Opposite Attracts

Hi, I'm Abeegail, They say "opposite attracts", well I never quite understood it until something happened in my house. This saying is a literal representation of my parents. They are two different people but somehow they make it work. My mom has always been my role model, now, she's not perfect but she has been the best mom I could ever ask for. There are times where we would clash and she would get me annoyed but at the end of the she's my mom. I've always admired my mom's confidence, stubbornness, hard-headedness, resilience and her ability to make sure she doesn't sell herself short but these qualities I admire I never really picked up from her. Personality wise I'm more like my dad; calm, quiet, content and reserved, like an introvert. Anytime I picture my parents the phrase "opposite attracts" makes sense, although they are different they are actually my number one dynamic duo, my OTP— one true paring. One incident that always reminds me of their different personality, I like to call it the "bedsheet incident"

My mom gave our bedsheet to the dry cleaners to wash, the owner of the laundry shop was our neighbour. The next day my mom heard a knock on the door. It was one of the workers from the laundry " I am sorry ma, I'm here because of the bedsheet, I...........I washed the bedsheet last night and hanged it outside to dry but I forgot it overnight and this morning it............it was stolen, I'm really sorry ma, I'll talk to my boss and let you know what we'll do next, even if we have to replace them" he said looking as sorry as he could. My mom in awe and shock responded "Okay". She was pretty bummed because she bought the bedsheet at an exorbitant price and it was still new, we had just used it once.

"See ehhhhnnn", him and that his boss would replace my bedsheet oooo, what sort of unprofessionalism is this? How can you just misplace someone's article of cloth, all I want is my money in my hands." My mom said angrily, as she prepared to go to her shop. After a little while my dad came back from work and I immediately told him what had happened to Mommy's bedsheet, he really wasn't interested because he was tired and just wanted to rest after a hard day's work.

In the afternoon, the laundry worker came again requesting for my dad, that his boss wants to talk to him. I told him my dad was sleeping, then he said should pass the message when he wakes up. 'why does he want to see my dad, I thought to myself, is it because of the bedsheet, but this has little to do with my dad, it was my mom that gave him the bedsheet. I did as I was told, I told my dad when he woke up and he went to see the man.

At dinner everyone was enjoying their meal talking about their day so the bed sheet incident came up somehow
"did you know that the man misplaced my fine bed sheets and now it's missing" my mom asked my dad.

"oh yes, abi told me and I also talk to the man this afternoon" my dad replied.

"This man is going to pay oooo, I'm not letting it go, wait ooo............why did the man even talk to you sef are you the one that give him the bed sheets, this is not the first time I've given them my clothes and the ruin it, I gave them one of my clothes and they said that rat ate it when they clearly burnt it while ironing, I give them my white shirts to wash and they gave me back with a stain, now my bedsheet, I can't let it go oooo, that bedsheet is really expensive" my mom aired her grievances

"I don't think we should collect money from them this man is our neighbor he's not somebody we don't know how can we collect money from him, this is someone we see everyday and cross pathways with, we should not collect money. If it was another person it will be okay but this man is our neighbor." My dad retorted.

"But daddy, they misplaced our bedsheet they should be responsible nau" I tried to explain better what my mom meant.
"my own input is that you should not collect money and that's final." That was how the discussion ended and we went back to eating. My mom was upset over the fact that my dad said we should not collect money or ask for payback.

Two days later, it was laundry worker at the door again "good morning ma uhmmm........ this is the money for the bed sheets my boss said that I should give it to you." He said, as he stretched out the wad of cash. "okay thank you" my mom reply she was in shock it because she didn't expect to receive any money from him. My mom told my dad that the man had given her the money for the bedsheet. My dad was angry and told her to return it by the time he's back from work. My mom also angry, gave him the money to return, if he wanted to return it so bad.

At the end, my dad did go to return the money but they came to a decision to split the money. So the man paid half and my dad promised to buy the bedsheet back for my mom. This incident made me understand how different my parents are; my mom refused to be sold short and is very aggressive with what she wants but my dad is more calm, logical, and place peace with people around him as top. But even in their differences, they still make it work.

But between my parents who do you think was right.

It's Abeegail ✨💗