ASAKE OKIN

People told stories of how their Mothers cooked a whole chicken when they attainted womanhood! aka saw their monthly period aka the visitor aka that time of the month. Whatever it is called, you get the gist, right? I was in boarding school, so no one cooked a whole chicken for me, but my friend did celebrate like I won a lottery. It was a tradition back then to celebrate your friend when their period came. People who started their period while on holiday came back to either announce it in the hostel or “display” an unused pad in a manner that sends the message. I can’t remember when I started my period, but I can remember taking sanitary pad to boarding school and “lending” it out with the hope of collecting it back when my period finally started. I never had the opportunity to collect it for some terms, in fact I never collected it back but las las my period came. It came after our teachers and parents had started talking about reproductive system and sexual education. I thought...

I wrote a different post with this title, it was one of the post referred to in no backup   I am sure today's post is a Taboo to a lot, kindly accept my heartfelt apologies if you go ahead with the post I sat with her today, we had ice-cream. Ice-cream? “Is she heartbroken?” He asked. “Yes, I don't understand why he keeps behaving like this” I said “Is she feeding him?”He asked. “Trust my friend now, she's top chef of Lagos o!” I replied “ Asake!!, I am not taking about food o? Is she sleeping with him?” He asked “Haba Babe, you know her, don't touch my body jo jo. She’s not sleeping with him. I am very sure she’s not sleeping with him” I responded “Yawa, he's either eating out or about to eat out? Has she found out how important sex is to him?” He asked. “They fight whenever she sleeps over, he feels she's depriving him of his property. He keeps saying he owns it now and forever. I wonder why he can't just propose to her, I ...