Letters between Lo and Mo Part 5...

Mo,

Hey there, sorry about the late reply. I have been busy with month end missions. Blaming it on work again.

Look at the contrast between your scenario and your cousin’s girlfriend; people were going out of their way to make you feel comfortable while she is facing hostility. You should be grateful for your prospective accommodative in-laws.

In as much as you think your aunt doesn’t have the right to make such decisions on behalf of your cousins, don’t write off there misgivings immediately, sometimes these grown up truly perceive things that we do not, I know that’s not what you want to hear but honestly. She may be expressing it wrong but sometimes grownups are worth listening to. It’s just that when we are in our 20s we tend to think we know it all, but sometimes we know NOTHING.

You asked about Fa and why I haven’t been talking about him….well confession time. I have been flirting with someone else. Don’t look at me like that. Let me explain. I met him when I travelled to Dubai, he is a Zimbabwean architect. Talk, light skinned, strong, handsome, charming, funny, well read, well travelled. He is TTP (the total package). He has something intelligent to say about everything. Its been about a month now and I have been enjoying it. First it was just texts and whatsapp messages then he started to call and soon I was reciprocating. The conversation is just out of this world and you know how I am a sucker for great conversation. I know what you are thinking “this is bad, this is wrong”. I need to stop this before it gets out of control. It doesn’t help that he is ‘currently in between girlfriends….’. If Fa found out he wouldn’t forgive me, ok I am putting an end to it. #sigh. Its just that sometimes I think my relationship with Fa is rather routine and predictable. I sound like such a hypocrite don’t I, just last week I was telling you that the grass is never greener on the other side, its only greener where you water it. ok. I can only imagine how I would feel if he did the same, all hell would break loose. Double standards hey.

 I have been thinking about leaving my job but it would be an emotional decision which I don’t think wouldn’t be good for my career especially with the way jobs are hard to come by. I guess I had idealist expectations that after varsity I would land this great job that would allow me to “marry theory to practice” and make use of whatever knowledge I had acquired, but alas it was not to be so. It’s a tad bit depressing when I think about. Those are the moments that I feel like tending in my resignation letter and going purely entrepreneurial or political, totally idealistic I know.

Gotta dash

I miss you

Bye