Akpors Wise Message To Son

* My son, if you keep
spending on a woman
and she never asked you
if you're saving or
investing, and she keeps
enjoying the attention,
don't marry her.
* My son, a woman
could be a good wife to
you, some could be a
good mother to your
children but if you've
found a woman like a
mother to you, your
children and your family,
please don't let her go.
* My son, don't confine
the position of your wife
to the kitchen, where did
you get that from? Even
in our days, we had
farm-lands where they
worked every
morning . . . that was
our office.
* My son, if I tell you
that you're the head of
the house, don't look at
your pocket; look if you
will see a smile on your
wife's face.
* My son, if you want to
have a long life, let your
wife be in-charge of your
salary, it will be difficult
for her to spend it when
she's aware of the home
needs and bills to pay
but if it's in your care,
she will keep you asking
even when all has been
spent.
* My son, don't ever
beat your woman, the
pain in her body is
nothing to be compared
to the wound on her
heart and that means
you may be in trouble
living with a wounded
woman.
* My son, now that
you're married, if you
live a bachelor kind of
life with your wife, you
will soon be single
again.
* My son, in our days,
we had many wives and
many children because
of our large farm-lands
and many harvests,
there are hardly any
land for farming
anymore, so embrace
your woman closely.
* My son, under the
cocoa tree that I did
meet your mother could
be your eateries and
restaurants of
nowadays, but
remember, the closet
thing we did there was
to embrace each other.
* My son, don't be
carried away when you
start making more
money, instead of
spending on those tiny
legs that never knew
how hard you worked to
get it, spend it on that
woman that stood by
you all along.
* My son, when I threw
little stones or whistled
at the window of your
mother father's house,
to call her out, it was
not for sex, it was
because I missed her so
much.
* My son, remember,
when you say your wife
has changed, there
could be something
you've stopped doing
too.
* My son, your mother,
Asake rode the bicycle
with me before I bought
that tortoise car outside
there, any woman that
won't endure with you in
your little beginning
should not enjoy your
riches.
* My son, don't compare
your wife to any woman,
there are ways she's
enduring you too and
has she ever compared
you to any man?
* My son, there is this
thing you people call
feminism, well, if a
woman claim to have
equal right with you in
the house, divide all the
bills into two equal
parts, take one part and
ask her to start paying
the other part.
* My son, I met your
mother a virgin and I
took more yams to her
father, if you don't meet
your wife a virgin, don't
blame her, what I didn't
tell you is that our
women had prestige.
* My son, I didn't send
your sisters to school
because I was foolish
like many to think a
female child won't
extend my family name,
please don't make that
mistake, the kind of
female achievers I see
nowadays has made the
male-gender an ordinary
tag.
* My son, your mother
have once locked up the
cloth I was wearing and
almost tore it because
she was angry, I did not
raise my hand to beat
her because of a day like
this, so that I can be
proud to tell you that I
never for once beat your
mother.
* My son, in our days,
our women had more of
natural beauty, though I
wouldn't lie to you,
some had minor
painting of their
appellation mostly on
their arms, the ones you
people now call tattoo,
but don't forget that
they didn't expose any
part of their body like
your women of
nowadays.
* My son, your mother
and I is not interested in
what happens in your
marriage, try to handle
issues without always
coming to us.
* My son, remember I
bought your mother's
first sewing machine for
her, help your wife
achieve her dreams just
as you're pursuing
yours.
* My son, don't stop
taking care of me and
your mother, it's a
secret of growing old
and having children to
take care of you too.
* My son, pray with your
family, there is a
tomorrow you don't
know, talk to God that
knows everything,
everyday.
* My son, if I had taken
my time to tell you all
these and your marriage
did not last like that of
your mother and I, then
you are a bastard.