Monday, March 26, 2007

voodoo;wildoo:science part ii

so i started asking all those questinos cos my family is hell bent that soemone has charmed my cousin with voodoo.

i can see where they can get the notion but yet i say i have a logical explanation or it.

my cousin is a young lad. probably abt 24. he was blessed with brains. scholary. in elementary school, it was double promotion upon double promotion. he entered secondary school quite young too. either 8 or 9 sha. when his class mates where like 11 or 12 yr olds in jss 1.

his high school storied where hilarious. the funniest i remember was how much people took advantage of him being so young n naive. by big mistake, my aunt put him in boarding school. mayflower i beleive it is in remo, ogun state. big disaster. his school father used to send him to go buy bread n sardines for him with his ( cousins) own pocket money. even when the money was supposed to be for supplies like books. he went to school with all the necessities n more n came back home with an empty suitcase that had been riped open with a knife n all its content stolen, the shirt on his back n the shorts he was wearing. that was it. everything else had been stolen, his underwear, shoes everything. it was afunny sight. he even came home sick cos he had fallen into the incinerator. ( a place that housed all the shit n poop from all the dorms) the darn thing had no cover n it was a rainy day n he was running to his dorm. (ope no one is in the middle of a meal sorry for the graphics). we all werent surprised that he didn't last more than one sememster.

anyways back to the main story. he graduated high school at 14 or so n was one of the youngest at ui. the boy cleared 5 subjects of the g.c.e advanced levels like no mans business. i remember struggling to get thru three of the o'levels. anyways he came to the states n things just werent the same. i say he lost discipline. not uncommon. what mystifies everyone is his current life stlye. he took the mcats to get into med school. i think he scored 28. which i deem extremly good for soemone who never studied. he took ht exam n never once picked up his books to study for it. he has had a number of schools call on him for interviews but he never seems to follow up.
he moved out of his parents where his lucky ass was being taken care of. he never had to pay any bills. even up to the car he was driivng, it was paid for. he decided to move in with his girl friend. ever since that girl has been in h is life things just havn't been the same. his extremely deceitful. lies abt every n anything. he works for some oncologist making miserly bucks that is hardly enough to pay his rent. oh mind u the girl doesn't work. so he is taking care of both of them.

she has sickle cell. ss and he is a carrier.as. so there is a 75% chance theri kids will have sickle cell also if they have any. he says he wont. he'll just adopt. he loaned money from people in pretext of buying a car but instead used it to buy his girl a ring.

the last straw is that he plans on marrying her in december but didnot tell his family not even his brothers that he is close to.. the girl n her parents r panning a wedding n i guess they must be footing the whole bill cos he sure as hell doesn't have any money. i mean i have my friends calling me saying oh congrats i heard ur cousins gettign married. mind u my aunt doesn't know abt this so called wedding plans. at that pt they had only met the girl n had never even met or talked to her parents. anyways i end up telling her abt the wedding. he acts indifferent when anyone talks tohim abt it. i means he doen't say a word. but yet stillplans on gettign married.

i know ur queston would be hwy would he alienate his family. they don't support the relationship for obvious reasons the sickle cell thing 1,
2) my uncle walked in on them 2ce having sex so he has no respect for her
3) they want him to finish his education even if not med school at least something so he can make money to provide for his family whih would be her if they do get marreid. i mean what is $10/hr going to do especially isnce he is d only one working n her medical condition.

but theri main qualm is the education thing.

so everyone swears that he has been put under a spell. i mean what kind of family does the girl haev anyways. won fe fi omo toro ni? ( r they trying to give thier chikd away) in our culture its just not doen. u don't just give ur child away tobe married without the mans family coming toask for her hand in marriage. my aunt swears they might as well wish her dead cos he is literally going home by himself as if he is saying he doesn't have a family.

the families finally met but only on a at least lets see who these peopek r basis. both fathers even agreed that they both want their kids to go school n finish up their education b4 any talks fo marriage. n here we r 4mths later. as we hear, the weddign plans r still commencing. still without us being involved or notified.

i told m y mom that i think my aunt should call the girls parents n say they heard so so and so n remind them that it wasn't the conclusion they came too when they met. but i come from a proud family n they refuse to have anything to do with them. allthis while, no on has said anything to the girl. they beleive that my cousin is their responsibility n hes d only one they should talk to.

initially when the girl started coming around, i had no ptroblems with her. but with all this stuff going on, i don't know. i kinda don't like her anymore cos i feel she is pressuring him n using what i feel is her voodoo ( not in the traditional way but in the way that she uses it as a leverage over him), her pussy, as a hold over him. i think he is pussy wiped. i am like a big sis to him so i am kinda close to him. i know his email password, n i have erad thru some of his text b4. some where he is begging ehr for it, some where they r fighting cos he went over to his parents house, somewhere she asked him to do something for her n when he refused she promised some sexual acts n he succomed. everything abt then togehter is so full of lies n deceit. i don't even know where to start. they go to church, they r both workers n it against their church doctorines to live together wivout being married so they lie to their pastor abt that. they put her car which was donated to her by the church ( i don't know why but they lied n said her paretns bought it) under my aunts insurance n my aunt was paying for it without knowing. they eventually got busted when she got in an accident. she is currently still marreid to soemone else which i guess is why they can't do the so called weddign here that it has to be done in naija.

