01/05/2023
I visited a friend of mine and the wife called for lunch. I joined them.
After eating, my friend stood up, picked my plate, his own plate and his wife's plate; while she was still seated. In my thought, I said wow!
He left us to the kitchen. And I started talking with the wife. After a short time, I realized my friend hasn’t returned, so I asked what was keeping him for so long. The wife said, he is washing the dishes.
I said wonderful. I told her I will be back. I went to him and I helped out rinsing and arranging.
Jokingly I said to him, So you can be this responsible? He bursted into laughter.
He said, I have watched my wife put in so much energy cooking with her sweats fall inside the food sometime, and you know what, it makes the food sweeter. Cleaning the dishes is my little way of assisting.
I smiled.
I told him, People say, Cooking is an art when a man cooks. But when a woman cooks, it's her duty. Totally wrong!
Food is love. You cook with love.
You make people happy when you do. But it can be very hard to repeat everyday. That's what your wife do all the time.
It's beautiful that you help out cleaning the dishes. Because Nobody will help your wife better than you.
And don't you ever allow anyone discourage you doing that. Not even your wife.
Marriage is a beautiful thing.
It's a special friendship of two people who understands each other and also see themself equal in life.
© Oluwanishola Akeju
