Perhaps I am biased, but I believe that African women have the best child rearing skills on the planet. Period.
There is so much unrecognized and under-appreciated wisdom that our women employ in the running of their households. It starts with compartmentalizing relationships. In Africa, children are children; elders are elders and husbands husbands. On the rare occasion, one may cross into the realm of “friend”, but for the most part, children in African society are not thought of as their mother’s friend until they are MUCH older. The thought that you are not your child’s friend is shocking, almost a dirty sin, in the West and I am ashamed to say that I have forsaken my culture to adhere to America’s asinine theories on child rearing. Here’s why:
Why I was growing up, you didn’t go into my parent’s room until you were sent, and you certainly didn’t feel free to just walk in on a whim. Going into your parent’s room when they were out of the house made you feel like a criminal, because it was damn near forbidden. Well, there’s a reason why. You could walk in on your parents having sex, or worse, watching a “blue film”. It would just be uncomfortable for all involved. My shame comes from the fact that my kids can walk into my room willy-nilly, day or night without fear of reprise, and worse, without reverence for my sanctum.
A few nights ago, my husband I were in the throes of passion after a few weeks of a sex drought. It was the perfect evening. The moon was full, there was a slight drizzle outside and my man was basically putting it down. In the midst of our love making I felt an extra limb on my left leg and thought to myself “Wow, he’s really all over the place tonight. It’s like he has a third leg”. Simultaneously, I was about to reach my…romantic peak…when he suddenly withdrew in horror and shouted “What are you doing?!?!?”
“I’m trying to cum”, is what I fixed my mouth to say in reply, but as I followed his gaze and tilted my head to the left, I saw two beady eyes staring into mine in the moonlight.
“Yahhh!!!” I screamed.
My eldest daughter had climbed into bed with us during our love making and was just hanging out. My husband tersely commanded her to go back to bed, looked me in the eye and shook his head. After I had gotten over the initial fright, I shook my head too and laughed. By the time it was all over, I was left with a pair of blue balls and a flaccid penis: Having a four year old watch you humping in the sack kind of takes the fire out of things. And though I was left unsatisfied for the evening, I was left with a valuable lesson about parenting and boundaries.
5 comments On My husband’s third leg
Lol at the idea of parents watching “blue films”. Your daughter has also given me “major jokes”, so how did you explain things to her?
o no!
what a miss!
that was a perfect ‘teachable moment’ for sex-education!
it’s said something like: teach the children so when they grow they would not depart from it!
i beseech you!
😀 Sorry for the rude interruption. Doors have locks for a reason.
LOL! Mr Jones, your wisdom is simple, yet profound. We’ve already started locking doors when we plan on ‘knocking boots’.
Poor child. The trauma. Luckily she won’t remember it by the time she’s twenty… hopefully.
I’m caught in the middle when it comes to my ideas about parenting. I definitely want to have a close and open relationship with my children, but at the same time, I don’t want to stop being a person just because I have kids.
It’s like all those Nigerian women that have one child and suddenly they turn into this dowdy depressing sparkless disgusting mess because they are “mothers” now. Just the word ‘mother’ is full of dusty blankets and layers of fat and boredom’.
So, what shall I do when I have children and need to have sex? I’ll just do what I’ve always done anyway. Have sex on the boardroom table at his office. That way we can use the bed at home for more family friendly activities like cuddling and colouring and watching sappy movies.