Moving Words From AFather To His Son AboutMarriage

My son, if you keep spending on a woman and she never asked you if you're saving or investing, and she keeps enjoying the attention, don't marry her .

My son, a woman could be a good wife to you, some could be a good mother to your children but if you’ve found a woman like a mother to you, your children and your family , please don't let her go.

My son, don't confine the position of your wife to the kitchen, where did you get that from? Even in our days , we had farm -lands where they worked every morning … that was our office.

My son, if I tell you that you're the head of the house , don't look at your pocket; look if you will see a smile on your wife’s face .

My son, if you want to have a long life , let your wife be in- charge of your salary, it will be difficult for her to spend it when she ’ s aware of the home needs and bills to pay but if it ’ s in your care, she will keep asking you even when all has been spent.

My son, don't ever beat your woman , the pain in her body is nothing to be compared to the wound on her heart and that means you may be in trouble living with a wounded woman.

My son, now that you're married , if you live a bachelor kind of life with your wife , you will soon be single again .

My son, in our days , we had many wives and many children because of our large farm - lands and many harvests , there are hardly any land for farming anymore , so embrace your woman closely .

My son, under the cocoa tree that I did meet your mother could be your eateries and restaurants of nowadays , but remember, the closet thing we did there was to embrace each other .

My son, don’t be carried away when you
start making more money, instead of
spending on those tiny legs that never knew how hard you worked to get it , spend it on that woman that stood by you all along.

My son, when I threw little stones or whistled at the window of your mother father ’ s house , to call her out , it was not for sex, it was because I missed her so much.

My son, remember , when you say your wife has changed, there could be something you’ve stopped doing too .

My son, your mother , Helen  rode the bicycle with me before I bought that tortoise car outside there , any woman that won ’ t endure with you in your little beginning should not enjoy your riches .

My son, don't compare your wife to any
woman, there are ways she ’ s enduring you too and has she ever compared you to any man ?

My son, there is this thing you people call feminism, well , if a woman claim to have equal right with you in the house , divide all the bills into two equal parts, take one part and ask her to start paying the other part .

My son, I met your mother a virgin and I took more yams to her father, if you don't meet your wife a virgin, don't blame her , what I didn't t tell you is that our women had prestige .

My son, I didn't send your sisters to school because I was foolish like many to think a female child won ’ t extend my family name , please don't make that mistake, the kind of female achievers I see nowadays has made the male gender an ordinary tag .

My son, your mother have once locked up the cloth I was wearing and almost tore it because she was angry , I did not raise my hand to beat her because of a day like this, so that I can be proud to tell you that I never for once beat your mother .

My son, in our days , our women had more of natural beauty , though I wouldn't t lie to you, some had minor painting of their appellation mostly on their arms , the ones you people now call tattoo, but don't forget that they didn't t expose any part of their body like your women of nowadays .

My son, your mother and I are not interested in what happens in your marriage , try to handle issues without always coming to us .

My son, remember I bought your mother's first sewing machine for her , help your wife achieve her dreams just as you're pursuing yours.

My son, don't stop taking care of me and your mother , it ’ s a secret of growing old and having children to take care of you too .

My son, pray with your family, there is a
tomorrow you don't know , talk to God that knows everything, everyday .