MANUSCRIPT FROM UKARI(2)

 

"My being single and serially dumping dumb ladies doesn't make me a bad guy", Aji started. 

"I have never been unfaithful to any of the ladies I've been with, I just call off the relationship once it doesn't challenge me to become better."

"Most of the ladies nowadays are not even ready to discuss their future without mentioning marriage and children, how is that even an achievement please?" 🤔

The old man could see that Aji was deeply troubled in his spirit. So he decided to illuminate his brain on the decisions of settling down with an imperfect person. 

"Every relationship will get 'boring" after you've been together for years. Ask your married friends. Love is a feeling, it is a commitment to love every day; physically and emotionally. It is difficult, it is hard, it is not always laughs, smiles, and fun."

"People tend to quit when it stops being fun, and they go look for someone else because "the spark is gone. No, that's not how it works. You want somebody to never give up on you, and love you unconditionally, then do the same. Be the change. This isn't some Telemundo or Zee world nonsense, that shit isn't real. Love someone when you don't want to. When they aren't the easiest to deal with. When they're hard to tolerate. That's the "realest" shit there is." He stopped to hydrate his lungs with the cold beer in his glass. 

At this point, Jibrin turned and faced Moses. "How do you even cope with that your cheating Slay-Queen of a wife?"

It was no longer news that Moses' wife flirts with men on social media, and sleeps with any of them that could afford to take her to a luxurious hotel, feed her like a Queen and gift her some designer bags, perfumes, wristwatches, etc. 

"I knew what I was getting into, all the signs were there when we dated. I was never the only man in her life, I thought she'd change after the wedding, but I was wrong. She said she'd stop sleeping around when I stopped seeing my other side-chic." He said, laughing. 😂

#Gladys, Moses' wife is the perfect definition of "stupid and stunning". She has a big ASSet which she made sure appeared on all her photos on social media. She doesn't know anything else, other than the various filters on her new iPhone. If she's not dancing in a video, she's singing in them. She's a graduate who cannot defend her certificate. Ask her to write an essay on any topic, and you'd know why "slaying" is her only skill. She had just gotten a job with a corporate organization near Jabi Lake, where half the men in the office have slept with her in the first month already. Yes, she's that stupid. 🙄

"Why are you still married to her, knowing everything she's been up to?" The old man inquired. 

"She gives me peace of mind when I'm at home. No drama, no demands, no stress. She allows me the freedom to watch sports, hang out whenever I want, and she's a great cook." He replied, scratching his ear with a car key. 

"And damn, she's amazing in bed." He added. Not knowing that two other people on the same table are living witnesses to that. 🤐

"I follow a young man on Twitter and he once wrote that, 'Men attend to women for two reasons, SEX and LOVE, but in most cases, men do not marry for sex or for love, they marry for STABILITY'." said the old man. 

"It is the comfort of having Peace of mind men want, not Sex, not Love. Sex is a pleasure, Love is an affection, but Respect and Peace, that's Stability." He added as he stood up to go drain the anaconda in the loo. 

Everybody was quiet. All thinking about their own marital troubles and relationship challenges. 🤔🤔🤔

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"I usually give them a fresh white towel when they visit for the first time, I go to inspect the towel after they've showered. The stains therein would determine whether you're staying or leaving". Ahmadu answered when asked why he dumped a pretty lady they saw him with last week. 

"As I checked the towel, it had turned brown, just after a single use o. So I went outside and told the gateman to call my cell in five minutes. He did, I answered. I then told her to leave as I was going to meet a big client and won't be back till 3am. I dropped her off and came back home to sleep." 🙄

The old man laughed so hard he almost fell off the chair. 😂😂

"Why haven't you decided on one out of the many you're seeing at the moment, and settle down?" The old man asked, wiping tears from his eye. 

"It depends on what they want for their future. Most of them do not think beyond a job and a family. I am looking for support, not liability." He replied with a serious look in his eyes. 😐

"You see, every human being must have a goal, the men in your generation want to do great things, they want to build empires, they want to own the world, but they forget that you can still do all that when you are married to the right woman." The old man started. 

"And the women from your generation assume that looking beautiful is the ultimate. 90% of them build their dreams around a husband they're yet to meet. And some of them realized their mistakes after getting married to the Mr. Right at the wrong time." He continued. 

"If you go on social media right now, you'd see most of the activities on their pages are usually "copy and paste", they are too dull to think and write sensible things. So I asked myself, what is their need for social media? They spend so much on 'data' regularly, but for what?" 

"More marriages are crashing in your generation because social media has taught everybody how to lie, cheat, look successful, pretty, and look their best. When the truth is finally revealed, you start trying to delete the history of your mistakes and those associated with them." 🤷‍♂️

"If you want to get married and stay happy, concentrate on yourself. Build yourself. Your happiness doesn't depend on your partner. Whatever your wife does is her business, so what is your own business? Provide for your family, but never let the family restrict you from achieving your full potential." He stopped for a drink. 

Makai looked up as he tries to stretch his tired back, then he saw Gladys(Moses' wife) rocking an old man in a dark corner. 😲

He recognized the old man with her, it was his father inlaw. 🙆‍♂️

TO BE CONTINUED... 

#FICTION 

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