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When your own mother start to ask you about your age Good day beautiful friends. Trust you all had a wonderful and fulfilled day. ... Well some of you might already have an inking to what the above title means, especially if you are living in the tropical region of the world. Lol. When a parent, especially a mother asks her son this question: " my son, how old are you?". It means that she is not only anxious, but also angry at her son due to his inability to bring a daughter-inlaw home, especially when the grown up son is doing quite well financially. Mama begins to wonder what else would be stopping him from taking a wife. This question "how old are you" ( which figuratively means, when are you going to get married) is not always asked to a daughter, since its somebody else's son that would come to ask for our hand in marriage. So, The best a mother can do for her grown up but unmarried daughter is to pray that a good and responsible man locates her. But as a male child, you are expected to go bring a wife home as soon as you have got a decent job and can settle your bills comfortably. Marriage is still a very sacred and respected institution in the native culture. It is always a great pride and fulfillment to a mother the day her son or daughter finally gets wedded. As a matter of fact, a mother's guests usually constitute about fifty percent of the entire wedding population. Sometimes,you wouldn't know who the happiest person is between the bride, the bride's mom and the groom's mom. Getting married is such a big achievement to them all.

Earlier today, I remembered an old African movie I watched years ago. The young man arrived home to his widowed mother after being away at the city for three years. It was during Christmas and he bought a lot of presents for his beloved mother. But to his shock, his mother blatantly refused to accept the gifts. The old woman told him to his face that she cared less about his money nd material possessions. All she wanted was to see a grandchild before her time's up. Frankly speaking, she told her son to leave her house and return to where ever he was coming from and bring back "the perfect gift", a wife. She called the other gifts and the son's car "useless". Her son's childhood friend who also came back from the city tried to calm the disgruntled old lady, but she yelled at him too as he was also a bachelor. She kept screaming at the two gentlemen. " How old are you victor, how old are you James? You both are in your middle thirties . Both of you are already doing well in your chosen business and career but yet to refuse to settle down". "All my mates and sisters had already seen up to three of their grandkids but I don't even have one". The old lady lamented in a shaky voice. "Is it when I have departed the earth that my grandkids will begin to com"? She began to sob at this point and I felt really sorry for her even though I initially found the scene funny. The two gentlemen continued to plead with mummy to take it easy but she ignored them, stood up from the ground, walked briskly to the house and slammed the door shut. It was quite clear that she had been in emotional pains for a long time and always felt empty in her soul as she watch her peers doting on their numerous grandkids. She just couldn't take it anymore. This movie really reflected what goes on in my society. personally, I have observed that quite a number of young men who are already well-to-do still will not consider marriage at the moment. I find this quite weird. When a man is poor or broke, he would blame his financial condition for his inability to get a wife. But when things get much better for him and his financial status raised,he may still be reluctant to get married.......... ..... ****************************** Thank you so much for staying with me. My day had been very busy and I had to quickly rack my brain for a topic before today is over. Pls do pardon me if yii find the article quite short and uninteresting.

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