I would hear my mum and her sisters talking about who was in danger of losing her matrimonial home to someone who was out to wreck it; or who was threatening to wreck somebody's matrimonial home; or who wrecked another person's matrimonial home; or who should be careful before she uses her own nasty behavior to wreck her own matrimonial home.  . . .  So, one day, I asked my mum, what is a matrimonial home? The way she looked at me, I knew it was one of those adult phrases. Then she confirmed it: "Where did you hear matrimonial home?" So, I said, you and your sisters always say it so what does it mean? Answer: "It is not everything that adults say that children must know."

There was an arbitration between the country and an American company that was doing BOT port contracts for them.  The country was our client.  Well, as the only African in my firm now, they assigned me to work on the case.  Being African can be good for something, trust me!  From day one, Ibu felt that I was part of the services for the country on the case and I don't mean in a professional way.  At that time, I was not yet married.  But, I was seriously dating Boo.  Initially, I ignored Ibu's attention but he soon stopped being subtle.  Actually, let me be honest, I kind of started enjoying the attention.  You know, it was real African attention, the way a Naija guy will toast you and make your head start feeling dandy. 

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Na Sexy Sasu wake me for Christmas morning oh. My cell phone started ringing at around 3:30 a.m. and I just knew that my people in Naija done come again. No, not the ones that ask you for money. You know me, all those who have ever tried to stiff me up for coins know that they won't get anything so no one bothers anymore. In our extended family, they call me the hard one. It is not that I don't give oh. But, no one can just call me and expect a freebee.