

WORDS FROM A FATHER TO A SON on Marriage
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 and
children. And always remember that you are the priest of your home.
5. My son, if you want to have along 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 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. Be home early and spend time with her and the kids
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. Be patient son!
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 grannies house, to call her out, it was not for sex, 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 humble beginnings should
not enjoy your wealth
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 claims to have equal
rights 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 have made the male-gender an ordinary tag.
18. My son, your mother once burnt my clothes 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 tattoos, 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, it’s a secret
of growing old and having children to take care of you too.
23. My son, pray with your family, there is a tomorrow you don’t know, talk to God that knows everything, everyday.