Good morning my dear Readers…. In a bid to distract us a bit from the depressing news always emanating from Nigeria, we have decided to bring to you this Well written and captivating STORY :
“OLD ENOUGH YET UNMARRIED”
… It promises to hold you spellbound till the last episode..
Each new Episodes would be published every morning till the End.
OLD ENOUGH YET UNMARRIED: Episode 1.
Hi!
I’m Tessy, a- 35-year-old, unmarried Lagos babe who every woman hopes to never become.
Just kidding! Being 35 and unmarried is not so bad after all. To be honest it’s actually fun not having any guy to worry about, but if you doubt me, keep reading to find out.
I guess this is the part where I tell you “Welcome to my world”… did I mention before that I was 35? Oops! I think what I meant to say was I’ll be turning 35 on the 27th of November this year which means I have some months before the big 3-5.
My story wouldn’t be complete without mentioning my girls. I call them the terror squad
because they are a handful! There are four of them:
There’s Yemi who’s a psychologist; she works with one of the biggest breweries in Nigeria and earns a whopping 6-figure salary; you’d think that would make her happy but no she keeps whining to me about not being married at 35. It’s not like she’s not even in a serious relationship, she’s dating the famous Lagos big boy, Bayo Solanke. They only started dating about 3 months ago and she’s already expecting a proposal.
There’s Charly, who is the youngest of us all but acts like she’s the mum. She just turned 30 and is dating Moyo, a colleague of hers at work. She was on a man-free diet till she met him; I still don’t understand how he managed to change her dieting plans till today.
Charly is a whiz kid by the way—she graduated first class and works with one of the biggest oil companies.
Jumai is the calm, laid back one amongst us. She recently got married to Abdul, one of her fine hausa toasters (Hausa is one of the many tribes we have in Nigeria).
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She’s the only Mrs in the bunch, having tied the knot at 29. We were all surprised it took her this long to settle down, seeing as most of the people from her part of the country would have done that 10 years earlier.
As can be expected, she’s a housewife. Alhaji Abdul has vowed never to let
her lift a finger to work. But wait, how can she even lift a finger, is it easy to be married to a former governor’s son?
The list wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t mention Oby, the goody-two-shoes amongst us—Mother Theresa has got nothing on her.
She is so prim and proper that she insists on using the Zebra crossing every time we want to cross the road. We’ve tried so hard to convert her into a true naija babe but it’s just not working(Naija is slang for Nigeria) . She’s currently dating Emeka, a quantity surveyor who calls himself an architect… really?
Quantity surveyor vs Architect? I still don’t understand how he came up with that title. Anyway, Oby has been dating this guy for 7 years. They got engaged almost 2 years ago, as a matter of
fact, and their 2-year engagement anniversary will be coming up very soon. In her own case, Lord of the Rings has got nothing on her… we now call her goddess of the rings.
I still don’t get why Emeka keeps postponing the wedding; in fact, their gist (Nigerian for story or tale) is
one for another day. Oh! I forgot to mention, she’ll be turning 35 this year too.
I’m sure you must be wondering where I met these lovely ladies. We went to university together and I’ve known them for over 10 years now.
Talk of the devil! Oby just called.
“Hi dear wassup?” I said when I picked up the phone.
“A lot,” she replied, sounding really sad.
“What do you mean a lot? You sound a bit down, tell me what’s wrong?” I continued.
“It’s Emeka,” she replied crying, “he just called off the engagement and took his ring back!”
“What?” I shouted, almost dropping my phone, “tell me you’re joking?”
“Does it sound like a joke to you?” she snapped back, still crying, “I’m still in shock, I don’t
know what to do,” she wailed.
“Don’t worry give me a few minutes, I’ll be right there, I just pray he’s not doing this because of another babe—if he is I’ll personally kill him!” I replied.
Find out what happens next in Episode 2.
– Written by Dr. O
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Gifted writer. However, your episodes are too brief to actually invoke that sustained interest that will make one look forward to the next.
Ok… Would try and extend it.. Thanks
Interesting, I await the next