Cut the crap.....W.E #91.

There are certain topics that has the tendency to trigger a man-o-war defence system in me. These topics can bring out spikes from me like a hedgehog 😂.

I'm not saying that I go about pricking people with spikes, no, not at all but what happens is that I go into a full gender defend mode. I love my gender and if there's another life, I would still choose to be a woman because being a woman is a beautiful experience.

There's no where it was written that cooking belonged only to women.

In the olden days, our African fathers left house chores to their wives and took on the heavier duties like farm work, building homes, fences and barns. Their wives were fully stay at home mothers who were laden with the responsibility of cooking, washing and training the female children in homely duties. They rarely left their houses cos the men brought back food items from the market. Life then was simpler and not as complicated.

But now, times have changed. Men and women both work. In fact, I know of certain couples who work to pay their home bills 50-50. It's becoming rare to see men who carry the family's financial responsibility 100%. Love no blind again o.

I don't think it is fair to abandon chores to women or to tag chores as a ”woman thing”. Abi no be we dey talk say ”there's love in sharing?”. So why is the love not being shared when it comes to chores, especially kitchen duty like cooking?

Growing up, I was exposed to a lot of romance novels. I recall reading about how the male character would go out of his way to do something nice for his lady. He would cook and serve her breakfast in bed. Chai, those times ehn, I used to dream of marrying such a man that would wake up before me, enter the kitchen, cook and serve me the food in bed…..mamamia it's so romantic 🥰.

Maybe I'm the romantic fanatic but there's something sexy about a man in an apron holding a cooking spatula. To me, that man appears dreamy and hot and if there's no one around, I would surely pounce on him for a hot session 😜.

Men who know ”what's up”, understand that they are marrying a wife and not a slave. That man would know that he married a compliment to himself and honour her as himself. So doing certain things in the home is beneficial to both of them.

The woman works from 8am to 6pm just like the man. Imagine this, the man and woman both leave the house to resume work early in the morning. They work tirelessly in their respective offices, close off work and return home late in the evening.

Then the man would go sit down in front of the television set and tune in to the sports channel, enjoying himself. This same man would then be demanding for hot pounded yam and nsala soup , without offering any form of assistance in the kitchen whatsoever. This to me is unfair.

The least the man can do is help out in the kitchen with one or two things, making the cooking process fun and speedy. This would relieve the wife to a great deal and make her happy too, which will in turn lead to a happy home.

I hope that with this few points and illustrations of mine,I have proven that I am all for a man helping out in the kitchen😁.

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Thank you all for reading.

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