The prodigal son (spoiled brat)

I need my share of the property and I don't think I made the mistake of asking you for my share as the only son that you have........ (Desmond said to his father with pride )

I am not sending you away from my house moreover you are still young to leave the house and decide to live alone, who will watch over you? Who will take care of you? Who will you talk to when you are down? Who are you going to run to in time of trouble? All these you should have asked yourselves before you make this decision of leaving the house...... Mr Gabriel (Desmond father ) replied angrily.

Let me take you back to what happened earlier before this event. Let's begin;

I was just 8 years old when my father started making me feel like I am the only worthy child that he has, we are five (5) in our family, my mom and dad and my two elder sisters and me included to make it five. My dad and mom decided to give birth to just two children when they first get married but because the first child came out to be a girl, they decide to give the second time a chance if it will be a boy but unfortunately, it was a girl also. They decide to give it another chance and to God be the glory they gave birth to a boy who turned out to be me. I was overpampered and given so much attention as the only child, they make me feel a male child is the only child that is worthy of living on this earth, they neglected and ignored my sisters, they never want to listen to them at all and if they accept to listen to them, they will round up the discussion with abuse and mockery. Sometimes I felt for them but wait, what is my own? So far I am enjoying their love and care I don't care about anybody else. All this my I don't care attitude was built in me by my parent, most times when my sisters are rebuking me for doing something bad, my mom and dad will shun them to stop it, they even go to the extent of beating them for it instead of them to correct me. Deep down in me, I will be very happy and glad for having a lovely parent like them, I never knew they were destroying my life gradually.

Are you expecting me to start telling you how my friends started influencing my life and destroying it too at the same time as my parent? My parent didn't allow that to happen, I am always camp in the house because my parent wishes to see me around them 24hrs.

NB: you should not always have the mindset that only friends can influence the life of a child badly, it is totally wrong. Most children we see out there today misbehaving are caused by their parents and not the friend they keep. In many cases, I have seen that a child will have a good friend, but the parent will keep misleading the child to the wrong path ( a practical example is my neighbour).

The love showered on me was too much that I forgot that I am already in my twenties, that I am already becoming matured. I don't listen to my sisters again, no respect for them at all only for my parents. Sometimes I disobey them if they fail to do what I asked them and that's what lead to the conversation of me leaving the house and asking for my e of the property at the beginning of this story.

My dad was very angry at me and my mom also but I don't care, I felt the need to have my share because I have thought of it deeply that if I can be showered this type of love while I am still at home and also have this type of enjoyment of different foods, clothes, shoes, wrist watches e.t.c, this mean if I am away with my share, I can have a lot more to my self. My dad gave me my share with annoyance and I left home without looking back. It was when I left they start to realize the usefulness and value of my sisters because my sisters still stood by them even when I left them in a bad mood, they were thinking all about me all day, weeping and crying without eating for days. My sisters never look at their attitudes towards them rather they choose to love them the more. All these make my parent realize no gender is to be treated anyhow, they realize both genders have an equal right to live and enjoy. My parent forgot me totally after some months that I left and never remembered they had a son, I suffered a lot for my wasteful spending. I had to do some dirty works to survive, I couldn't think of going back home because I knew my parent will never be happy with me. My parents love for my sisters already knew no bounds, so I concluded never to return home but suffered for my deed.

My parent caused it though and they also suffered for it by losing me to the outside world and having the everlasting pain of losing their only son to the world. I know the day I will return home will cause them more pain but for now, I have no intention of going home. I want to work hard myself and build up a new life worth living.

Thanks for reading my story, I am Desmond (the prodigal son) and I hope we all learn from my story.

Lesson learnt

• Never choose any gender above the other because they are both the same.

• Overpampering a child does not mean love rather it is a means of destroying that child's life.

• Love your children equally and if at all we can love them equally, we shouldn't show it to their faces cos it can cause enmity between the children

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Thanks for reading and God bless.

Byee for now🥰🥰.

30th September 2021.