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Year 2023: Pete Edochie denied Diaspora Club membership for his views on womanhood.

 

Pete edochie denied

Let’s swap husbands😳

 

It’s Jumoke’s birthday. There is A red Rav-4 SUV, 2019 model in front of the house. The car is decorated with colourful ribbons and balloons. It’s a birthday gift from her husband.

Her friends and visitors are agog with excitement about the gift. Amidst the shindig, Jumoke sneaks into her bedroom with her best friend Aisha.

JUMOKE: he is so unromantic.

AISHA: you and this your husband sef.

JUMOKE: the car wasn’t even a surprise the way a birthday gift should be. You know; blindfold me with a pink ribbon, take my hand, lead me sweetly to the car and remove the blindfold to show me the gift of my life. I would have wet my pants with joy.

AISHA: Yes o

JUMOKE: it was last month that He just told me that I need to have my own car that he would save money to get me one for my birthday. Now, he didn’t even show up for the birthday. What kind of husband is that?

AISHA: Calm down my dear. Shebi he told you that his office refused to give him the day off.

JUMOKE: abeg forget that. He is not romantic. the day he proposed to me; he refused to kneel with the ring. The owner of the resort even begged him to but he refused. I don’t even know why I accepted the ring.

AISHA: Haba! E never reach like that nah.

JUMOKE: it has reached. He bores me with his “I am the head of the family” talk all the time. “duty of a woman this, duty of a man this” I am tired.

AISHA: but he takes very good care of you. Opened a big shop for you. You told me he is even paying the school fees of 2 of your brothers.

JUMOKE: let him be paying it nah. Shebi he said it’s his duty to do so sighs). I envy you. Your husband is so romantic. I remember him almost licking your feet the day he proposed to you on his knees…the way a man should. It was so sweet.

AISHA: 4 years after that, the man no even send me. I saw his true colour the day he found out that I’ve been sending money to my brother in the university. He was not happy about that.

JUMOKE: …the birthday car is even red in colour; that’s not the colour I asked him to buy. I wanted pink… oh God (makes for the door)

AISHA: Jumoke, abeg let’s swap husbands.


Location: Houston, TX, USA

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