Ope lived with my parents and I when I was still very young. Ope is the son of my father’s sister which means he’s my cousin and the son of my aunt. Ope is so much loved in him home at he’s very much older than my siblings and I.
Well, it’s sad to say that my mum does not like some or most of his attitude because she finds them awkward even though his mother does not have any problem with it.
Ope is being enrolled into a public school and here in Nigeria, if you are not being careful, your kids may because part of hooligans in the public school so you need to always take note of their actions.
After the first term that Ope was being enrolled into the government school, my mum went to the school to get his report card and Ope failed woefully.
My parents were so angry and my dad had to scold him but Ope went secretly to call his mum and tell her that my mum spanked him which was a lie.
My dad’s sister called my mum and started to shout on phone.
”Why will you spank my son? If a child does not pass in class, don’t you know it is your duty to help him anyway you can,” my aunt said to my mum while she was at the peak of her voice.
”I didn’t spank your child at all and I want you to know that anyone who gave you that information just lied to you,” my mum also said to her because she wasn’t finding the accusation funny.
”I don’t care about that and I want you to know that if a child is not good in school, he can be good elsewhere. If you know you can’t take care of my son, bring him back to me,” my aunt said to my mum and she hung up the phone.
Since Ope got the support of his mum, he became worse and his mum did that all in the name of satisfying her child. Since Ope became worse, he started to steal my mum’s money to gamble in school. Sometimes, he dresses up for school but will eventually not go to school. That was how worse he became.
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My mum and dad found out about this new behavior Ope was portraying and they could not withstand them anymore. My parents told him to leave their house and a family meeting was held on his case. My mum was blamed that she disliked Ope so much but she just wanted him to leave our house so that he does not influence my siblings and I. When Ope was leaving for his mother’s place, my mum said to him.
”Ope, I want you to know that I don’t hate you but these attitudes you portray isn’t good for you. Also, if you continue this attitude, it means you are on your path to failure. Anyway, take this money and use it as your transportation fare,” my mum said to him and bid him a farewell.
Ope got home and told his mum that my mum said he’s on his path to failure and another argument started on phone but later got resolved. Just after two years of Ope staying with his mum, they began to have problem. My aunt started to call my mum and report Ope to her.
I remember that day, she was crying so loud on phone and my mum said to her,
”I remember when I was telling you all about the things Ope does but you felt I hated him. I’m so happy that you can see for yourself but what should we do now?.”
The conversation ended and they all began to make moves so that Ope can be a better person but all their efforts were futile.
Today, Ope is thirty three years old, a school drop out, a jobless person and his parents are not proud of him. Ope is also a great gambler and a man at thirty three who still steals his parents money and run away so he can gamble with it.
Even though his mum never liked what my mum said about him, they all later realized that Ope was following his path to failure when his parents only felt that he was just being childish and also being a spoilt brat.
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I still wish Ope the best because it is never too late to become anything he wants to be.
