If you’re a Nigerian living in Nigeria and have never heard of the slang chop breakfast, you’re probably living under a rock or too old to care about trends. Chop breakfast is a Nigerian slang that gained popularity on social media last year. The term means to eat breakfast, but Nigerians have turned it to mean something else.
Las las, she don chop breakfast or all of us go chop breakfast las las is so common on the Nigerian streets that even celebrities have found inspiration from the term to produce hit songs and movies. If you don’t know the meaning, this piece will enlighten you.
Table of Content hide 1Chop breakfast meaning 2What to do after chopping breakfast 2.11. Don’t see yourself as a failure 2.22. Take care of yourself 2.33. Appreciate good memories but don’t get stuck in the past 2.44. Don’t spread the breakfast 2.55. Be honest to yourself 2.66. Let it go 2.77. Re-evaluate your goals and needs 2.88. Don’t Jump Into a “Rebound” Relationship 2.99. Seek professional help 2.1010. When you’re ready, try againChop breakfast meaning
Chop breakfast means to have breakfast. In Nigeria, it means to have your heart broken. Everybody go chop breakfast is the most common slang, which means we will all get heartbroken at some point in our lives. It is turn by turn. No matter how long you have been in a committed relationship, one day, you will be served your breakfast (get your heart broken).
What to do after chopping breakfast
Now you know the meaning of chopping breakfast. Are you in that situation? Have you been heartbroken after doing your best to build a serious relationship? Here are 10 helpful tips to heal after chopping breakfast.
1. Don’t see yourself as a failure
Chopping breakfast can make you question your intelligence and self-esteem. You’re emotionally and mentally down and have no idea how to recover. It’s okay to grieve your past relationship but never view yourself as a failure. Instead, see it as a learning process to make you a better person. In other words, don’t let your emotions rule you but try to turn your breakfast into an advantage after you grieve.
2. Take care of yourself
As a follow-up on not viewing yourself as a failure because you chopped breakfast, try to be patient, gentle, and kind toward yourself. Emotional pain can also be physical, and you may need to adopt self-compassion to heal. A good self-care in this trying period of your life, such as a nutritious diet, regular exercise, a social support system, etc., will help you put the past behind you.
3. Appreciate good memories but don’t get stuck in the past
Remembering the good times you shared in your past relationship is okay. In fact, it is a very healthy way of improving your mental health and emotional wellbeing. However, when you put your past relationship or ex on a pedestal despite chopping breakfast from the person, you should know it’s time to slow down and give yourself some emotional and perhaps physical distance.
For instance, you may be tempted to stalk your ex on social media under the guise of checking up on them. Please stop it and channel your energy to more productive things.
4. Don’t spread the breakfast
So you have chopped breakfast, and it’s making you angry. You want to take revenge on the one that served the breakfast, but it’s becoming clear that the person is unreachable. So you decide to spread the breakfast everywhere you go, like MTN. In your mind, everybody must chop breakfast. You can’t chop it alone. Don’t worry, you’re quickly discovering that this action will not make you feel better. Instead, you will end up looking like a useless asshole. Save yourself the stress and nurse your heartbreak in peace.
5. Be honest to yourself
Chopping breakfast can make you live in denial of your reality. You’re constantly looking for ways to “travel” to la la land to numb the pain for a while. You may even choose to pretend that you didn’t chop any breakfast. Open your eyes and smell the coffee. The truth is you chopped breakfast, and you’re in pain. Is it going to make you feel better? Honest truth, no. But it’s a great step to self-healing and discovery.
6. Let it go
We’ve discussed this on tips to handle rejection from your crush or spouse. Harboring ill feelings for the person that served you breakfast will do more harm than good to your mental health. So, learn to let go and move on. Forgive the person and yourself. You will be glad you took this step.
7. Re-evaluate your goals and needs
This is a time of self-reflection. As we discussed earlier, you can use chopping breakfast to your advantage. Take time to think about what you want to achieve, your goals, and your needs. Make a list of what you want in a journal. Try to achieve each goal by ticking the box. Channel your energy to what you want and forget about the person that served you breakfast.
8. Don’t Jump Into a “Rebound” Relationship
If you chopped breakfast from a previous romantic relationship, you might be tempted to jump into a rebound relationship just to pepper your ex. You want to prove to him or her that you’re a “hot cake” in the relationship market. In reality, what you’re doing is setting yourself up for another breakfast. For all you know, your ex is busy with other things and doesn’t care about who you date. Don’t do it. It’s not worth it.
9. Seek professional help
Chopping breakfast may sound like a joke, but it’s not. Heartbreak is devastating to the person who has experienced it. If you’re this person and you feel like you can’t handle it alone, please don’t be ashamed to seek professional help. Talk to a respected elder or religious leader if you can’t find a certified therapist. Don’t bottle up everything because you’re scared of what people will say.
10. When you’re ready, try again
Chopping breakfast is not the end of the world. We all must have chopped it in one way or the other. Have we died? No. That’s the mentality you should have as you recover from yours. Take your time to heal, and when it’s time for you to put yourself out there again, do not hesitate. Good luck.
