Nigerian Lady Remembers Late Father after Travelling to Paris: "I Wish My Dad was Alive"
- A Nigerian lady named Oyinakindele shared a heartfelt post on X after arriving in Paris, expressing how much she missed her late father
- Her father had a well-known saying, 'See Paris and die,' which made the city feel like a dream destination to her from a young age
- Oyinakindele revealed she would have loved to bring her dad to Paris or at the very least share photos of herself there with him
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Oyinakindele, a Nigerian lady, moved many people online after sharing a bittersweet moment from Paris, a city she had dreamed of visiting largely because of the man who inspired that dream and who never got to see her get there.
Writing on X, Oyinakindele described the mix of joy and grief she felt upon finally arriving in the French capital.
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While the trip represented a personal milestone, the absence of her late father cast a long shadow over the experience.
Oyinakindele's Paris journey: A dream built on a father's words
Her father had a phrase he repeated so often it stuck:
"See Paris and die."
It was his way of describing the city as the pinnacle of life's experiences, somewhere so beautiful it was worth everything.
Growing up hearing those words, Oyinakindele said Paris became her dream city, not because of anything she had seen for herself, but because he made it sound so extraordinary.
"Paris was my dream city for so long, just because he made it so so appealing," she wrote.
Standing in that city, she found herself wishing he were alive to share the moment, whether in person or even through something as simple as a photograph.
"I wish my dad was alive and well. Would have loved to bring him to Paris, or at the very least, send him pictures of me in Paris," she shared in her post.
Oyinakindele's Paris trip: Grief alongside a milestone
The post resonated widely because it captured something many people understand but rarely say out loud: that reaching a long-awaited goal can feel incomplete when the person who helped shape that goal is no longer around.
Oyinakindele did not dwell on her loss but closed her post with a quiet acceptance, adding only a shrug emoji to signal that she was pressing on despite the ache.
The simplicity of her words, paired with the weight of what she was feeling, drew an outpouring of empathy from people who had experienced similar moments of grief folded into personal achievement.
See the post below:
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a Nigerian lady shared a heartbreaking story about a young man who reportedly died while living in Canada.
The lady linked the incident to intense financial pressure from family members back home, urging people abroad to prioritise their health and wellbeing.
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