I’ve seen you happen to people, God, I want you to happen to me in the depth of your mercy and grace. With understanding and wisdom of the fullness of your image. God, I want you to happen to me in your fullness. Amen
@preshgaza
Then he goes on to tell me what to write in there- I collected his words and did my job, he paid me when I told him it was ready, I sent it through his mail. When we caught up, he read everything back to me. It was goofy, but it was a beautiful act of love. 🥺 men dey oh
I HAD AN AFFAIR
I had an affair, I said bluntly.
My husband turned around to look
at me with a cup in his hands,
he laughed and focused on his laptop.
He probably thinks this is one of the
time I am trying to be a content
creator like the rest of the world.
@preshgaza
When I started writing professionally, I didn’t have anyone purchase my services for a month or so. This man paid for a write up, told me to address it to myself, - He texted and said “I want to order a romantic write up for my babe”. I said which one? 😂 He said who else?
@tobishiyanbola
Gen ti ku. I said okay. Then he goes let’s go turn it on. I laughed and said why? The world knows I can’t turn on the Gen. 😂 then he goes, aya mi ja, to ba gbe mi lenu step. (Translated to I am scared, what if someone carries me on the stair case) I thought he was joking,
I HAD AN AFFAIR - 4
I sat across the couch from Gbenga, three months had passed but it didn’t feel like it. It felt fresh and new, quite hard to explain. He had this look that could change the planet if it were allowed, like he hated me but wanted me. Like I had broken him
@tobishiyanbola
My dad is super amazing and very honest. One time, I was at my parent’s apartment, I was working on my laptop, then the Gen went off. It’s a 3 storey building with all the generators on the 4th floor which is a penthouse. Right? Tell me why my dad comes to me and says in Yoruba
THE OTHER DAY WITH BOO.
Nobody:
Me: on my laptop looking clueless, I even hissed couple of times.
Him: Rushes to me) Are you okay?
Him: What’s up? Takes my mouse and looks at the screen.
Me: (In my head) What’s your own nau?
Me: (In real life) I am okay, just wondering.
I FLIRTED.
It was 7:45pm on Saturday and my man was nowhere to be found. I knew he was out with friends, he had told me earlier. I was getting bored out of my life. I had finished all the work task I had, I was trying to relax my head, so I didn’t make effort to create task.
I HAD AN AFFAIR - 5
Gbenga wouldn’t forgive me, that’s okay. It was I who decided I’d pick him either ways. I badly wanted to fix my marriage and I didn’t hesitate to give him the chance he asked for when he said he’d be the best husband, and I left Toye even though I can still
I HAD AN AFFAIR 3
“Take my hands now” he commanded with barely a mercy look at me.
I hurriedly got off the ground, this wasn’t like those other times when I could play cute. Gbenga barely looked at me as he spoke “I don’t know what to tell you, I have no idea why you did what
I HAD AN AFFAIR 2
So, explain to me. You know what?
This is bullshit.
This time, my husband hit the table
and stood up.
He looked straight at me and asked,
how did you even have the time?
How? With all you’ve got going?
With all we do? You still???
He didn’t finish
ESSENTIAL ROMANCE
3 minutes read.
To my lover,
Last night, when it was time for us to go to bed, I saw you shaking your head.
I asked if there was something making you upset, you didn’t tell.
I could guess your world was close to falling off.
Myself and D (my husband) would have arguments about a lot of things, but there has never been one as serious as this. For some reason, he was more than upset. While I stood there calmly and unsure why he was being so upset about this issue. D, what’s with you? Is it more than
Day 5 - Love letter
Hey baby, I never want
to miss out on you.
I will be there in your
happiest moments.
I will cheer you on
when you win new dreams.
I would rub your back when
life gives you a kick.
I would hold you
every night even in my sleep.
Until forever, petname.
I should be able to tell love from your glance, from your kiss and from your smile. I think if you really love me, you wouldn’t mind holding my hands. That day, it felt like I forced you to kiss me outside. That’s not what I desire. I’ve realized we’ve been passing time
Whatever
@uchejombo
did in the movie “The Better Ex”, I approve of it. That’s how it’s done. That’s how to “act”. Darn eet, that’s how being a character works.
