DATE-LINE BLUES: MR AND MRS AYODELE ABAYOMI

... A THROW BACK 💑💑

This piece was first published on 1SM in 2013 and as a flashback and a debut on this blog (SEB), we urge you to sit back, read, and enjoy every line of the feature as Gbemisola Ayodele bears it all.

 *I RECKON THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE HUMAN SPECIES IS LACK OF ORIGINALITY IN SELF-DISPOSITION. THAT IS THE REASON I HAVE LEARNT NOT TO PUT MY TRUST BUT MUTUAL DISTRUST IN PEOPLE. IT THUS SAVES ME THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DANGERS OF POSSIBLE DISAPPOINTMENT. BUT WITH DATELINE BLUES I DO NOT REALLY NEED THAT PRINCIPLE*   -DATE-LINE BLUES

GBEMISOLA AYODELE

I met my husband in church. It was on a Wednesday service. I went to church with a friend and after the service, myself and my friend; we were looking for someone to lift us to Area 1. Then this car just came and packed beside me. So I sat down in front and my friend sat in the back.

After the guy dropped off my friend at Apo Breach and we were heading towards Area 1, we started talking. He asked for my name and I told him. He was just looking at my face and I was looking at him too.

But there was something I thought about him that day. But you know as a young lady I just looked at him and I didn’t need to show my feelings, you know.

So when we got to Area 1 I was about to alight from the car when he said “No! No! No! Let me take you to your house”. I said, “’ No!’ You can’t take me to my house”. He said, “Please, let me take you to your house”. I said “Okay”. So he took me to my house, and then when I was about to alight he looked at me and I said “Why are you looking at me?” So he said “Please, can I check your phone?” I said “my phone?” He said “can I see your picture?” So I gave him my phone, and then he was going through the pictures.  He would check and … “is this you?” I said “Yes” He would say “Wao! Is this you? I said “Yes” He would say “This is lovely”. I was just wondering “What kind of a guy is this?”

*ON DATELINE BLUES SOMEONE HAS A RELATIONSHIP TO LEAD AND KEEP. THE PERSON IS SINCERE AND PROUD OF THE AFFAIR; WHAT DOES DATELINE BLUES DO? IT FLAUNTS IT TO THE WORLD AND WHAT THE WORLD DOFFS HER HAT FOR THAT PERSON AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY KEEPS INTRUDERS ON A CHECK. YOU CANNOT BEAT THE CONFIDENCE. TO FEATURE DATELINE BLUES THE LUCKY PERSON MUST BE FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED TO HIS OR HER PARTNER. IT IS A SERIOUS BUSINESS AND WE TREAT IT AS SUCH*    - DATE-LINE BLUES

So after checking my pictures, he gave me back my handset and then we departed and I said: “Fine”. Okay, he asked for my number. I was feeling reluctant to give him my number because I just met him on the very first day. So I just gave it to him, … there’s nothing wrong with meeting a friend, so I gave him my number and I went to my house.

After three days he called “Will you be in church today?” In my mind, I said, “Which one is this church friend thing now?” I said “Yes, I will be in church but I might not see you because I’m coming with a friend” He said, “There’s no problem. I just want you to come to church”.  So, that was it.

‘After the guy dropped off my friend at Apo Breach and we were heading towards Area 1, we started talking. He asked for my name and I told him. He was just looking at my face and I was looking at him too’

  ‘So I gave him my phone, and then he was going through the pictures.  He would check and … “Is this you?” I said “Yes” He would say “Wao! Is this you? I said “Yes” He would say “This is lovely”. I was just wondering “What kind of a guy is this?’

 ‘It was the very first day I went to his house and em… he kissed me. “Ugh!”’

I got to the church that day and he called me after service. We chatted. It was just like more of “friendship”.

So I lost contact with him for two months. After two months I was going through my handset and I saw the number again and I said ‘Ha! This old friend of mine, I can’t even hear from him anymore”. You know, something was just pushing me to call. But the woman in me was saying, “Why would you call him? He should be the one to call you … or maybe he doesn’t even care about you or something”. I said “Ha!” But the thing was just pushing me – “Call! Just find out how he’s doing”. So, I picked up the handset and I tried the number.

*“HELLO DARLING! JUST CALLING TO SAY I’D DO ANYTHING TO PROVE MY LOVE FOR YOU”. “THANK YOU, BUT FLAUNT IT ON DATELINE BLUES, THEN I’LL BELIEVE YOU”*  - DATE-LINE BLUES

When I called he was like – “Eh! Sorry, I had an accident. I lost my phone and I’ve been trying to call you. I thought you had relocated” … you know, just to walk around since he doesn’t really know my flat because it was all these high rise houses in Area 1. So, he has been looking for a way to get in touch with me. So I said, “Ha! Well, I didn’t call to waste my credit. I just called to say ‘Hi!’ He said “No- No- No! I’m going to save your number. So, that was it.

He started calling me from that day. We started seeing as friends. You know, he didn’t really sit down to ask me out. You know, “I like you … will you be my girlfriend?”

But there was a wonderful day I can never forget in my life; that was when in my heart I knew the relationship had started.

*“YOU HAVE GOT THE RELATIONSHIP. FLAUNT IT AND THE WORLD WOULD DOFF HER HAT FOR YOU”*       - DATE-LINE BLUES

He used to come to my house and office. But I didn’t know where he stayed. So there was a particular day when I said “Can I visit you?” He said, “Yes. I live in Lugbe, here in Abuja”.  I said, “Okay. Let me find time and come to your house”.  It was the very first day I went to his house and em… he kissed me. “Ugh!”

L-R: AYODELE GBEMISOLA, DARASIMI AYODELE, AYODELE ABAYOMI

 After kissing him I felt something different. It was just as if the feelings were so special. It was the very first day I went to his house and em… he kissed me. “Ugh!”.   He was asking me, “Why are you crying?” I couldn’t explain myself, I was just crying. But after that ay I knew the relationship would have started. We started from there.

I dated my husband for two years and six months before we got married. It was a nice relationship all through. You know, he was caring, nice, loving.  He loved me more than I loved him. He was just all over me from day one to the last day. He would introduce me to friends as his wife … “my wife … my wife “… until that D-day. 

AYODELE GBEMISOLA is happily married to AYODELE ABAYOMI and together they have beautiful children. If you would love to be featured on D-LB, kindly forward us your e-mail and telephone address by filling out the form on the sidebar of this blog to enable us to mail you a questionnaire and package your love life on DATE-LINE BLUES.