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So…my childhood dreams of meeting Prince Charming have faded away with time. Yet all I dreamed of is being fulfilled even if Prince Charming is yet to come. The only constant man in my life has been my dear old papa but yet the special place in my heart I swept and kept clear for ‘ my prince’ is being occupied.

The dreams I dreamt of my prince have started to unfold. I got the expensive jewelry I hoped he would buy me, the fast car I imagined we would take long rides in together and even the big house I thought we would raise a family in but my prince is yet to come. I have become my provider and protector I have become the man in my life.

I’ve gained the riches I thought my prince would bring me I’ve had to out smart the other men in the office, risen in rank and become their boss and in so doing I have learnt to become the man of my dreams. I’ve learnt to speak louder so that I am heard above their deep voices, wear bolder colours to be seen beyond the puffy smoke from their cigars, desensitize myself of four letter words that tells everyone in the room I am a man’s man. I have become the man in my life.

Late nights in bars at hotels willing and dealing, meetings in their living rooms while their wives serve us with subservience that makes my skin crawl but touché I see the disgust in her eyes as she watches me speak my mind firmly to the man in her life. Unlike his wife I am a woman who is not just seen but also heard and though she does not approve of my independence she is envious of my freedom.

And now with no apology the man that was meant to be in my life all this while appears and he is shocked his space has been occupied. He took his time to find me and now he dares to say:

“You work to hard!”

“Such long hours?”

“Patience is a virtue my dear…”

But through his chatter there is only one voice I hear and its that of the man in my life. He says

“I was there when he was not, on lonely night and all; I even took you on shopping sprees when all we had was us. Tell me my dear, will you really now forsake what we have for what we know not?”

Source: Thirties Flirties and Thriving in 9ja