Our parents wish us the best. They’ve known us all our lives so we should trust their intuition…even if it’s to marry only people from our foreign hometowns. Well, I respect my parents so when they insisted that I talk to a guy that they probably betrothed me to as an infant, I was civil. I anticipated the first call. Phone rings, I answer “Hello?” The other end: “Yellow? Yellow? Is that tia? Hi. Can you call me back; I don’t have credit.”* I was totally turned off. For weeks he would keep flashing me.** Gosh! Then I figured I could communicate with him better via email. He sends me an email like “So you know, we should do the wedding here and maybe in a few months I can reach America.” Oh no; I’m out!
* Credit is a term used to describe the amount of money used to buy units on a pay-as-you-go mobile phone system.
**Flashing means to call someone, let the phone ring once, and then hang up, expecting the receiver to call you back.
No need to ask the Head of the State
Just join the crowd and say "I can relate!"
Lolol soo funny. Really enjoying ur blog :-)
ReplyDeleteLol! Tia, this is hilarious! I once had a guy who told me he loved me after three days, and that his mum was already sad that he would be leaving her to go to America soon! What!
ReplyDeleteUju.
Lolled hilariously at "leaving her to go to America Soon!"
ReplyDelete@Isowa: Thanks, girl!
ReplyDelete@Uju: That's super crazy! lol! So glad you can relate.
Seriously?????
ReplyDeleteYeah! Since I had some Nigerian terminology in there, I've added some notes for clarification.
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