The thought of the fact that SARS killed my aunt’s husband about 4-5years ago, I was still talking to my mum when she called 2days ago. Sad yeah. We didn’t get his corpse till days later and that was terrible. He was a great man, he was a bus driver.
#EndSarsProtests
One day, I go get man. I go give am my card to do shopping.
E fit buy tuxedo or vans.
My account no go shenk me, na why hustle dey go on bayi.
His bills, my bills.🥂 bless up
THOSE LITTLE THINGS- Story of Love.
Like you pecking my forehead
Texting me to bring your cap
While I am up the stairs
Like you calling me winnee the Pooh
And rubbing my stomach as it stays out of my crop top.
Like you allowing me hold your hands as we walk up the stairs.
AWAY FROM THE CALL 1
Everyone else could act as though they love and adore Sister Abigail, but not me. Who even names a child Abigail? I wondered as I dragged my legs in reluctance to the Pastor’s Office.
I saw Abigail’s eye as it merged with mine,
I didn’t like the idea of going home to Dave, I think he is starting to realize it. Yes, we had recently gotten engaged and we are planning our wedding, but I was no longer sure if I wanted to continue. I have a “feeling” he has been seeing someone else. Esther, his elder sister
THE OTHER DAY WITH BOO - 15
“ I woke up at 11:450pm to touch you and you are not there? Explain that to me, oh go ahead”, I raised my voice over my husband’s head.
It’s been weeks since we took out our baby and I can barely understand us, why and how. Now I wake up to
DAMNED 1
9:52pm on a Thursday, my ride had arrived and the driver alerted me.
I hurried and picked my bag as I ignored the person who ran after me. My braids fell out the bun as I wiped off the beads of sweat that gathered on my face. I felt like I was missing something.
THE OTHER DAY WITH BOO- 7
3:45am and my hand was on my husband’s neck. His temperature could boil yam. As he groaned in pains, he held my pajamas as though it were the garment of Christ. My stomach hurts too, he whimpered. For the first time in a long while, I had to do the
THE OTHER DAY WITH BOO- SLY.
It was 7:40pm when my husband came back into the house, I was seated on the low brown couch in our room.
He begins to walk up to me with a grin, I didn’t bulge. Convinced I wasn’t having any of his acts, he wore a straight face and came up to me.
@Ishow_leck
Me: I don’t think you understand. I feel like we are all up in our feelings. Let’s do this a bit later.
Him: I guess.
A bit later.
Me: I feel like I misunderstood you. What do you think?
Him: I think I wasn’t patient enough, really.
Me: Where do you think we got it wrong?
Are the stars on make up tonight? Because Heck, they look so good. This moon better give me its skincare routine, this glow is much. Father Lord the Creator. I see showing off this night. Dang.
LOVE LETTERS- Day 1
I promise to write you everyday for the next 30 days.
Today, I set myself into bed and suddenly remembered the first day you kissed my forehead. I didn’t know life could come from that part of you. For you, it was brief, for me, it was all that should be.
I’d like to give a shout to men- Men who are being great friends, father, son, brother, colleague. Thank you. Thank you for being an amazing protector, thank you for trying, thank you for being intentional. I recognize your effort and will. Thank you.❤️. Fine creature ni e.
Text contents that I think is appealing to a man
1. Hey baby, I am so proud of you.
2. Hey sugar, I just remembered that one time you helped with work, I actually smiled.
3. Hey boo, what’s up? I was wondering if you’d like to go for lunch this weekend, it’s on me.
After we
#EndSARS
, we will stop making meme about anyone who says monkey or snake swallowed money. You lie about our (taxes) finances, we take you off leadership. No more mediocrity.
#EndSarsProtests
y’all need be accountable, we are humans too.
TO YOU, KANMI.
Grieve, Hurt and Strength.
A 3 minutes read.
Dedicated to everyone who has lost a spouse.
I really wish you were here.
Another day has passed and I’ve had to make another crazy decision.
