I grew up as
an only child without the pleasure of having a brother or sister to play with,
so my friends practically became the brothers and sisters that I had. I
however, remember how my mum used to preach to me that I should be wary of
friends, and that not all friends are good. I never took her words to heart
then, because I felt she was only trying to discourage me from having too many
friends, but now I know better. However, today’s post is not about me but about
my friend Tano.
Tano has
been married to his wife for the past Nine years and they have four kids
together. Tano’s wife Agatha is kind hearted and lovely woman whom everybody seems
to love because of her generous nature. However that is also not the gist for
today. The gist is that Tano is sleeping with his wife’s best friend. You can
imagine my shock when he told me that he was sleeping with her. The funny part
of it is that he seems to be very happy about it. I asked him how it all began
and he went on to tell me how it all started.
Well Fatimah (The wife's friend) usually comes to my house
to spend the weekend with my family because she’s always complaining about
loneliness since she is living alone, so most of the time my wife will ask her
to come over to the house. The thing is that most nights when the kids have
been put to bed, my wife and I always stay up at night having late night drink,
and when Fatimah is around she usually join us.
I noticed
that everytime I go outside the house to have a cigarette she will always
follow me out to smoke. My wife does not see anything wrong in it. So one day
while we were out again having a cigarette, I jokingly told her that my friends
and I used to joke about how big her boobs were and the way she responded, I knew
she was game for anything, so I followed it up and one thing led to another and
before I knew it we were in bed. I asked him if he knew the implication of what
he was doing. He said he knew, but the sex was too good to let go. He told me
that the fact that it was a stolen sex makes it more appealing to him. When I
reminded him that if his wife knows about this, it could lead to the end of his
marriage and if he was ready to end his marriage for some stolen sex, he told
me that he was confident that if his wife knows it about it, she will not end
the marriage rather, she will give Fatimah the beating of her life and obviously
that will be the end of their friendship but as for him the wife will always
forgive him although it might probably cost him a dent in his pocket but he is
confident that he will always get around it.
I honestly
felt pity for Tano’s wife and the last time I was in their house in Port
Harcourt, when I saw the way she was playing with Fatimah and how they were
both laughing and cracking jokes in the kitchen while trying to prepare food
for her hubby and I, I almost went to the kitchen to tell her she’s dinning with
the devil but of course I can’t tell her. Inside me I was angry with her for
being so stupid to allow Fatimah into her home like that. Now, I understand why a lot of married women don’t
keep single girls as friends.
I blame Tano’s
wife for a lot of reasons. First is the fact that she allowed Fatimah into her
home just like that, secondly, she is too complacent as to allow her too much
room with her hubby, what is she thinking? The other day, Tano was telling me
how his wife sent Fatimah to pick him from the airport when he came back from a
business trip because she could not make it to the airport as she needed to
pick the kids from school. Well, she might have been doing all these innocently
with the belief that nothing can happen between her man and her best friend but
tell me how can you leave a Goat and a yam in the same place and expect nothing
to happen. I believe this should serve as a warning to all the married women
out there, be careful with the kind of friends you keep. Now, that is not to
say that all men are like Tano. There are a lot of disciplined men out there
who will never even think of cheating on their wives not to mention doing it
with her best friend. How callous can some men be? I can imagine if the reverse
was the case here. Anyway that is a story for another day.
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