Ayo: Listen, I know you and my mother do not get along but that does not give you the liberty to treat her the way and manner you like. Treat her just the way you will treat your mother and not the way your treat slave.
Adaobi: But sweetheartβ¦..
Ayo: Stop please! You have no excuse for what you did and please donβt do it again for I wonβt take it from you if you treat her badly.
Adaobi: itβs obvious you donβt want to listen to what I have to say.
Ayo: There is nothing there for me to listen to. I have seen the way my mother treats you and my son, it is enough for me to say that she loves you, just go out there and apologise to her.
Adaobi: alright she said for peace to reign and went to apologise to Mami who was acting all up βMami, I am sorry if I have offended or wronged you in anyway, please forgive meβ.
Mami: if my son had not told you to come to me and apologise, so you wouldnβt have done that?
Adaobi: βMami, I am sorry againβ she said trying to control her anger.
Mami: βFrom now on, if you want to live in peace in this house, you better do as I sayβ she commanded βYou are forgiven, you can go nowβ.
Adaobi: Looked at the woman whom she thought she was beginning to love as a mother, shook her head and went to attend to her son. She didnβt bother to tell her husband that she was the one that prepared the dinner he ate βseems Mami will lie to achieve her goalβ she said to herself.
The following day, as Adaobi was busy preparing Lunch for the family, a knock was heard at the door and she went to check who the person was.
Adoabi: When she opened the door, she saw Kemi smiling at her with her luggage βHi Kemiβ she said and hugged her βplease come inβ.
Kemi: βGood day Adaobi and hey Mamiβ she said as she went to her.
Mami: How are you my daughter?
Kemi: I am fine Mami and the house is so boring without you, I thought it will be nice to come and spend some time with you people here.
Adaobi: Errrm, sorry to interrupt you Kemi but why didnβt you call that you were coming?
Mami: What do you mean why didnβt she call?
Adaobi: Mami, I am sorry but I thought she is supposed to call if she is coming to my house? Look at her luggage she said as she pointed to them βshe is coming to stay here for a very long time.
Mami: And so, what if she is staying here for a long time? Isnβt this house my sonβs and her brotherβs house?
Adaobi: But Mami, it is my house too. If any of my family members were to visit, they will have to let me know not just barge into my home like that.
Mami: That is your family and not us. There is a difference between us and them for this is my sonβs house.
Adaobi: Mami pleaseβ¦..
Mami: Donβt Mami me please, she is here already and there is nothing you can do abut it.
Adaobi: Okay but Kemi, next time when you are coming to my house, do let us know before time.
Mami: βAdaobi you must be very stupid for uttering such nonsence to her in my presenceβ she said as Adaobi looked at her again and walked away leaving mother and child in the sitting room.
Kemi: Mami! It seems the tension in this house is too much because I can feel it.
Mami: Donβt mind that stupid girl, she is trying to lord over me. Go to our room and freshen up while I ask Adaobi to get food ready for you to eat.
Kemi: βYes Mamiβ she said and went to her room.
Adaobi served Mami and Kemi their meal and after they finished eating, Mami called Adaobi to come clean the table and wash the dishes.
Adaobi: βMami, I can believe you called me here to clear this placeβ she said feeling perplexed.
Mami: and what is wrong with that?
Adaobi: Because I canβt and will not do it while Kemi is here.
Kemi: Adaobi, I do not like the way and manner you talk to my mother.
Mami: I am happy that you are seeing that for yourself my daughter,that is how she has been talking to me ever since I came to this house.
Adaobi: βWhen you are done with whatever you are doing, Kemi clear the place and wash my dishesβ she said and was about to walk away again when Kemi stopped her.
Kemi: βAdaobiβ she called out βyou donβt dare walk away from my motherβ.
Adaobi: βKemi, this is my house and my home, I will not allow Mami rule over me here. If you or Mami are looking for who to lord over, not in my own house. I canβt be scared of you or anyone in my own house na, it is not done and never doneβ she said as she looked at them boldly.
Mami: So you have the nerve to walk away the first time and want to do it again abi?
Adaobi: Mami, I donβt want to talk or say anything about you or anyone to my husband but all these things you have been doing to me lately has to stop.
Mami: βHow dare youβ she slapped her βhow dare you talk to me that way.
Adaobi: βMami you slapped meβ she said touching her cheek
Mami: βand what will you do? What will you doβ she asked standing firmly and looking straight into her eyes.
Adaobi: if not because you are my mother God knows that I would have retaliated but I am respecting you and this should be the last time you lay your hands on me.
Kemi: Are you threatening her?
Adaobi: turning to Kemi said βKemi, I can tolerate your mother doing anything to me, I wonβt complain but I wonβt tolerate anyone or anybody laying his or her hands on me not even if the person is family, I wonβt. Turning to Mami again βthis should be the last time you lay your hands on me for there wonβt be a second time elseβ¦..
Mami: Else what? No! Complete your statement.
Adaobi: βI wonβt say anything again until you try this stupid act of yours again then you will know what will happenβ she said and walked away.
Mami: βShame on you! You were nothing when my son brought you into this house oooo, you were nothing when he married you and now you want me to worship and bow down for you, it wonβt happen Adaobi and there is nothing you will do to me. You see this house, it will not contain me and you from now on; did you hear me, it wonβt contain both of us and I will make sure of it. Stupid igbo girlβ she said.
Kemi: But Mami, did you have to slap her? That was too extreme.
Mami: Didnβt you see the way she was talking to me? She does not have respect or regard me as her mother in law and I will deal with her.
Question: O ga oo! Are you feeling the heat? Somebori should please put ON the AC biko!
Hunmm ,mother-in-law palava
Adaobi still try sha
This is actually real, it happens in so many family. Some parents are helicopter parent, they want to control there son’s home, most especially the mother in Law they want to always be in charge. They supervise whatever the wife of there son is doing. They involved themselves in the running of there son’s home thinking the wife doesn’t know how to do various things they to do for there son before he was married. They are jealous of their movement. The woman in question as gone beyoud her boundaries. She should live them alone. They have the mind of there own. She should allow the wife to do what she likes in her home. Kemi’s presence is on call for. She came in there without there knowledge. This is completely bad. Kemi in this house is an intruder. She should not be allowed to stay. Lanre Afolabi.
Nawa ooo. God please save women in the hands of mother- in-laws
That’s is too much!