WORLD CUP WIDOWS AND SINGLE LADIES by Elizabeth Muthama
So
the world cup has been running for 25 days, is there any of you who feel it’s
been like a decade, especially ladies? Please watch out, don’t answer that out
aloud- you might be stoned but don’t worry I got your back. When the first
whistle was blown in Brazil and the games began so did the problems of married
women and dating ladies whose husbands and boyfriends started dating football.
One of such is my friend Betty now married for 2 years.
Bearing
in mind Brazil’s time zone, while the games are played it finds Kenya in the
wee hours of the night. And this has changed my friend’s story. After 4 days of
her husband coming home late she decided to accompany him to one of the
matches, where Portugal faced Germany. The date started badly with him
complaining that Betty took too much time in the mirror. With her makeup half
done and not sure about her dress they both left for the match in the nearest
bar. Betty publicly announced she rooted for Germany and of course she did that
to show support for her husband. But she loved watching Ronaldo anyway and
silently supported Portugal. The match went awfully wrong when Portugal scored
in the 80th minute; Betty inadvertently celebrated and was met with
furious eyes of her date. And her lamest excuse was, “I did not know, you mean
that it’s not Germany? I thought it was”. Apart from making a fool out of
herself, she had earned herself a week long frown from dear hubby.
Maria
is my second friend to whom world cup has brought nothing but stress and endless
thoughts. Just before the world cup her husband used some of their savings to
buy a flat screen television and went digital with GoTV. It’s true he did not
‘hama’ (digital migration) even when the government threatened to switch off analogue
television. During every match he invites his three friends whom Maria has to
cook something for. She stays up late to serve them, tries to sit and enjoy
football but being a fifth wheel is worse than going to bed to get some sleep.
Just when she falls asleep she wakes up frightened by the shouting and
screaming coming from the living room. Cursing she throws a pillow over her
head to quiet the noise, when calmness kicks in sweet hubby calls her to serve
them more drinks, as if their house is a bar and her the bartender.
That
is what my friends’ life for the last 21 days has been like. You are wondering
what my experience has been like? Well girl talk has been filled with too much
‘my husband is not spending time with me’ stories. I want to talk about
clothes, shoes, that workmate that sucks investments and skin care products,
not about selfish husbands who have turned their wives to world cup widows. So
there it is I can’t wait for the world cup to be over.
What
is your world cup experience? Share with B.A.M.U and enjoy the remaining world
cup days responsibly.
This
blogpost was prepared by Elizabeth Muthama. She is one of the founding members
of BAMU, is a script writer and is a third year Development Studies student.
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