2. Excuse me ‘Auntie’ are you pregnant?

So I saw this girl, my younger sister’s age who used to live in my street then. She had a baby clutched to her back who undoubtedly looked like her. So I saw her from a not-too-long distance and of course I had to raise my voice a little to call her ‘Fatimo,Fatimo’ and guess what she heard me because she looked back but didn’t wait. It was until I told somebody to stop her before she eventually waited for me. Even when I got to her, she reluctantly answered when I said ‘Fatimo how far’ and she blurted ‘don’t call me fatimo again, I am now mommy wasiu’.’Ehn Fatimo, are you alright, so because you have had a child, I should call you mommy whatever the name was’, I thought to myself. Maybe she saw the irritation on my face because she walked out on me arrogantly.

Not only fatimo does this, so many teenage girls who got pregnant along the line demand unnecessary respect from people. Even my age mates (girls) that we grew up together wearing only pants and playing ‘suwe’ during childhood expect me to call them by their children’s names. Only girls do this. Boys don’t, I know surely because as soon as you call them ‘Baba whatever’ they bluntly tell you to call them by their nick names or real names. Why do girls want and demand unnecessary respect even when they don’t deserve it from girls their mates or even seniors all because they’ve gone through the child-blood processing. I have to categorically tell you they don’t ascribe this attitude to you if they know you too have had a child, in fact they answer when you call them by their real names. Does this happen in your neighbourhood too? Where you can’t say hi to some girls because their teenage motherhood demands ‘Auntieism’.

I guess I have to ask any female friend or agemate I see”excuse me auntie, are you pregnant or have you had a child?” before I decide whether to greet her.lol......