Am a christian and i always try to do good things as the teaching of Jesus Christ says. Love your neighbour as youlove yourself.This words are very fundamental in our lives and i believe if practised daily, weshould not be having squables on and off.
Today is a day that very many men and women will start a new chapter of their lives, or discover something new in their lives.
Valentine was much associated with western countries, but the current generation in Africa has accepted it with open arms. Young men and girls have made older generation to know how to revamp love that was snicking out of the window, with gifts like flowers, an African man have realized the magic of been in love again.
Some years back it was a miracle to see a man in his 50s buying a flower for his wife, and same the wife would call it "childish" thing and laugh off the man.
Thanks to this lost generation,it has shown the way of loving our wife no matter the age. Am impressed when i see an old couple aged around 50yrs having a late coffee cup in a hotel. This makes each party feel loved by the other party and we all know when you are happy, you live longer.
As i was working along the streets of Nairobi, i noted a flower vendor along Koinnage street. She had allot of flowers and there were many men buying the flower.
She had wrapped them in different sizes and coasted according to sizes and wrapping. "men are buying the most expensive once,wrapped in buckets,while i don't why women are buying the cheap once", Cate says.
I sked why was this, but she could not tell as she thought women knew more about flowers and love than men.
At around 13.00hrs, all flowers in the buckets were over and men were still coming. Cate says of one gentleman who refused to hear her when she insisted to sell her a cheaper one.
" I love my girl very much and i will be guilty if i buy this, i want her to know she is always in my mind and i think this flower won't do it well". this man said to Cate.
I think men have come along way in matter concerning love, and i think they are doing it better way than our ladies. If you see a man going out to met his girl, he will be very careful with what he wears less the girl accuses him of destroying her reputation. Guys keep it that way, our girls are good and needs attentions.
Back to Cate, the florists, in the morning she had butches of flowers in sizes, there was a butch of Ksh. 50.00(£6.25), Ksh. 100.00(£1.25), Ksh. 500.00(£6.25). According to her she came with this different bucthes so that everyone could have an option to buy.
By mid day she had to sent her staff for more butches of Ksh.500.00. (men stilll wanted)and Ksh. 50.00.(collage girls wanted more)
Cate noted that men were buying more and wanted the expensive once, "most men came and picked the big butches that were wrapped in baskets and with a cards" says Cate. When she finished them, men who came won't hear her request to buy the small once. One of them said, "this butch if i buy won't show how much i love love my wife, am 56years but have rediscovered how to make our life good with gifts, i will be guilt as i love her more than all this flowers and i can't be able to measure, but i need her to know she is always in my mind when i take her out and give her this flower".
On the other hand Cate noted that many girls bought the cheaper butches. Most of them were college girls and one of them said she had to buy for her-self as no one was going to buy for her.
Along the street i noted many young beautiful girls with this type of flowers holding them cross to their chest.
I asked Cate "what about married women and career women, were they buying"?. "Yes, women working came calling later in the day when all good flowers were no more". This touched Cate very much as she noted that women never complained about the quality of the flowers, they just bought any available once.
This made me wonder,"does it mean men value loving their women more than women? This i can't answer but by the way of things, it seems that Adam loves his Eve very much,while Eve does it because its in life to love and be loved.
I love women and i have great respect for women, but lets call a spade a spade and not a big spoon, ladies we know how to love you more.
Happy Valentine to all women, i love you all.
Adios.
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