YOUR RELATIONSHIP MIGHT NEED THIS
Sometime ago, I and one of my guys had a little assignment to do somewhere and it warrant that we travel, so we did.
That’s how we decided to stop by his spouse’s place to spend sometime with her and may be eat lunch😄. Anyways for me, the lunch was the major reason why I agreed to stop over with him, may be uncle had another reason but that was his business.
That’s how we got to her house and after exchanging warm hugs and greetings, Uncle was just smiling, looking at his baby and saying thank you Jesus, ordinary “You are beautiful”, he couldn’t say. May be he was shy because of me. You know all these spiritual brothers.😊
I just cut the chase and went straight to the point by saying; “Clara, what’s up with your hair, it looks different but whatever you did with your hair really worked, this style look really pretty on you.” Aunty was just smiling and said “Thank you”
Before I could say Jack, she served us a very sumptuous meal. (Rice and stew precisely). The stew had some really good stuffs in it. I could tell she invested so much resources and time in preparing that meal and the meal taste great.
When she served the meal and water, I just said thank you and started eating, uncle on his part just picked his spoon, said “thank you Jesus” and started eating.
I was beginning to wonder if something was wrong with my guy but I kept quiet.
After a short while, we finished eating and uncle just spoke in tongues and said “Oh, thank you Jesus, you are worthy”. He drank water and stood up.
I looked at him and said in my heart, “could it be that aunty’s name is Jesus?” well, that wasn’t my business. I turned to aunty in a bid to start a conversation, “this stew taste really great and I enjoyed it, I’ve always known you are an amazing cook.”
She smiled and said “thank you”
“Oh, please don’t mention, we should be thanking you. Come on tell me, how did you prepared such a sumptuous stew, I could tell from the taste that you used grinding stone to grind the tomatoes. Why did you go through all that stress?”
“Really!” She exclaimed and then continued. “So you can tell the difference between the tomatoes that was grinded with engine and that which was grinded with stone or blender”
I smiled “Off course, the difference most times is in the taste. Trust me you did well. I’ll like to eat your meal often. Also I noticed you even used ‘kpomo’ too in the stew. Do you know I like ‘kpomo’ a lot?”
We were beginning to get along very well and in few minutes we both were just laughing and discussing about how she went to the market, got tomatoes and how the tomatoes seller wanted to withheld her 200naira balance but she used the balance to buy curry and thyme instead of leaving it for her.
I noticed uncle’s face, it was beginning to look strange and he began to do his eye somehow, may be he was trying to tell me something but I refuse to understand and continued discussing and showering praises on aunty. 🤓
Uncle just stood up and called my nickname, when I answered he said “Please escort me, let’s go and buy fried yam”
“Fried Yam! you and who?, oga, abeg go by yourself, I nor wan eat yam, the delicious meal I just ate is more than enough”😊
The next thing he did was to call my real name, this time I knew he was very serious. When I answered him, he said “Okay, let’s start going, so we won’t be late for our engagement”
“Going to where?” Oga abeg leave me, the food I ate have not digest yet and spending time here is so refreshing and relaxing moreover we still have time, calm down please.” 😊
To cut the long story short, the look on his face changed from strange to jealousy and then to resentment but do I care? I was bent on teaching him a lesson.
Some of us don’t know that the most important things in our relationships can be the little things we ignore like saying “thank you” after a meal or sincerely appreciating our partner when they do something for us, sometimes it could be replying a text message they sent us immediately we receive the text.
Some of us just feel like it’s our right to be treated rightly but we didn’t for once think that honour should be mutual. So we complain when our partner don’t show us the level of care and attention we envisage but when they do, we seems to be too dumb to be appreciative.
Over familiarity and the spirit of ‘see finish’ will not let some of us see the efforts our partner’s put into making sure we are comfortable at times.
Because we think we already have them by our side hence we don’t see the need to appreciate the little sacrifices they make for us.
How can your friend or lover serve you a meal or do something for you and all you said is thank you Jesus without appreciating his/her effort? Was it Jesus that prepared the food?
You don’t always have to wait for him/her to gift you an iPhone or a trip to Dubai before you write two pages of appreciation, it starts by you picking up your phone now to send him/her a text, thanking him/her for everything he/she represent to you. It starts by going on WhatsApp to do a song for them and dropping it via a voice note. Their presence in your life is a gift worth appreciating everyday.
I don’t know who this piece is meant for but the earlier you start realising that the spark in your relationship can fade away simply because of your insensitivity, the better for you.
Written by: Peter D’Rock
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