He Almost Ruined The Day
He Almost Ruined The Day
Every family has one or two individuals who always complicate issues, mine is not an exception, in fact, I think we have more of them than the normal ones. They can be so annoying, ruining almost every fun the family wants to have.
Sometimes it feels like we should just get rid of them and rest but you know what? Family meetings, reunions, and get-togethers are never complete if they are not around.
My uncle earned the name "Public" in the family due to his ability to ruin things, wherever his face shows up expect chaos. Usually, my extended family rarely come together except for two reasons, the end of the year meeting which we often refer to as a party because it is full of fun and the other one is when a family member wants to get married.
A few years back, after one of our morning devotions, my dad broke the good news, "Your cousin Theresa is going to get married in a few months," We exploded with joy, and everyone was happy. Theresa is in her mid-thirties and everyone was already worried that she might not get married due to her harsh and complicated nature. Now you see the reason for the joy right?
Time passed, and the long-awaited day came, early that morning my dad banged at my door, "Wake up we need to make it early to the village". "What for"? I asked, "For your cousin's traditional wedding of course" he responded.
"How come you forgot this so fast? I have told you severally to learn how to mingle with the extended family, if I am not around hope you know that it's going to be your responsibility to stand for this very family?" He queried, knowing fully that I was not having the intention to follow him down to the village. "Sorry sir," I replied and got myself prepared for the party.
You must be wondering why I don't like going to the village, my uncles are too problematic, they love ordering people around and feeling like small gods but when you ask them for help none of them will come in for you. In my life I hate selfishness.
We got to the village and just as I predicted, there was so much work to do, we had to slaughter the pig and the goat that the groom brought for the family to share. After doing all the work we were asked to do, we were told to prepare because the groom's family were already on their way coming.
We all got set and in no time, they were there, "Public" the family's headache wasnt available when we were working, everyone almost concluded that he was not going to make it and we were all happy, not until the groom's family arrived, we saw the tall, slim dark man also coming with his cigarette from a distance.
Everyone's mood changed instantly because we knew there was going to be a serious problem. Our big uncle sent someone to tell him to be on his best behavior because of the visitors around and he should at least put his cigarette away.
He managed to do that for a while and we were all surprise, everyone was whispering "Is this public? What happened to him today?" Soon after the agreement between both families, our big uncle asked if anyone had anything to say. The meeting was quiet for some minutes and we all thought that was it, it was time to dance and get merry but Public raised his hand at the eleventh hour.
"What is it you have to say? speak on", our uncle consented. "Thank you all for this great opportunity," he responded with a calm voice while standing up. "Em, I have seen everything available here, there is more than enough food, meat and the beans you brought are adequate but where is the alcohol? I can't come to this party and you expect me to drink sweet stuff, sweet drinks are for children. We will not.."
"Public, sit down," our uncle instantly objected, but the young man gave a dump ear and proceeded, we will not accept this dowry. As soon as he mentioned "dowry" it caught everyone's attention "Public, sit down and keep quiet please, What's wrong with you? If you dont find this gathering appealing, you can go back to wherever you are coming from" My Dad responded.
Actually, in my family, alcohol is forbidden as part of the drinks for traditional weddings. My uncle believes that since it's a new union it should be started on a pure and holy ground.
Public wouldn't listen to anyone he kept ranting and insisting they buy a crate of beer before he stayed calm. We tried all we could to no avail, the groom had to secretly buy him a bottle of beer before he kept mute. We all felt embarrassed over his actions, our big uncle had to apologize to our inlaws but they laughed saying "We have their type in every family."
Actually, people like that are in every family, one just needs to know how to handle them for peace to reign. after taking his beer, he was just busy cracking jokes and putting smiles on everyone's face.
Family is main to unites everyone together and is good for all to have a character in life
You are right, family is for primarily for unity and it's also a place for character building. Thanks so much for reading
Thank goodness your family was able to pacify your uncle. There are always going to be people who can't put their own feelings aside to allow the joy of others to have its moment. You brought this part alive.
For a true story though, one thing was quite disconcerting, and that is how your recalcitrant uncle's name changed. For most of your story he is named Public but then right at the end he is called Popular. This kind of slip changes perceptions in reader's minds as to the truth of the #CNF. Not only that, it also speaks to a lack of editing. Consistency is very important. There are other instances that show that your work needs a sweep through a grammar and editing app before publishing. A few examples below so that you can see what we mean:
Should read:
"What is it you have to say? Speak on," our uncle consented. "Thank you for this great opportunity," he responded with a calm voice, while standing up. "Em, I have seen everything available here..." (I won't rewrite the last sentence in full)
You need to ensure that all speech is contained in speech marks and dialogue tags and action are outside of the speech marks. There are other instances where your punctuation around speech is doubled up eg: .,
or the punctuation sits outside the speech marks instead of inside.
It is unlikely that everyone would say all the above in unison. Perhaps this would be better written as someone shouted or showing a variety of interjecting voices... So, perhaps show them as separate voices. In the quote above, you should also have a comma after Public, and not have a comma after the word please. An exclamation mark would work much better in the latter part of the sentence.
I have tried to provide a bit more detail on this occasion so that you can see the small tweaks you can make and then take a fresh look at this piece and future pieces to read them with fresh eyes, and edit more thoroughly, before publishing. It will create a more polished finish to your work which is an entertaining read in itself. You want the reader to enjoy every bit of it and not be distracted by easy-to-fix bits that a simple check through Grammarly would catch. 🙂
Thank you for writing in The Ink Well, Emreal.
Wow! I am so grateful for the correction, I'm learning. I am going to take immediate action over it. And I promised to be more careful while editing my work next time. Thank you so much for the support and above all, for the corrections.
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There will always be someone against everything in every occasion. Thank goodness it was retified immediately.
Their type are in every family, one funny thing is without them, the party is not always complete. Thanks for reading
Hahahahahahaha. Every family possessed such persons who are against at every decision or make events complex. When they did something, everyone is curious, embarrassed or a sort of like that. But, after some minutes, everyone laugh what has happened. It's quite interesting. Otherwise, if everyone became agree within no time, then there is no twist.
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LoL.. there are really in every family, they are fun to be with but at the moment of the drama it's not always funny hehhe..
Thanks so much for reading, so sorry for late reply 🙏🙏🥺