After a very hectic week at work I was
looking forward to relaxing over the weekend. For the first time in many
Saturdays there was no “Owambe” wedding lined up, no birthday dinners
and no dates. After having breakfast, I crawled back into bed and as I
was about to turn my phone on silent, it started ringing….. it was my
cousin Jumoke. Very wrong timing but I decided to pick up. Before I
finished saying hello she shouted at me telling me to come outside. I
hurriedly jumped out of bed and ran out of the house. Unfortunately, my
Saturday was not going to be the lazy day I planned.
Now I’m sure you are wondering why I
gave up my lazy day so let me explain. Jumoke has been dating this guy
called IK for three years and he popped the question two months ago.
She seemed happy until recently when she started complaining about a
change in his behavior. He was busier, forgetting dates, making up silly
excuses, buying too many gifts (which I thought was a positive thing)
and acting extremely secretive. I told her not to assume negatively and
that he might just be planning a fabulous surprise, has cold feet or is
just busy. I even showed her D’banj’s “fall in love” video just to
prove my point.
Jumoke is very stubborn and I knew my
explanation was not going to fly. As they say a woman in love does
better research than the FBI. After carrying out her detective work, she
shared some of her findings with me and it was quite evident that
something was not just right but all she had was circumstantial
evidence. He was either cheating or his “friendship” with a particular
girl was too sketchy for a man engaged to be married. She confronted IK
about the situation but he denied adamantly. I expected Jumoke to calm
down and ‘trust’ her man but according to her this is Lagos……it doesn’t
work that way.
On this particular Saturday, IK had
cancelled his date with her and she suspected something was up. The plan
was for her to trail IK for the day and I was her accomplice. I felt
really bad and jobless but if following her was going to make her happy I
agreed to do it. Truth be told, my inquisitiveness did not help me in
saying NO either.
During our little adventure I thought to
myself…where do you draw the line in attempting to protect your
interest in a relationship? Has she gone too far? Is it just an invasion
of privacy?
What do you think and how would you react?
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