Growing up, I had someone I looked up to, a woman whose attributes I so much admired as she displayed them whenever she visited us at home. Within my mind, I saw the woman as flawless and perfect and kept pushing myself to be closer to her as a good role model.
I was still a teenager then, and looking at her, I see my kind of future in her, living in the city, coming home with so much care for the family and the community at large. This thing about her made me admire her so much those days.But as I got older, life offered me an opportunity to see things differently.
You know, sometimes your perspective on someone may change not necessarily because of who they truly are but because of who you are becoming. More of your personalities, self-values, and beliefs about life.This woman is my aunt from my paternal side. I got an opportunity to spend two weeks with her during my days at the university. It was a short break, and I put a call across to her, seeking her permission to come spend the break in her home. You needed to see how excited I was when she accepted my request. I was like, Wow, now I have time to really be with this role model of mine in her home. What a dream come true, hahaha.
Fast-forward to my days in her home. Fada lord 🫢, the way she treats her house help is crazy. I planned to spend two weeks, but what my eyes saw, I left after a week and 3 days. I couldn't complete my holiday in her home. A poor, innocent grown-up girl whom she picked from the village; the parents were poor, and so they gave the girl to my aunt. This girl, throughout my stay in the house, doesn't know the meaning of rest; it's not in her dictionary. She is always up and doing, washing, mopping, cooking, running errands, and a whole lot more. At 4 am, she is up, and going to bed daily will almost reach midnight because of unending chores, which my aunt wouldn't allow her own grown-up kids to assist with.
That's not the catch; the worst of my experience was that despite this girl's efforts in my aunt's place, she still receives the torture of her life. My aunt uses a heated electric iron to punish this lady for a slight mistake. She uses koboko, that type of cane the soldiers uses; she also uses wood to hit the girl on a daily basis for one irrelevant thing she can just correct her, but no, she chooses to always give this girl a permanent mark. I tried preaching to my aunt to stop it, but she turned to me and insulted me, reminding me that I shouldn't control her in her own home. The statement was enough for me to take my leave, but the incident changed my perspective about her.
I believe that in life, everyone should be treated with love and respect regardless of our relationship with others. That's my perspective about life and the kind of person I am becoming. So it changed the way I see my aunt. Good enough, the girl later summoned the courage to leave my aunt's house, went back to the village, and learned a skill since no one could sponsor her in school. Today, she is happily married with a child.
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Trust me there are more people like her than you can even imagine, people who once a child is not theirs then automatically they are allowed to treat the child like trash.
no doubt...we have many people like her
May God help us
Eihhh this is too much. This girl needs to run for her life before she ends up dead. I don’t know why someone will chose to inflict pain on others. Sad!
sge already ran for her dear life oo 🤣
Some people are really mean
Thank God
She will never forget what your Aunt did to her. It will always be a sad story she will tell her own children.
I tell you..I doubt she will ever give her own children to anyone considering her personal experience
Thank God it worked out well for the lady that was staying with your aunt. But your aunt no try Sha. What kind of "Mama gee" mentality was that.
You even tried and stayed for a week and three days. If it were me, I'll leave the very next day I witnessed such horrendous act
hahaha 😂, I have longed to be with her ..it was kinda unaware experience that took me time to process..good enough the girl is in a safe hand now
That's right