Mum’s Pep Talk to Her Daughters #2
It is never too late for anyone to discover his/herself in life. Discovering this talent of writing makes me feel elated...
It is a narrative poetry of a mother who starts to talk to her daughters after much pressurizing from one of them to tell them how she can get a good spouse, because she wants a lovely family like the family where she is being raised up.
As earlier stated, I want to tell you different stories
To show you we are created differently, and the
Means used by each person to get a spouse differ.
One of my friends gets her own spouse well before
Securing admission into the institution of higher
Learning. During this period because of financial
Crisis in her family she started working for a
Family as a sales girl. While she was at this place
That was when a guy relocated to their island. The
Guy was given a letter by one of the leaders of a
Group to which the family belongs when the guy says
He wants to migrate to their island. The guy knows no
One in their island before, and while discussing with a
Friend, that person told his father that his friend wants to
Relocate to their island that he should help his friend. Since
The man knows him to be a good friend of his son, he
Without hesitation gives him letter to his friend that he would
Help him out in the island he is going to. When he gets to their
Island, it was not difficult for him to locate the family. When
He gets to the family and presented the letter to them, they were
Glad to receive the man’s letter because it has been a while that
They communicate last. And the man asks him what he wants
To do in their island. He told him the chief purpose of migrating
To their island was to continue his education, and he has been
Told that there is chance for him to continue his education and
Yet be working in the island, which is not common in the guy’s
Island. The man was happy for his thinking, that against all odds
He wants to continue his education. Since he has no place to
Reside in they took him in as one of their children. It was during
This time that my friend notices him and she said deep within him
She likes him. With time, the likeness grows deeper and becomes
Deeper feeling of intimacy for the guy. This guy is older than her
And more exposed than her, thus she was afraid and started thinking
Maybe her feelings for him was a lust for the young man. As
Much as she tries to suppress this feeling, the feeling keeps growing
But according to the custom of their island, it was a taboo for a
Lady to “bell the cart”, she thence keeps herself under
Control lest she be seen as a promiscuous person. While this
Continues, she started interacting with the man very well
Hoping that by her interactions with him signals would be
Sent to him that she loves him, but this never happens because
The man minds what he has come to their island for, which was
His education, he hardly thinks and talks about ladies, every time
It is his book that he faces. This continues until the family he
Was living with started asking him of his spouse, for becoming
A graduate should not stop you from having someone you
Will be dating, they told him. Then he confessed to them that
He has not given that a thought before, and as they have raised
That up he would work towards that. When he says that the
Family perhaps thought he has been noticing their sales girl and
Would soon present her as his spouse, but this never happened
What they noticed was about two months after this discussion
He presented a lass as his spouse. My friend was disturbed about this
And says he was insensitive to her signs and signals. However, instead
Of her backing off, she did not, she continued to behave herself
And would talk with him for hours, as an uncle. Later the person
He presented as spouse told him that he is not ready to be married
To someone from another island, that she wants to marry someone
From her island, and she has agreed to his proposals because she thought
He is a native of that island. This young man pleaded with her to
Reconsider her stand, but she would not reconsider her stand and
She left him.
(Other stories she shared with her daughter for them to know that what works for person Q may not work for person X would be shared in other articles)