"Where is your sister? call her for me"
I already heard the sound of his car when he drove in and I had wondered why he was so early that morning. He was supposed to be in a meeting after all, it was his meeting day. I was already on my way out when my little sis met me on the way, "Daddy is calling you, and it looks like he's angry o", she half whispered the last part. In my head, I rolled my eyes and went outside to meet him.
My Mom had decided to bring everyone out that morning to the compound to uproot the weed growing here and there, she said we needed to learn the proper way of sweeping the floor with little grasses we could uproot with our hands. Annoying right? lol
And my dad had met everyone outside sweeping
" can you believe your daughter, she used a guy's picture as her WhatsApp dp" I heard him say to his wife. "Ehnnn ehnnn, she did that?" my mom said putting her hands on her waist. "when did she start that nonsense, when did she even started using phone" she backed up her husband and clapped her hands dramatically.
On my WhatsApp display picture was the picture of my secondary school classmate boyfriend. My classmate had introduced her boyfriend to me, and as the relationship coach that I was in secondary school, my mates introduced their partners to me, I help them draft love letters, apology letters and I even go as far as counseling them. But the truth was, I had never been in any relationship myself. My mantra was " Coaches don't play". The funny part was most of my classmate doesn't even see me as a lady, especially the guy.
The guy and I had a played a 21 questions game that was introduced by him and the loser would use the other person's picture as their display picture for 24hrs. I had no problem in using his picture as dp because I know my friend knows, I am the last person she can ever issues with concerning her boyfriend. Besides, my conscience was clean. I had nothing to hide. My subconscious mind had gone to my dad but I had thought he would be too busy to notice, besides the last thing he would do was checking my dp or even status as he was a very busy man. We played the game and I lose, I had to keep to the end of the bargain. Some hours later, my data got exhausted and there was no way I could recharge or subscribe.
I was out of secondary school but my parents would never see me as an adult even though I was 18 years old and I was already working as a teacher in a nearby primary school.
I know better than to try defend myself when it comes to my parents, I kept mute and allow them have all the words. It's not like my word is going to make any sense to either of them. And, as an African child, I know better not to interrupt them when they're talking. The only thing I kept praying for was that neither of them should slap me or hit me hence I kept taking a step backward whenever they seem to come closer. They can talk as much as they want. African parents and words are like 5&6.
At the end of the discussion, my dad ordered my phone be seized for a month and my mom seconded him in helping him keep the phone. The phone, kept in an open space was there for more than a month because I didn't request for it even after a month nor begged for it. I could live without phone and I didn't bother to apologize to either of them.
When the phone was later returned and I was able to get back online, I changed my dp on WhatsApp and block both my parents from seeing my status and even block them on Facebook. I needed that much space to myself and the last thing I needed was them after me again.
Now, that's what I call a clean cut!
When you know you are still under your parents, you shouldn't have used a guys picture as your dm.
over confidence from having a clean conscience was worrying me
What are the rules for young adults still living at home? Are they not free to make some decisions?
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In a typical African home, decision making is for our parents. They decide what we eat, wear, who we move with and even our course of study in school. Rules are for everyone in the house, it doesn't matter if you've become a young adult because all they are used to seeing is the child they raised not the young adult you've become. The only time they realize you're older is when they want a particular chore done by an adult. At this point, it doesn't even matter if you can do it or not, the point is you are the oldest hence should be able to do it. hehehe
Lol it's especially crazy with afri parents. Funny there was a time I was in this situation too.
But now my mum does the asking, always trying to get me to show her even just the picture of whoever I'm dating.
The tables have turned😁
Most African kids can relate to this situation.
She is now asking because she is convincing herself she's getting old and deserve grandbabies. You'll soon be asked when you're going to bring home your woman for marriage. Be prepared. hehe
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Typical African parents 😅 they never want to see you with a man but they expect you to be married before the age of 25. You took the right step in keeping mute when they were judging the case, trying to defend yourself would have made it worse and led to unnecessary arguments which would still end up in the same verdict; your phone been seized
Trust me, I know better than to claim "right" when dealing with African parents. Not only will my phone be seized, I might be hit as well even if it's just a backhand slap. hehe
You blocked your parents 😲? How did they react?!?!
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They gave me the sermon of my life 😂😂😂. And I still didn't unmute them.
🤣 how long did they go on about it?
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Hahaha 😆 what a beautiful clean cut. African parents with words are like 5&6 and even if you had to explain, they won't understand you and I love how you didn't say a word until you got your phone back and did those things. At least they won't see your status anymore 😆😆 but won't they notice you blocked them? Lol
It took them a while before they noticed and they didn't say anything. Years later, I unmute my Mom but my old man remained blocked till date. So much for having a disciplined father.
Hahaha 😆 Disciplined father....at least mom would understand more.
She always support her husband o.
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Our parents are always protective and a times overprotective. Didn't your parents realized that you block them? I can predict the consequences,😆😆
They later realized I blocked them and of course they gave me the words of my life. They understood taking my phone doesn't move me, I guess that's why they didn't take it again.
You took your own back! You made a clean sweep and blocked your family from your profile. This is a good read, but you could make it so much better with a little editing and the use of a grammar checker
I'll definitely work on that. Thank you.
As an African child with African parents I really relate with this story. My mum was really strict about issues like this, but surprisingly my dad always had our back. God bless his soul
Lucky you to have your Dad. Mine are both strict.
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You will explain tire. "So you used a guy to do your profile picture" Come over here, oya who's the guy? What is your relationship with him?
Those are the exact questions, I guess you're also talking from experience.
Lol. Trust African parents they can be easily predicted
You didn't want your parents to see what you were writing. Or who was chasing you. Have a happy afternoon
I wasn't hiding, I just needed the space.