I know that if time were still as old as they used to be.
THE OTHER DAY WITH BOO - 11
8:45pm and my husband was yet to be back from home. The last time we spoke was about 4:48pm, he told me he was 30 minutes away. Somehow, 30 minutes had turned into hours and he was yet to be home, and for some reason, his numbers were unreachable.
just don’t want distractions or anything. I felt disloyal to my husband. I looked at him again disappointed at myself and said I am sorry, babe. I flirted…
THE OTHER DAY WITH BOO- Chapter 3.
Titled- My Name and Bye.
It was 9:15pm when my man got back from work. I was in the kitchen when he walked towards me and gave me a kiss.
Me: Hey baby, I didn’t hear you come in.
Him: Hey Sholape, what’s up?
Me: I don’t understand?
Those things we didn’t do because of fear, time has gone and they are still there. We should have done them anyways, nothing would have changed but our ability to stretch and take risk.
DAMNED 2
“Yes, we do”
It was the second time I had visited Dwayne since our trip, and it was the first time we had sex. Somehow, I felt guilty. I didn’t know if that was because I had cheated on my partner or because it was Dwayne. Young man in his late twenties, quite
Everytime this man catches me glancing at him, he goes what happened? Why are you looking at me like that? Lol, you is my mans bruh. And you is fioone. And heck, I am blessed to have you that’s why my eyes are stuck on you, Fam. I can’t get over what God has blessed me with, Mehn
Tell me if you ever fall out of love with me. I almost can tell from how you look at me that you barely feel the same way, but don’t continue to kiss my forehead, don’t laugh at my jokes when your heart doesn’t want to be here, please. You’d mess me up.
5 years of our lives, 3 years in this
marriage. And half of it, you shared
with someone else?
Help me get it. And help
me understand why?
I wasn’t enough? We were broke?
Because I know, I know for sure
Kemi that we have enough money,
heck, just you have enough money.
I wanted to call you.
To text you
To say that I love you.
To ask if I could stop by to hug you.
I wanted to ask if I could come over to tell you how my day went.
I wanted to buy a glass of wine.
To cheers to us.
I wanted to, but I couldn’t.
When I come home tonight, baby, you have to hug me as tight as you can. This week, I’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly. And I feel like your arms would secure me. Hug me, baby. Please, hug me.
@Ishow_leck
Him: Explains himself.
Me: Explains myself.
On other days.
Me: This thing you are saying, does it make sense? Tcheeew please abeghi
Him: Madam. Calm down.
Other days -again.
Me: Wo, everybody getat. Me I will kiss you.
Other days
Him: Let it slide.
Me: God forbid.
I like you.
I like how good you are.
I love how good life feels with you.
I like your silent smile.
Your light snore.
I like everything that has you.
I love the idea of you
He smiled again and looked at me.
Babeyy as he likes to call me, please,
I am trying to work. If this is a comeback
for not going with you to Otto market
earlier, I am sorry. Bring out the camera,
he said as he waved into the air
as though there really was a camera.
I made sacrifices for
us as well, but Gbenga does it better.
I couldn’t sleep, I heard a husky
voice behind me. Get up, he
commanded and stretched
his arms towards me. I
didn’t take it. I couldn’t take
his arm anymore. Now I disgust myself.
TO BE CONTINUED
Part 2
D, please allow me explain. Please, I am sorry. I don’t know if Oladayo realized but he wiped his tears as swiftly as he could and smiled while I stood wondering what was funny or what had changed. My husband has began glancing at me and I was wondering
THE OTHER DAY WITH BOO - EPISODE 16
I was following my husband’s instruction when I packed my bags for a weekend trip. I had no idea where we were going. All Ekenechukwu said to me was “Hey baby, I want for us to make out time and play catch up, what do you think? Is this a good
I need myself. You need yourself too. That means you need to realize what you are capable of, who you are, how you’ve been designed to live. It’s beautiful to find one’s self. You find identity, you know purpose. You understand value and you regard yourself so much that your
Gbenga, I am not joking, I, I was having
an affair, I took a deep breath
because how dare I? How dare
I do this to us?
