Next week was Valentine’s Day, yet no boo. She has not even had any suitor in past years talkless of going out on dates. She was already preparing herself for that day.
Her shock and jealousy absorber would be reinstalled. If it does not work, she would switch off social media totally. Her mental health was important. She had to be careful of what she allowed into that space. While most of her married and engaged friends would be posting lovey-dovey photos with their partners, she would absorbing herself with work. Or betterstill take some tranquilizers and travel to the world of sleep.
This would have been a different year especially as the new year started on a bright note. Everything seemed to fall into place. She got a job promotion, moved to her own apartment and ventured into a side business. But that area of relationship? It was still zero.
Sitting on the sofa, she decided to do a self assessment. Where could she have gone wrong possibly? Going back some of the feedback she received particularly from friends, she was too independent. According to them, men want to feel a sense of responsibility and desirability. Would we blame her? As the first daughter, she had grown up with the responsibilities of her younger siblings on her shoulder.
How else was she going to attract the kind of man she wanted if he was intimidated by her independence. She thought of being vulnerable and drop the attitude of she is not needy. Perhaps she would catch one ‘Lagos big boy’. The next question was where?While she was still developing strategy, she felt tipsy and fell asleep. She had given up on this year’s Valentine. Was it possible to get a book before then?