Monday, 5 October 2015
WE DROVE OUR FATHER'S WIFE AWAY FiFTEEN HOURS AFTER THEIR WEDDING
Ma, my name is YUSUF (not his real name.) I am the most senior of three boys born to our parents. My father and mother lived a very good and loving life worthy of emulation. We never saw them quarrel outside. All we do hear was a little argument inside their bedroom . They quickly cover up so that no body will know that there was misunderstanding between them. They loved each other. My mother took ill and died after unsuccessful efforts to save her life. After one year anniversary of our mother's death, people suggested to us that we should get another wife for our father to be cooking for him since we are all boys and we are not living in the same town with our father. We suggested getting another wife for our Father, we were afraid that our father will not agree to marrying another wife,no, not after one year of our mothers death. But to our greatest surprise, our Father jumped in to that suggestion and even volunteered to look for one as fast as possible. My brothers and I went inside our mothers room and cried the hell out of our eyes. Imagine our father that lived a happy married life with our mother becoming so much excited about getting another wife just one year after his loving wife's death. We were expecting him to refuse our request and then we should then be the people begging him to marry. We however went on with the arrangement to let him marry. Within one week, our father told us that he has seen a girl to marry. We saw the lady , our last born even senior the lady. We told our father to get an older woman, preferably an old widow . He refused. We planned the wedding to fall on the Easter Monday. We told our father that everything will be a low key and sober celebration since our mothers death was fresh in our mind. Ma, we have to drive this girl away after fifteen hours of being married to our father. Why, yes. My father and this girl drank and danced like no man business . We were ashamed of the way our father displayed his shameful act. Without respect to our late mother. Ma, I think we are right in our decision ? Are we?
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What kind of disrespectful behaviour is this that you and your brothers displayed? A wedding is to be a happy occasion whether someone died or not. Your father and his bride are supposed to be happy on their wedding day. You are a grown man, you have no right to dictate to another man how he should behave and you have NO RIGHT whatsoever to tell a married woman how to behave especially your father's wife. She became your fathers wife the moment they got married and you should therefore accord her the same respect and dignity you do to your father. I understand you still feel the loss of your mum but my dear, she is gone dead and burried. I suggest you just go and beg your dad and his bride before any curse is placed on you. Your only anger is that she is young and that she danced, she has not in anyway disrespected you or your siblings. Abeg do the needfull and beg your dad and respect his choice.
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ReplyDeleteI pray God grant you wisdom because what you did is very wrong and disrespectful. Your dad might be lonely ,as you said you don't stay with him, that's why he decided to get another wife and you don't want him to make his new bride sad by being sad on her special day. As you said she is a young bride and this might be her first and only wedding So she wants to have fun on her day and rightly so. I think you have a problem of letting go of your mums memories and you are afraid that she might be totally forgotten. My dear hushed no one can ever take your mums place and as long as you live your life the right way she wants, then she will never be forgotten. Go and apologise to your dad and bring back his wife, then face your own life. Your dad, mum and new wife all ha
ReplyDeleteI pray God grant you wisdom because what you did is very wrong and disrespectful. Your dad might be lonely ,as you said you don't stay with him, that's why he decided to get another wife and you don't want him to make his new bride sad by being sad on her special day. As you said she is a young bride and this might be her first and only wedding So she wants to have fun on her day and rightly so. I think you have a problem of letting go of your mums memories and you are afraid that she might be totally forgotten. My dear yusuf no one can ever take your mums place and as long as you live your life the right way she wants, then she will never be forgotten. Go and apologise to your dad and bring back his wife, then face your own life. Your dad, mum and new wife all have their life to live and so do you.
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