For me, being romantic means understanding the kind of person that I am; and I think the society determines to a large extent how romantic you are. If you grew up seeing your dad kiss your mum and the two are all mushy, mushy you’ll probably grow up like that. Growing up as a child you are like an empty hard-drive, whatever is installed in you is what you turn out to be, if your father is always beating your mum, you tend to play rough with the opposite sex. To a large extent, I am romantic. I remember there was once this girl I always likely but never summoned the courage to tell. She was going to leave for America in 1996, my dad was having his 50th birthday and it was taking place in Abeokuta (she shared the same birthday with my dad) and she was leaving for America on that day. I had saved up money to buy her a present. She had a boyfriend then and I really hated him. I was learning to drive at that time, I stole the car from my dad and drove to Lagos and I was told she had left for the airport. I dropped the present and headed for the airport; I was with my friend, Jide; we got to the airport, ran quickly through security with the security man shouting, “Stop! Stop!” I stopped but Jide kept running, and as they chased after him I used that as an opportunity to run past them. I was a few minutes late to professing my love to her, she had boarded the plane. Now she is married and I am certain that would be the last kind of stunt I’ll ever pull in the name of love.

Dayo Oyedele Film And Movie Director Cinder Company