Harobed TALES

It wasn't that he loved her more (it was the worst feeling) It wasn't that he cared for her more( for were! He even treated the dog better) It wasn't that his heart beat as fast as hers when they meet It wasn't that he was flawless (He had too many errors) It wasn't that he didn't cheat(on a daily) It wasn't that he did not lie (his middle name was Linus) It wasn't that she wasn't abused physically, emotionally and psychologically( she became a master of artful makeover)  It wasn't that there were no better options (men plentiful  😃 ) It wasn't that he had not broken her heart (he even used hammer) It wasn't that she couldn't love another (it had happened) It wasn't that he was wealthy(she paid all the bills like it was her calling) It wasn't that she was bound by her love for her kids(She could still love them if she left) It wasn't that the shame of leaving would be too much to bear( who the w...

I have realized in life that things never stay the same, not because they just want to evolve, rather because change is constant and this principle governs life as a whole. I remember a time when owning a landline was "What's up" and mind you, not just any kind of landline phone o but that one you would rotate and then it would connect you to operator. Am sure my 1960 children can relate.  Anyways, fast forward to the early 2000 where owning a cellular was a big deal.. I still recall in 2001 when my dad came home with a motorola cellular phone, that had a really long antenna (I think for about 40k then) and mind you ,if yours did not have an antenna you were not a big boy o...Even SIM card sef! Was gold! We purchased our Econet sim for about 20000 naira, now that same sim card I bought a month ago, for 200 naira plus registration o . I also remember my first love blackberry. Oh! Blackberry! that I never got to use because it was freaking expensive; if you d...

Have you ever known love? Have you ever felt love? Have you ever been in love? I ask because all three have happened to me and it was the best feeling and experience I could have ever wished for in my life time. It made the 9decades I spent on earth worth the while, reason being that Margaret made me know love, feel love and be in love she was bliss itself.  Have you ever experienced a love so strong that even when she nags you can't help but smile and love her even deeply? I recall so many times I would literally frustrate her with my annoying traits and she would not even move an inch, or try to react but rather walk into the kitchen and make me my favorite meal. She was a proverbs 31 woman with her issues of course but then, they were the best 40 years of my life. Yes 40 years! And no I didn't get married at 50,but Margaret left me quite early,umm cancer came when we least expected thinking it could stop me from knowing, feeling and being in love but Margaret's...

  The youths of these days amaze me a lot, how will someone that worked hard,toiled, sweated and even starved to make money  💰  finally get the money and decides a few days/ weeks later to throw a "I have made money party" is that one not proper brain disorder? I don't understand it, when my friend mentioned it to me I started wondering what the person did to get that money. I mean if it was I who had gone through all that stress my first agenda would not be to throw a party telling the whole world how much money I had but rather think of an investment that would ensure the stability of that cash before throwing one useless party that will only be a liability.  My generation though! I won't blame them much after all the world has provided so many get rich easily schemes that nobody knows what it means to toil for their money. Am sure you're wondering what kind of bad belle person I am for wanting people to suffer before becoming comfortable, well that's ...

  The way her hair swayed in synchrony with her waist as she danced to the ear deafening songs being played at the party caused my heart to beat with so much irregularity that I was scared I would die. But I couldn't control my heart any more because the more I watched and saw that smile , the more I wanted to pause time and stay in that moment forever. Her subtle moves and the joyful demeanor she had on the dance floor made me fall in love all over again..... Oh my Abigail! I have loved her for as long as I can remember but I have never been able to tell her how I feel; I have shown it in diverse ways but saying it hasn't been the easiest thing because am worried she would not even understand the way I feel about her, it might confuse her so much and I did not want that. She was the apple of my eye, the one I saw first before any other, she was also the best thing that happened to me,and my love for her is much deeper than a tunnel that has got light at the end of it . I ch...

  So a few days ago, I was in the kitchen chopping some carrot 🥕 ,green beans and what-what for the Easter celebrations , when my mum walked into the kitchen and said "Haro dear, I want to ask you something. That phone you are using, emmm... who bought it for you? Now this phone we are talking about, I have had it since January and this is April o.., not once did my mother ask me who got the phone 📱 for me or if I got it myself, how did I get the money sef? for were! She just acted as if it was nothing and me too I did same because I wasn't ready to act home video with her. Truth is, my boyfriend got it for me but I was not ab out to tell my mother that, you're wondering why abi! I will tell you o, just wait for it. My mum is the most uptight person in this world. She believes in old time religion where you don't fix your hair, nails   or even wear trousers. Her own is that you should go to school and be fervent for the Lord. It's so bad that she never gave m...

  I can still remember the cool 😎 October morning as I woke up to sound of my phone 📱 ringing continuously, at first I was mad 😡 wondering who had the nerve to call me at such an odd hour and with such ferocity; until I picked up my phone and saw it was my intended. "hello beautiful, I am so sorry to have  disturbed your sleep but I wanted us to have our last conversation in this chapter of our life before we begin the new one in a few hours" came his cherry voice. I still remember the day we met at the school gate; he was a scrawny looking teenager who  was two classes below me and I was the senior prefect. On that faithful day, he had come late to school and it was my duty as SP to punish him, but I couldn't cos he walked up to me and said in a trembling voice when I asked why he was late to school: "I am late today cos I knew you would be on gate duty, and I wanted to tell you that you are the prettiest girl in the entire school". "Achalugo m are yo...