Put your wife down at your peril!
By Bunmi Sofola LARA had often moaned that someone else had got the life she was supposed to have. We were mates at the secondary school and have remained close decades after we left. A fairly brilliant student, we were all mildly surprised when she opted for matrimony. Within the spate of a decade, she’d not […]
Why fathers should stop trying to be their son’s best friend!
Some few weeks back, I was talking to the father of a teenage boy who was despairing that his son insisted on putting his play-station above homework, chores and even sleep. He asked, with a defeated shrug:
Would you steal from your husband?
Ego walked into her matrimonial home and stood gob-smacked as she watched her husband, Kayode, knee-deep in plastic packaging and out emerged a spanking new car stereo. He’d just bought himself a tokunbo car they could ill-afford. “What do you think?”, he beamed with pride, ignoring the scowl on his wife’s face.
Sad to see your dad beat up his mistress’ lover!
I just didn’t want to see him hurt. As if reading my mind, he told me he’d already assured this Veronica that he would let her go if she met a younger man she fancied. Would I love to meet her? I nodded uncertainly. What on earth would mum say if she knew of this conspiracy?
Adult Kids: Parents should sympathise with children still living at home!
With the average price of a Lagos house or flat, and the average rent of a modest flat hitting the roof, it seems the only thing I’ll be updating on Facebook is my parents’ impatience to get rid of me!
Why mothers shouldn’t teach their children the facts of life!
This feeling stuck with me throughout primary school. When I was 14, my mother went further still. She told me it was important to find out about my own body and not to fear it. I had to find out what gave me pleasure before I could ask someone else to do I for me.
