06/12/2023
You people hate your fathers. Stop the "he wasn't present" BS
300 level, there was no money at home, I couldn't pay fees or lodge rent. My dad was getting depressed but tried to hide it.
A few days to resumption, he and I drove to his friend's house by 8pm. The man was at a meeting, but we waited till 9/10 thereabouts.
When he was done, he attended to us. I suspected the reason we were there, but it had never happened before and didn't think it would.
My beloved father said to his friend:
"My son will be resuming school next week. For now I don't have any money to send him back. Look at him here. Please lend me ### amount; I'll repay as soon as I get it. He's in 300 level. He has 2 years to go."
I wept inside because I had to witness my dad borrow money to send me back to school.
A lot of you come to talk bu****it about your dads, about how he didn't bond and other stupid things.
If your fathers had carried you to the places they went to earn, borrow or beg for money, you wouldn't say they didn't turn up for you.
I understand how easy it is to fall into mummy's bosom and never crawl out. But you think provision is just dropping money in accounts and in mummy's lap?
Do you know how that money was gotten? Do you know how many people didn't go to school because their father's died?
F**k bonding! F**k being present!!
All I needed from my father was being alive to provide for me. I didn't need him toiling around the house and gisting with me.
Many of my friends lost their fathers at an early age. I was praying everyday for my dad to come back home. That was the only form of presence I needed.
Shame on you if you become successful and abandon your father because of stupid emotional crap. Especially when you're a man.
Cc: Emmanuel Echeta x