Beaurifful People
How you dey yonder, thanking the Great Provider who provides all that we need if not for God where would I be.
I am sitting here balanced with some Boli and Epa the only missing ingredient is a bottle Fanta, Like my mother will say "Fanta ti o se ewon" (i.e. Fanta that has been imprisoned inside freezer).
With my balanced diet on one side and a Nollywood flick on the laptop, I could not help but re visit my post of way back about which is better
Waiting for a child or life partner?.I mean at least when you are single the people on your case are limited to your family, friends and a few gbeboruns. When it comes to waiting for a child the equation is raised to the power of
TWO. See the clip below from 5.15.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQscnLQhbDA&feature=channelImagine having a mother inlaw come into your house to display that kind of mentalo.
I wanted to dismiss it that it is just a film but read the comments below the clip and realised that something like that has actually happened in real life.
I remember one woman that was giving me gist of some of the things she went through while waiting for a child. On one occassion the mother in law was actually peeping on her while she was having her bath trying to see her naked to see early signs of pregnancy which kind errrant nonsense be dat.
Women are just special people, when I think of all they go through it makes me shudder how they still manage to keep a smile on their face.
While we are still on the shoe wearing thing, what is the best answer that I can give to the next person that asks me why I am Still not married?
I have overused or let's say the following no longer has effect
- I am still in school - That one went out the window xx years ago.
- I have not met the right one - Counter argument: there is no right one
- I have not met a sensible one - Counter argument: Most men only get sensible when they are married..........(schwepps as in somehow I will import sense into him).
- And I definitely can not say am not ready - The next suggestion is I have a problem.
So the challenge is thrown open
"An intelligent gob shutting answer that stops further questioning".Did I tell you about my experience on the last trip to Naija. Picture this I decided to say hello to an elderly neighbour of mine as we were driving past her house and she decided to ask my marital status across the balcony of her house to the hearing of passers by...just picture it.
I caused it now, deciding to be nice and stopping to greet her. And I only stopped 'cos I remember she has owl eyes and may have see me but pretend only to report to mumsie later. Not that I care abi mama thirty + can not dare to carry cane for me ke 'Tufiakwa'.
It was a combination of just greet her so she does not include you in her list of offenders, plus it's been a while since I saw her so wanted to say hi and ask about her daughter who was an acquintance.
Well before she finished the
'5 mins over the balcony conversation' she had with me, I managed to gather that her daughter is married with 2.4 kids, the said daughter will never come to England 'cos she can not stand the place as people over there don't make real progress, and the said daughter is working in Lagos earning x million naira.
Yes o she told me her daughter's 'salary' and NO I did not ask for the information only ask if "Mary Clarence" (her daughter) was okay.
By the way her daugter's
'HUGE SALARY' as she calls it the total sum of ............................ Threes Millions Nairas and zero kobo per annum.
I am sure when the said daughter starts taking home ten million naira she will start a blog to tell the whole world how her daughter came to earn that much.
Moral of the gist, there is a time and place for everything, it is unwise to give unsolicited information over the balcony.
Till later
