A Man, His Wife, and His Girlfriend
20 Dec
Yesterday, I went with a childhood friend to the 40th birthday ceremony of his uncle. The wife was there, pregnant; the 6 years old daughter was also there. Close to where the pregnant wife and her friends sat were the man’s girlfriend and her two friends. I turned to my friend to ask how a wife would feel knowing that her husband is sleeping with other women. He told me that the women don’t really mind, as long as they know that the husband still comes home to them in the evenings.
No fight broke out between the wife and the girlfriend. And I left thinking of writing about the political economy of gender relations in the town.
