Love is a dangerous attempt at happiness. Mind my definition but I believe it to be true. Love has developed into different dimensions; you just have to pick the side you\u2019re comfortable with and manage it. Gone are the days when the love of your life would wait outside of your office or loiter the street of your home every afternoon just to get your attention. Gone are the days we fell blindly in love and were caught 70% of the time. Today, with all these Gen Zs around, love is for your pocket. I can\u2019t bear to watch you suffer, therefore, here are 6 signs you\u2019ve been hit by a smooth criminal.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re strategically transparent<\/strong> Great writing skills<\/strong> They avoid lying<\/strong> They pay close attention to you<\/strong> They\u2019re everybody\u2019s angel<\/strong> They work hard on weekends<\/strong> <\/p>\n Valentine\u2019s Day is coming, and I hope you\u2019ve not budgeted money from your January salary for another person\u2019s boo or a smooth criminal. If you know you\u2019re not sure of yourself, just remain humble. I hope with these few philanthropic, whistle-blowing points of mine, I\u2019ve been able to confuse you and not really convince you of anything. If you put sand in the garri of your love life, I shall not be held liable.<\/p>\n To my fellow criminals, amorawa!<\/p>\n *Proceeds to tell my crush that he is the sugar in my tea*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Love is a dangerous attempt at happiness. Mind my definition but I believe it to be true. Love has developed into different dimensions; you just have to pick the side you\u2019re comfortable with and manage it. Gone are the days when the love of your life would wait outside of your office or loiter the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":7512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7514,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7511\/revisions\/7514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPeople who move majestically as though they have no skeleton in their closet, fear them. What is there is more than you can fathom but you\u2019ll never know because it is hidden in plain sight, under the cloak of transparency. A smooth criminal will tell you things before the streets gets the chance to, creating a sense of honesty. In all fairness to you, you\u2019d never be taken by surprise because your partner told you first and you will defend them if and when the topic comes up. People with nothing to hide have no fear of shame, they\u2019re only getting ahead of the game. Just look at Ruger, he is singing his truth for the world to hear. He who has ears, let him hear.<\/p>\n
\nIf your sweetheart is a hell of a good writer, sleep with one eye open. Yes, enjoy the Shakespearean English, the Spanish and the French, but don\u2019t cry and don\u2019t beg when it turns to Latin and you\u2019re no longer understanding. Just look at you, smiling recklessly at your screen. A good writer will run circles around your heart and mind, you won\u2019t know what hit you. On the bright side, the words will be like music to your ears.<\/p>\n
\nSmooth criminals don\u2019t lie; therefore, they\u2019d never be caught in a lie. They simply avoid a few critical elements of the truth. You didn\u2019t ask, so they won\u2019t tell. Because of their strategically transparent nature, you have absolutely no reason to question what they tell you and even when you confront them with the truth, they confess as though they have surrendered all to you. Iro lo pa! It\u2019s a lie! Issa ruse! Don\u2019t do it!<\/p>\n
\nNobody pays more attention to you than a smooth criminal. Your likes, dislikes, routines, the stories you tell them, key elements in your life, no detail will pass them by. It is with this close attention they pay you that they gain your trust and play you within your own playground; the nerve they have to make you fall in love.<\/p>\n
\nYou can never call out a smooth criminal because, at face value, they are just honest, sweet, attentive, transparent angels to everybody. Having so many judges of character minimises the possibility of your negative idea of them. You question your sanity, you might even feel bad for flagging their behaviour, but indeed a good name is worth more than silver and gold. A smooth criminal understands this very well.<\/p>\n
\nIt is at this point that they have gotten you. Smooth criminals are the most hardworking people, especially on weekends. When you\u2019re meant to be Netflix and chilling after Sunday brunch, they bolt for the door as they say to you \u201cMo fe sare de Apapa\u201d meaning \u201cI want to quickly reach Apapa\u201d. Pele o, importer, exporter. They\u2019re always putting in some work on the weekends and they don\u2019t tell you prior, it\u2019s always urgent and they can only say it on their way out of the house. This way, they\u2019re gone before you ask what\u2019s going on. Some people are actually busy though, don\u2019t get it twisted.<\/p>\n