even Cotonou??”
@Docnosky opined:
“Relationship break up everyday even without stress, not to mention the stress that comes with immigration, and distance and other constraints. It’s not necessarily because they found someone better.”
If you’re dating someone that has never travelled abroad and they eventually do, there’s every possibility your relationship is over immediately they do.
— Leo Dasilva (@SirLeoBDasilva) May 9, 2023
Leo Dasilva chides lady who wants to be ‘chased’ by men
Earlier, the BBNaija star reacted to a tweet talking about ladies wanting to be pursued by men.
@Queen_Aeesha earlier posted that if a man wants a lady, he will chase her. This elicited lots of reactions as many had different opinions about her view.
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Among these reactions is that of Leo Dasilva who disagreed with her. According to Leo, the fact that a lady wants to be chased already indicates that she does not know what she wants. He also stated that it was better to be with someone that knew what they wanted as the country was too difficult to be chasing anyone that was second guessing.
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In his words,
“The fact that you want to be chased already shows you don’t know what you want and you’re not even ready for what you want.
It’s better to be with someone that knows what they want. The country is too hard to be chasing anyone that’s second guessing”