i have even warned him that i would call ejire if she came back to the states after marrying him

of course my aunt n uncle have waged their own wars, his friends, siblings, but it all seems to be falling ondeaf ears.


so i guess u might see where my family cas say owo wan be( there r hands behind it) needless to say how may nit vigils, prayer partners here n nigeria that my aunt it rallying around. she even sends prayer request to the g.o of redemmed church


but i say, maybe my cousin is just acting out. i mean hes been the good boy allhis life n feels he is grown n wants to do whatever the heck,damn the consequences. u don't have to be charmed to do that. u can do that on ur own.

i even think that he may see evryones pt, but he has gone too deep n doesn't know how to get himself out of the whole situation without loosing her or without looking stupid n hearing i told u so.

i feel i shoulf reach out to him so atleast if thats the case he will have someone to confide in if he wants to. but i don't know how to do that for him cos obviously, i don't like his choices n the person he has become n i don't know how to act n petend everything is alright especially wiv her. i just kinda distnace my self from her. i really feel this is a big mistake for him but unfortunately he migh tnot know this tillits too late. the whle thing is just suspect, like her paretns r trying to force her on to whoever as soon as possible. i don't know if they r worried abt her life expentacny maybe thats why there is such abig rush.

so voodoo;wildoo or science. i think everything has an explanation.
sorry y'all but the spell check option has refusd to work n i am too tired n lazy to go thru tis my self. forgive the typos.

8 comments:

Waffarian said...

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, how old is is he? perhaps he is just tired of the pressure of education that is being put upon him by his family. Especially if your family has such high expectations of him. What about drugs? Does he smoke weed or use other substances? cos I know many students, on scholarship, best in class that just took on this "i don't care attitude" and destroyed their whole education cos of that. He is going to grow up, but like you said, it will be too late. I would suggest persuading him to go for a holiday somewhere without her, he should spend some time with people that will not judge him( definitely not his family), where he would be free to talk, but most importantly to be away from her for some weeks. Also, (this is going to seem mean, but garanteed to work), if, it is because of sex, then is it possible to introduce him to other girls so he realizes that his girlfriend is not as special as he thinks? What if other girls start showing interest in him? perhaps he is scared that no one will love him if he loses her? Anyway, whatever tactic you use, do it quick, same thing happened to my cousin, promising young man, going places, got stung by pussy power and he is paying the price today. A couple of children, useless job, his family asking everyday: What happened?

Waffarian said...

By the way, definitely not voodoo, my cousin was just not experienced with women and he met a real "experienced" girl, it didn't help that her parents were pressuring her seriously to get married. Unfortunately, na im dem hook. Not VOODOO, BADLUCK.

chioma said...

ok the girl is manipulating him so in away it is witchcraft,voodoo, whatever..cus thats what voodoo is all about, evil manipulation.
Of course in this case the spell she uses on ur cousin is sex. Its very possible that this is his first serious sex encounter and also like waffi said the guy may be on weed. weed makes people behave like ode (how do u translate ode to english?).
Just join his mum in praying for him..,cus even if they marry her hold over him won't last forever.

Omara said...

There's at least one of this sort of person in every family and it is the work of the devil when a person exchanges a bright future for crumbs. Prayers will work plus you need to give him more options. Right now he has just 2: Stay with the girl, abandon school and family OR Leave her, return to school and regain family love and support. This All or Nothing tactics may just support her hold over him i.e "I'm the only one who loves and understands you". It sounds like he had a terrible time as a child. His mother should acknowledge this, apologise to him and let him know that she loves him, brain or no brain. Bright future or no bright future.

Unknown said...

toto is juju now, abi you don't know? lol.
Your cousin sounds like he's depressed and since he's in a low point in his life, he would be easily manipulated by someone on the outside. Especially since he's much younger than his peers and is largely inexperienced. But seriously the girl is already married? or did I read that wrong?

suburbannaijamom said...

thanks y'all. i agree wiv all of you. this all or nothing tatic doesn't work at all. i just hope we r able to influence him somehow b4 its too late n yes kpakpando, she is married but she says for ejire purposes if u catch my drift.

Unknown said...

ke? paper or no paper, she's still legally married, can't he wait until the paperwork is done before he marries her? I mean that's not asking for too much. I'm tempted to say report her to immigration, but that's just wickedness

suburbannaijamom said...

kpakpando, same thing i said. i have definately considered doing that. trust me, i have already threathend him with it. i don't know what god it will do. can u believe he did not say a word.