@GbengaWemimo Instead of the store to launch an investigation internally, they are going on the defensive.
I won’t be surprised if some staff are the one selling used phone as new.
Dear Daughter,
Please enjoy being a girl
Enjoy being a lady
Enjoy being a woman
Take joy in being loved and pampered by everyone around you
I have ensured that you will grow up in an atmosphere in which the evils of this world would not be obvious to you until much later in life
The day you were born, I made a choice to move out of the dark abyss of the city to a heaven on earth where you can see only the best mankind has to offer until you shed your milk teeth and can crack bones without help
You deserve to be shielded from all the shenanigans of both genders as represented by those who walked this earth before you
Over the years, I have noticed that ladies seemed afraid or uncomfortable to be ladies
This is as a result of some teachings being sold in the halls of many classrooms which seem to slant reality to make it seem like men do not want women to be anything other than slaves and puppets in this world
This is really very untrue
Men do not hate women
Men have mothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, female friends, girlfriends, lovers, wives and so on
Men protect their womenfolk
There are more men who died protecting their wives and children in this world than women who did the same
It is however true historically that women had to fight for a right to be heard and be treated as equals with men
This fight led to cultural revolutions that had set the female free to live her life as she wanted and yet even as she makes her own bed now, she is still complaining all the way
She is running for president
Sitting free in the courts where life and death decisions are made
Sitting among the high and mighty in the business world
Heading banking institutions and ruling at will over spaces where she has natural dominion
She flies fighter jets and sits in the cockpit of space ships
She rules the citadels of learning
She rules the homes
She rules some of the religious institutions
She rules the world of entertainment in fashion, music, movies and the creative industry as a whole
She is the voice that determines what we wear
Her magazines choose the look that is acceptable in a world she is constantly sculpting to her taste
She decides if she wanted children or not
She decides if she wanted to be married or not
She decides if she wants to take a lover and for how long
She can pick your call today, invite a man to her bed and tomorrow walk away from the same man without as much as a goodbye
She has really come a long way
There was a time she had no voice in the society
She was given away in marriage or to a nunnery by her father who determines her fate
She was raised to warm the bed of her husband and fill his tummy with food
She was demonized for having sexual freedom and shamed for not keeping her virginity
There was a time she had no say in how the world is run outside of her whispers in the ears of her husband
She was not entitled to own anything or to enter into a valid contract with anyone
Those days are gone now, they can never return
She is free to become whatever she wants to be
Free to determine the course of her own life and destiny
She is free!
She however is not still happy
Sometimes I think she is just plain confused or makes things up as she goes
She does not want to be sexually objectified by men but she wants to be sexually appreciated by men
Some men know the difference, some don’t
You cannot blame the men for being confused as to what she wants
They are simple folks and most of them don’t read minds
The few that can read female minds can do so only within the boundaries of intimacy and familiarity with the one female with whom they have created a bond
When the rest see a lady’s picture, either she is fully dressed or nude
They simply unleash their imagination and sometimes say whatever comes to mind
Their comments could be nice or nasty
It depends on how their mind works
She however would like to make all their minds work the same way
The day she wanted them to say “beautiful” they must say beautiful
And the day she would like them to say “sexy” they must say sexy
She has been fighting a battle in this regard, she can’t win it but she can’t help but keep fighting
She wants to be a wife and a mother but she craves her man to be faithful and loyal above all else
The problem is she chooses the man and expects the man to remain chosen exclusively by her
She wanted the right to unchoose him whenever she desires and for him to accept her decisions as best for her
The man however is also a commodity in a fair market
He appreciates being loved and cared for
He wants to have the same deal as the woman
To walk away from entanglements when they are no longer in his favour
This puzzles the woman
She wants to decide if to keep a baby or not keep a baby
But the man must have no say either way
If she keeps the baby, he must pay her child support in raising the baby
If she decides not to keep the baby, he must accept her decision without any arguments
She must rule and he must submit
She has her money but it is mostly not meant to be spent
She must spend his money otherwise he would be getting sex for free and that would not be fair
The man must pay as long as he is sleeping with her
It is another complex issue she couldn’t quite figure out yet
She enjoys the sex too but she must be paid for it by the man either technically or directly
If he is not providing, he is not getting sex
It is all in the wiring
She can however change the rules at anytime based on many reasons
She might meet a guy and find herself willing to sleep with him for no reason at all
It is within her right to take on a lover, however, someone must pay and if that guy is not paying, she will have to keep another guy or man who will pay in one way or the other
It is a complex puzzle
Even she does not understand it fully
She can be as mean to her fellow women as a tiger is to a dog
She will protect her son and brother from women like her but unleash her full wrath on a man she takes as a lover
That had always been a puzzle to me
Her husband cheats on her and the marriage is over
Her younger brother cheats and she is championing the reconciliation of the union
Or blaming his wife
If she cannot have the children, the man is mean if he leaves her in search of another woman who would give him children
She can be a side chick to a married man before she got married to her husband but her husband dare not have a side chick after he had gotten married to her
If he cannot have a baby, she is smart to leave the union in order to find fulfillment elsewhere
She can take on a lover and give the child she made with that lover to her husband to raise for a lifetime without her husband knowing the child was not his
Her husband however cannot bring the child he had with a lover for her to raise without her knowledge
Only she knows who the true father of her children are
She has conquered the world but like Alexander the Great, she is always searching for the more to conquer
She has the key to heart of the man
She rules over him by proxy
But she wants more
This woman, the one I described above is not your model in life
She is the model of Cain
The restless one who can find no fulfillment in that which was freely given to him by God
He had to take what belonged to another even though it does not fit him
Even though it was useless to him
He just took it because he didn’t want his brother to have it
This is not you
The average woman in the world is still fighting for her freedom and she does not want to see that she has won the battle
Even when it is plain obvious for all to see
She is still fighting and she seems unable to know how to stop
Today she is fighting men, tomorrow she is fighting fellow women, next tomorrow she is fighting her children, then she is fighting herself
Now she is fighting for men to become women but she does not want the men who became women to use women bathroom or compete in women sport
When you don’t know when to stop fighting, you invent new enemies both imaginary and real
This is not you
You are Christ
He is the perfect model of a bride and a groom
He accepted what the father gave him as his lot
He didn’t fight or agitate for more
He was fulfilled in accepting the Father’s will
He was fulfilled in accepting his role as a lamb
He knew His Father’s will was all he needed to fulfill in life and it was good enough for him
Jesus is your model, dear daughter
You grow in Favour with God and men
You equip yourself with knowledge which you will apply in due time as a mark of wisdom
You agree with the Lord on which courses you are to take in life according to the seasons the Lord will bring you into
You will take these courses and you will excel in them as the Lord empowers you
You are more than enough as you are right now, always remember that
You have no point to prove to anyone
Just live your life to please the Lord, this is all that is required of you in Christ
-GSW-
If I feel the need to check your phone as someone I'm with, I will. I will rather know where to channel my energy to than sit and live in the illusion that all is well.
If what is in that phone will scatter the marriage by all means let it scatter.
The marriage didn't need to fail but it did because of all the wrong choices that were largely forced. One thing I read in a marriage book before I even met my wife was that no home is large enough for two families. The book was right. One family, one home and have peace.