1. My son, if you keep spending on
a woman and she never asked you
if you’re saving or investing, and she keeps enjoying the attention,
don’t marry her. 2. My son, a
woman could be a
good wife to you, some could be a
good mother to your children but if
you’ve found a woman like a mother to you, your children and
your family, please don’t let her go.
3. My son, don’t confine the
position of your wife to the kitchen,
where did you get that from? Even
in our days, we had farm-lands where they worked every morning .
. . that was our office. 4. My son, if I
tell you that you’re the head of the
house, don’t look at your pocket;
look if you will see a smile on your
wife’s face. 5. My son, if you want to have a long life, let your wife be
in- charge of your salary, it will be
difficult for her to spend it when
she’s aware of the home needs
and bills to pay but if it’s in your
care, she will keep you asking even when all has been spent. 6. My son,
don’t ever beat your woman, the
pain in her body is nothing to be
compared to the wound on her
heart and that means you may be
in trouble living with a wounded woman. 7. My son, now that you’re
married, if you live a bachelor kind
of life with your wife, you will soon
be single again. 8. My son, in our
days, we had
many wives and many children because of our large farm- lands
and many harvests, there are
hardly any land for farming
anymore, so embrace your woman
closely. 9. My son, under the cocoa
tree that I did meet your mother could be your eateries and
restaurants of nowadays, but
remember, the closet thing we did
there was to embrace each other.
10. My son, don’t be carried away
when you start making more money, instead of
spending on those tiny legs that
never knew how hard you worked
to get it, spend it on that woman
that stood by you all along. 11. My
son, when I threw little stones or whistled at the window of your
mother
father’s house, to call her out, it
was not for s-x, it was because I
missed her so much. 12. My son,
remember, when you say your wife has changed, there could be
something you’ve stopped doing
too. 13. My son, your mother rode
the bicycle with me before I bought
that tortoise car
outside there, any woman that won’t endure with you in your little
beginning should not enjoy your
riches. 14. My son, don’t compare
your wife to any woman, there are
ways she’s enduring you too and
has she ever compared you to any man? 15. My son, there is this thing
you people call feminism, well, if a
woman claim to have equal right
with you in the house,
divide all the bills into two equal
parts, take one part and ask her to start paying the other part. 16. My
son, I met your mother a virgin and
I took more yams to her father, if
you don’t meet your wife a virgin,
don’t blame
her, what I didn’t tell you is that our women had prestige. 17. My son, I
didn’t send your sisters to school
because I was foolish like many to
think a female child won’t extend
my
family name, please don’t make that mistake, the kind of female
achievers I see nowadays has
made the male- gender an ordinary
tag. 18. My son, your mother have
once locked up the cloth I was
wearing and almost tore it because she was angry, I did not raise my
hand to beat her because of a day
like this, so that I can be proud to
tell you that I never for
once beat your mother. 19. My son,
in our days, our women had more of natural beauty, though I
wouldn’t lie to you, some had minor
painting of their appellation mostly
on their arms, the ones you people
now call tattoo, but don’t forget
that they didn’t expose any part of their body like your women of
nowadays. 20. My son, your mother
and I are not interested in what
happens in your marriage, try to
handle issues without always
coming to us. 21. My son, remember I bought your mother’s
first sewing machine for her, help
your wife achieve her dreams just
as you’re pursuing yours. 22. My
son, don’t stop taking care of me
and your mother, so that your children will take care of you too.
