I was a sit-on-the-fence, carefree fellow, and she was a 'kasko', old-school pile of emotions. She had real issues and i first heard her saying stuff like she would never get married because of what she saw her parents going through (fights, infidelity etc). I knew it was just being childish (she was 19 then, i was 18) and decided to hang around her - for like 3 years. In that period she grew and matured, and when i finally asked her out she said YES. Man this girl had a body to die for, and looks that would make you turn again. I later heard that thousands (just kidding) of boys had tried to get in her mix and got nailed in the head. Guys said, '
Man you must have some magic for you to have gotten her, o'.
We exchanged lists of courtship rules:
My rules:Dont get FAT. (
see the definition of FAT here)
No matter what happens and how bad you feel about yourself, don't run away from me
Her rules:No cuddling
No kissing
No touching
No hugging
No overt sexually suggestive behaviour
No visits beyond 7 pm
No late night calls
She wouldnt visit me in my place, i wd be the one to visit
No romantic behaviour (like looking in the eyes, kneeling 4 her etc)
For my kind of person, that was
prison! I was a
fireball of testosterone, a
romantic softie (yeah, kill me) and a
student of women's behaviour. Here was my chance to find stuff out, and i am being put in a
straight-jacket.
I was patient, i told myself she would change, meanwhile i was caring and supportive, constantly reassuring her (she had a low self esteem and cried constantly because her mom didnt think much of her). Then she finished schl before me and stayed at home a while, and one day she called to tell me her mom said they had a vision of who her husband was, they even knew his name - and it wasnt me. i asked her what she was going to do, she said her mum had no mouth in her relationship. I was happy.
Then she went to NYSC camp (in Yobe, Northern Nigeria), and cut off all communication. When she came back for convocation/graduation she told me that she couldn't deal with the fact that she was (six months) older than myself, and so she had to call it quits. Such bullshit! She said she had had issues with it since the relationship started. Damn It, for
1 year and 3 months and she never even brought up the topic. I still don't believe that lie till today.
When she went back, i was soppy for a while and even wanted to go and visit her so we could reason it out. My guys told me to dust my feet and '
enter the market' again, that she was 'feeling like say she fine, worth a million dollars'
Next thing i heard, she was engaged to one Hausa guy from the North. I just laughed. who did she think she was fooling with the 'age' lie? Some of my friends said she left because I did not attempt to sleep with her. I think i believe them.
95% of
women think like insects, i'm sorry to say. They just don't know what they want.