Up to this minute. I have been a good husband. That’s what I tell myself. Because that’s what I believe. And to believe this even more, I send my wife more flowers. For the past year, I’ve sent her flowers numerous times. Sometimes every week. For every smile that I’ve shared with you, for every joke that you have told […]
A man and a woman sit in a restaurant having drinks. The man is happier than he’s been in days. Why would he not be? He is getting married tomorrow. It will be a grand ceremony. Many dignitaries have been invited. He is loved, well known and he has many friends. Friends who are willing to take a break from […]
The coffee maker purrs. The aroma of coffee fills the house. I have the day’s newspaper open in front of me on the dining table. My eyes are on the page, but I cannot see a word. My wife is pacing up and down the living room. She shuffles her feet between the living room and the dining room, no […]
I saw a happy man the other day. A genuinely happy man. A rare spectacle in these streets. He had earphones stuck to his ears, singing along to a song that could be heard only by him. I wondered what was making him happy. He did not care that I looked at him. He smiled and kept singing, even adding […]
The wife material is so popular, I had to get one for myself. Everybody said I needed it. That for you to even look at me, scrutinize me and align your oh-so-precious tick to the small box preceding my name, I had to get this material. I got the fabric. I tailored it to my physique. You should have seen […]
It is not as if you and I met in the wild when you were out on your hunting and gathering pursuits in your loincloth while I was out collecting firewood and innocently picking wild berries and vegetables with my kanga tired around my waist, leaving my breasts dangling freely. It is not like we met while I was on […]
She is the right amount of submissive. The perfect dose of educated. She is not too loud. Very beautiful. Exquisite even. Most importantly, she is not a feminist – haaaalleluyah! She meets you at the door when you come home (tired) from work – you hardworking citizen you! She is ready to emulate Destiny’s Child and cater to you. Meeting […]
I am no expert when it comes to matters to do with men. That is because I am as female as they come; emotions in the truckload with erratic mood swings to boot. Through this body, pregnancies have been carried, oestrogen has had the chance (and grabbed it) to flare up, morning sickness has been nursed and children have been […]
Happy Birthday indeed! I hope Penny is proud of me. She ought to be proud of me. Where is she anyway? This state I am in must be the much talked about limbo. This must be how it feels to be neither here nor there. Penny should be here by now. To embrace me, pull me…do whatever it takes, to […]
I see her more than I would like to. Not that I don’t love her. No. I love her to death. I like spending time with her, looking at her beautiful face. I want her to always be with me. Yet sometimes, I am not sure if I want her by my side. She is my wife, my Penina. I […]
On this Saturday morning, I woke up exceptionally early to make pancakes for the girls. They loooove pancakes. I go the whole nine yards too: milk, kienyeji eggs (these work wonders on pancakes), lemon rind, you know…the works. They were coming out great, if I do say so myself! Then I look outside our kitchen window and I see a […]
I am one of those who believe that marriage has become one institution so difficult to run that divine intervention is needed, and fast! Imagine my joy when I read about this lady, who had dedicated her life to coaching marriages – we don’t have enough marriage counselors, methinks. My enthusiasm dwindled off though when I realized that she ran […]