Life Lesson

Ooooh No!! What have I done now? Can’t a girl just live in peace, without her parents on her neck? Yes mummy, I answered as I walked grudgingly to her room. I stood before her and listened to what she had to say. I thought it was going to be snappy so I could get back to facebook and yahoo chat. But no, this wasn’t the story; this call became a conference which led into one or two things.

She started of saying (in her dialect) ‘kikelomo, I’m about to address a topic which we’ve talked about. As long as I’m alive and well and still your mother, I will not stop talking about it. 

I thought to myself, mum could you just make things snappy, plus if you’ve discussed this your so called topic before why the repete???

She said ‘I am not happy with the dress you wore two days ago. I thought WHAT you must be kidding, two days ago. So why you telling me now?? (phew!! these parents)

Guess who stepped in, MY DAD. (ah, it haff finish. Bye bye to facebook PAPA don enter case). He said, ‘darling I was going to mention it but I guess this is the right time. Argh!!! Trust me; I was boiling at this point.

My mum said, well I would have cautioned you but I wanted to do it differently by calling you and going over the reasons why you can’t wear such dresses.

Number one, go and bring the dress and then wear it, then stand in front of the mirror. ‘omo mehn, I thought this must be the height of it all, as per too much long tings. Why do I have to standa in front of the mirror?

Anyway, she said ‘the dress revealed ma cleavage, my arm and back were not covered.

 It is long enough and I’m fine with that. (at least there was one good thing, mo sope te mi). Next time, wear a camisole underneath. Well, I told her wearing a camisole would make the dress look ugly.

She replied saying, wouldn’t it be better if the dress looked ugly than people (she meant guys) seeing you as cheap. Your dignity and respect would be rubbished. Remember, OTHERS CAN DO IT, BUT YOU CANT. Why? Because you are in the world but not of the world.(John 17)

 Exposing your ENDOWED body features won’t make any decent man out there respect you, he will just see you as cheap, then use you and dump you. You do not want that, do you? Well, I answered the obvious and right answer NO.