BROTHER

Brother,

Today is Saturday and you have just closed from work. Instead of going home, you decide to drop by the bar and enjoy one or two bottles. At the bar, you meet three of your friends. They are arguing over the same age long topic-Money and Women. They all have broken homes/relationships. You settle down and order for what suits your palate.
Suddenly, one of your friends turns to you. He looks you squarely in the eye and says, “Ray, even you. Your partner is a potential cheat waiting for the right time and right person.”

What?!

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This is an insult, an open affront on the personality of your partner. I expect you to nearly choke on your beer in a fit of rage. I expect you to smash his head with a bottle for insulting your partner. But, no, you just have to disappoint me. You smile and begin to defend your partner. You tell of her trustworthiness and how you go to bed every night feeling emotionally safe and secure. In the ensuing rogbodiyan, you hear the word “bet.” The following silence deafens you for a moment. Then the voice comes clearly, “Ray, place a bet on it.”

What insolence?! That is the height of it. I expect you to walk out while using every foul word in your mental arsenal. But like the moron you are, you sit there. And place the bet. Your house, cars and company- everything. You stake everything on your partner. You are so confident she will never cheat. She will never sleep with another man no matter what happens. There and then, your friends involve The Specialist.

The Specialist swings into action. He tries every method possible but your partner holds out. Then he introduces the perfect weapon. Doubt. He plants seeds of doubts in her mind, he confuses her, makes her begin to doubt you. Don’t ask me how he did what. You paid him to test your partner. This new style seems to be working. Your relationship begins to experience turbulence. Your partner begins to seek emotional solace and she finds it in the arms of……. guess who? Yeah, you guessed right. The Specialist.

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They met at a mart. She looked distraught. He showed concern. The rest is history. Now you are all gathered at the table. The Specialist is giving a progress report. He has kissed Tinuke, your partner.

Wait, don’t get upset yet. She was crying. He tried to pet her. Things got hot. Again, the rest is history. The Specialist says he will bed her in few days. Now you are angry. I know. I can see you ranting. You’ve had enough, you say. You are no longer interested. But it’s too late. You wanted to prove a point. You set her up. And she’s human. Now she’s falling and you want to back out. I will not allow it. You bought the ticket for this game. Your stakes are high, friend. You will sit back and watch your own little game backfire. I will grieve with you when you lose everything.

Excuse me, when you are in a relationship, you do not have any point to prove to anyone. Any friend who maliciously puts your partner down in your presence or absence is a potential home breaker. Wait, what came over you? How could you place a bet on your partner just to prove your friends wrong?

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Look, we are all humans. We all have our breaking point. If you have to test your partner to prove her trustworthiness then you never trusted her in the first place. Don’t you ever, ever, ever set her up to prove she’s different. If she fails the test, you are culpable. If she passes, you will be guilt ridden for life.

Oh, if she finds out… Heav’n has no rage like love to hatred turn’d/Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn’d.

Be wise. Keep devilish friends out of your love life. If you claim to trust her, have blind faith in her. Love is blind, trust is blinder.

Watch out for part two.

Selah.

Written by: Eromonsele Emmanuel Ujiadughele