Make My Dinner!

One thing that I think will be of great benefit to me here, and I find a little strange, concerns the attitude of women to domestic issues. I am constantly reminded by my mother that boys must learn to cook, clean and do their share as no Australian woman is going to do it for them these days. And I agree.

Yet over here in Naija, things are a little different. You will hear most girls telling you how good a cook they are and wanting to prove it to you. Hence lunch and dinner invitations abound, so each girl can show off their domestic skills. In fact, most girlfriends will do all the food shopping for their boyfriends and this is a hard task, let me tell you. The one day some boys and I did the market shopping. We didn't eat when we got back to the house as the boys just needed to nap and rest before starting to cook.

So then the girls will cook their boyfriends meals for the week and they will just take a bit out of the fridge every day. You will also find that most guys would never think of marrying a girl that wasn't proficient in the kitchen etc.

Although it hasn’t happened to me yet I was told an interesting story. Another (now departed) trainee went over to a girls house one day. She asked him what he would like to eat when he got there. Shocked, he said something or other. So the girl went out and bought the ingredients, came back to the house, cooked it and served it up to him.

I think I am going to enjoy this.
P.S. send all complaints about sexist attitudes to my mother thanks :)