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Jasmine and I decided to hangout in one of our favourite Restaurant. I like the ambiance of the place; it always has a soothing effect on me. We took a sit by the window, it was ‘our spot’ and the Restaurant had a few people. I ordered one of my favourite exotic meals from El Savador; baby shrimps with veggies and rice in playa while Jasmine had a Panama favourite; a plate of beef and veggies with rice of course.
Yes you got that right it’s a ‘Theme Restaurant’ but this time themed along food lines, shockingly they are able to cater for their finicky, class conscious and extremely genteel clientele. Me? I just come for their food! I don’t have time for snobs, which is basically what most of them are I thought as I looked around the classy Restaurant. “Well Jaz, here we are. So what’s going on?” I asked after we had ordered for their sparkling watermelon chiller. “I am having issues with Christopher and honestly speaking I’m getting tired of his mixed signals. We have been together for a while now, actually the longest I have been with any guy in recent times, one minute he wants us to go forward the next he needs more time.
I am fed up!” Jasmine said in despair. I was shocked, I suspect Jasmine loves Christopher more than she is letting on and this is the confirmation. You see for those of you who are not conversant with the issue; Christopher is Jasmine’s boy-friend and younger than her. Initially I must admit, it was strange that Jasmine will fall for someone younger but time showed that she really cared for him and even appeared to have given up on her insatiable appetite for men. Apparently the problem was that Christopher had people around him who had opinions about his relationship and he was ‘the listening type’. Family, Friends, Colleagues and of course ‘frenemies’; friends who are better off as enemies.
Enemies who pretend to be friends, they don’t mean well for you, do you know of any such ‘friend’ around your friend? Yes around your friend because you don’t know your ‘frenemies’, it is others that know that your so called bosom friend is not a friend at all. Christopher had been told by ‘well-wishers’ that Jasmine was not good for him because of their age difference, that they didn’t belong to the same tribe, that Jasmine will dominate him in future, that she will never respect him, the reasons were endless and Christopher unfortunately cared too much about the opinions of all these people and now it was affecting his relationship with Jasmine. I often wonder why people pay so much attention to the opinion of others. Christopher is the one in the relationship, he knows Jasmine better than any of these people. I could see Jasmine’s frustration and pain. Christopher had made me a promise, never to hurt my friend. She was more fragile than she looked and acted.
I had to go the extra mile to bring a smile to her face but the problem was not solved.
Warien Rose Foundation’s Domestic Violence Anonymous had her support Group Program which holds every last Monday of the month at Rockview Hotel Festac and we gave out shoes and other clothing items; it was wonderful seeing the smiles on the vulnerable Women’s faces. I missed my Radio show ‘Love Bug at Unilag 103.1fm which holds every Saturday by 8.00pm again on Saturday; which makes the third consecutive time due to a busy schedule. Yet I am still swamped, sometimes I wonder if it’s just me or this is how people live their lives.
“Hello sugar plum, wata gwan” I looked up from the papers I was working on. “Jasmine! Twice back to back in one week! Tsk tsk, so what are ‘we’ excited about today?” I asked drily in amusement as I watched my friend waltz to my favourite corner chair and sit with aplomb. “Carpe diem; you never know what tomorrow will bring. We are going for a drive now!” Jasmine said with determination. “Why? It’s the middle of the day and I have so much work. By the way are you not supposed to be preparing for your Presentation in South Africa?”
I asked puzzled at Jasmine’s devil may care attitude. “All that can wait ‘child’, not this” she said playfully.