Was? My husband murmured.
I ended it, I ended things, I said quickly as though it would change anything.
Okay, that was all Gbenga said to me.
I
don’t want to hear whatever
this is, he warned.
But, I want to say it. Why? He
snapped at me. Because I am tired
of hoarding it, of hiding it. It’s killing
me, Gbenga.
So you are telling me because
you are guilty! Not out of respect
for this marriage.
And I did, but I stammered
so much.
I, he was at my party, and we
kept talking. It felt different and
I allowed it. We had seen couple
of times and we … we. Oh, I
couldn’t bring myself to say it.
But when Gbenga turned his eyes,
I recognized the fury.
We had sex twice,
I didn’t understand, I didn’t know
if expected anything else. So
I continued to explain myself. I,
my birthday, I wasn’t even sure
where to start, but I went on anyways.
Last year, at the party, one of the guest.
Honestly Folakemi, this time my
husband called my full name
You know what’s funny, Kemi? I
really want to hear right now.
It will make you better right!
Say it. This is the time where
I thought I would act like Angelina
Jolie in movies and apologize
for this. But it’s not playing out.
I couldn’t apologize. I just wanted
to speak.
I have been meaning to write you, are you happy? I got your text from 3 months ago, you said that you miss me and you didn’t know better, you wouldn’t have released me to go. And I understand you.
But I couldn’t stay, you were struggling and I do not boast when I say “you
It was my final year in the university and I didn’t know how rigid I had become until Kunle couldn’t stop talking about it. Sometimes, I would apologize. Other times, I would ask that he stops making a fuss about what barely exists. To be honest, I had quite a run of the talk.
Me: (in real life) yes, I feel better. Thank you for helping.
Me: (in my head) thank God pe I scatter face. I for no chop forehead kiss wey reset my brain. I will still even stand up to refill my water.
Him: Nods and goes away.
Me: (in my head)
BROKEN- MUCH
Written by Olu
Months have passed
and I finally have the
chance to write about you.
You shouldn’t have
broken me like that.
Now that I sit to think;
you tore me apart bits by bits.
It was unfair to me.
And I couldn’t anymore.
I broke things, it’s been over,
but I don’t know Gbenga. I can’t
just keep acting like I didn’t do it.
I am sorry. I cheated on you.
I am sorry.
At this point, I wasn’t sure what
to say. My husband look at me and
smiled, I wasn’t sure why.
Hello, I am here again 😂
Is there anyone who knows a medical professional in Lagos who would be willing to volunteer their time to teach teenagers ages 12-15 on menstruation (everything about it)? Or create a handout/guide? Please, point one my way if you know.
THE OTHER DAY WITH BOO
EPISODE 20
Ekenechukwu was barely wearing a smile and for the first time in a while, I knew it was better to stay out of his way. From his face, I could tell it was one of those moments he wanted to fix with his masculinity and didn’t think i needed to
Him: (rushes to get the water)
Me: (when he got back with the water) I love you.
Him: Love you too.
Me: You are missing the I.
Him: I love you. Pele. Let me know if you have any troubles, I need to put the clothes in the laundry. You feel better?
I don’t understand what just happened. 😂😂😂 but I am glad I let it happen. Ose enu mi for not ruining the moment.
THREE DAYS LATER.
Me: Sugar, remember the other day you helped with the conversion?
Him: Yes hun. Everything okay?
Me: (in my head) I didn’t actually need it.
YOU STOPPED COMING HOME
I have stopped writing.
I couldn’t find the words
Ever since you left.
You took the inks and pens
You took them without telling me.
You took a part of my heart.
You didn’t have the decency to
Leave me with anything.
I wasn’t sure if to write you.
At this point, we are pulling up in every city with candles and torch lights; sleepless night babies, not one citizen would rest until we put a end to this.
#EndSARS
second wave
As a storyteller/ screenwriter, I consider it important to highlight problems, solutions, conflicts, background and plot. This is an inside video (now outside 😂) of me after mapping out conflict, problems and solution for a story draft. (Snippet) 🌚🌚
#screenwriting