Are husbands in any way entitled to their wives’ income? Are there men out there with the belief that they must have a share in their wives’ earnings? I was shocked to find out that some men do.
There I was on a quiet Saturday morning. The kids had gone off to be with their aunt, and I was home alone with the wife, nursing a beer and reading the day’s news, as is my custom every Saturday. The wife had prepared some catfish pepper soup, and I was really savouring it. Dog doesn’t get treats all the time, so I really took the time to polish off the bones of the fish. Nothing was spared. Deep down, though, I knew I was simply being buttered up for what was to come.
Madam joined me, and we were enjoying the quiet in the house. She ate quietly, and I waited patiently because I knew something was coming. It didn’t take long before she let it out.
“Babe, why don’t you relate with Papa Sonia? You know he is a nice man, and he takes church seriously. It would be good if you guys started relating. You might start going to church again.” She said.
Papa Sonia and his family are neighbours across the street. Beyond the occasional greeting, I try to avoid him as much as I can. Religious people do give me the creeps, and for good reason.
Nothing was going to interrupt me and that pepper soup, so I kept at it while she watched me in suspense. I didn’t say a word for over five minutes. I didn’t need to. It wasn’t long before a knock was heard on the gate.
I opened it, and in came Mama Sonia, as we call her. We exchanged pleasantries, and she and my wife proceeded to engage in small talk. She hardly visits, so I knew there must be something behind her visit.
I went into the house so she and my wife could converse freely. Days later, my wife spilled the purpose of the visit. I listened intently.
It so turned out that Papa Sonia, who had gotten his wife a job as a cleaner in a new-generation bank, was demanding that she hand over her entire salary to him anytime she got paid.
He works in a bank as a security guard, and I don’t imagine they get paid well. But that doesn’t excuse demanding that a wife hand over her entire salary. What kind of man does that?
Mummy Sonia’s refusal to hand over her salary incensed her husband so much that he went to her workplace and demanded that she be sacked.
This is a man who can barely feed his own family with 6 kids but ego had pushed him to the point of spite against his wife. As was expected, he got laughed out of the bank where his wife works, with a pointed message never to step foot there again.
He has been keeping a sullen face since then. Such a shame. While there is nothing wrong if a wife makes her income available for the home, this must not be something she does under compulsion. No man worth his salt should demand that....
Madam joined me, and we were enjoying the quiet in the house. She ate quietly, and I waited patiently because I knew something was coming. It didn’t take long before she let it out.
“Babe, why don’t you relate with Papa Sonia? You know he is a nice man, and he takes church seriously. It would be good if you guys started relating. You might start going to church again.” She said.
Papa Sonia and his family are neighbours across the street. Beyond the occasional greeting, I try to avoid him as much as I can. Religious people do give me the creeps, and for good reason.
Nothing was going to interrupt me and that pepper soup, so I kept at it while she watched me in suspense. I didn’t say a word for over five minutes. I didn’t need to. It wasn’t long before a knock was heard on the gate.
I opened it, and in came Mama Sonia, as we call her. We exchanged pleasantries, and she and my wife proceeded to engage in small talk. She hardly visits, so I knew there must be something behind her visit.
I went into the house so she and my wife could converse freely. Days later, my wife spilled the purpose of the visit. I listened intently.
It so turned out that Papa Sonia, who had gotten his wife a job as a cleaner in a new-generation bank, was demanding that she hand over her entire salary to him anytime she got paid.
He works in a bank as a security guard, and I don’t imagine they get paid well. But that doesn’t excuse demanding that a wife hand over her entire salary. What kind of man does that?
Mummy Sonia’s refusal to hand over her salary incensed her husband so much that he went to her workplace and demanded that she be sacked.
This is a man who can barely feed his own family with 6 kids but ego had pushed him to the point of spite against his wife. As was expected, he got laughed out of the bank where his wife works, with a pointed message never to step foot there again.
He has been keeping a sullen face since then. Such a shame. While there is nothing wrong if a wife makes her income available for the home, this must not be something she does under compulsion. No man worth his salt should demand that....
I think we have read this article before here. Nice
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