| She never said yes to
my proposal
By YOMI AWOFISIBE
Tuesday,
October 23, 2007
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•Mr
and Mrs Olagunju
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Meeting Dr. George Olagunju and his beau, Titilayo, you will
not but wonder why they couldn’t stop looking at each
other as if one’s life depends on the other. You’ll
equally wonder why they are so close after almost 10 years
of marriage.
According to the visibly love struck couple, their journey
to tying the nuptial started when they were both in primary
school. To be precise, they met in primary 1 and believe it
or not, they are quick to tell you that they developed interest
in one another right from that time, when they barely knew
their left hands from the right.
Excerpts:
She is my original love
It all started when we were in primary school. We started
together in Efon Alaye, even though her father is from Ogbomoso,
and her mother is from Efon Alaye. I saw her for the very
first time in that month of September, looking so beautiful
and I said to myself that I would like her to be my friend
right from that moment.
Met at five
So, it became clearer that truly we are made for each other
and I was just five years old, and she was five years old.
Luckily for us, it has been a beautiful friendship. She is
quiet. Boys in the class used to take advantage of her quietness
and to her food and take her money. Usually, I would go there
on her behalf, fought all of them and collected her things
for her. She saw me as her defender and decided to pitch her
tent with me. We used to sit together and anything she brought
from home we ate together during break time and P.E period.
She fell sick
Then something happened to her in primary four. She fell sick
and I went to our teacher to tell her that I would take Titi
home and our teacher said ‘Olagunju, do you know her?’
and I said yes, she is my sister. She said you are stubborn,
well I didn’t know the meaning of that word and I said
thank you ma, I stood there happy as long as she would allow
me to take her home.
A break
From that day till today, I have had access to her house.
Somehow, my father noticed the affinity between us and had
to send me to Ibadan. That was when we separated and I came
back to Efon-Alaye in 1979, to start my secondary school and
as fate would have it, we ended up in the same school. When
I saw her, she was more mature. I went to her and asked her,
‘can you remember me?’
She said yes, you are Femi, and we continued our friendship.
She has been very wonderful since then. We went to tertiary
institutions and she even started making money before me.
After my tertiary education, she came to visit me when I was
working in Port Harcourt unannounced.
My proposal
When she got to my office, I told everybody that I have finished
the day’s work when the time was just about 10.am. We
left the office for my apartment where she cooked a sumptuous
meal with less than N500. My other girlfriends would have
asked us to go out and eat at one of the joints and drink,
not minding how much I will be spending. So, I said to myself,
this is my original wife. A girl that is this nice and considerate,
I must marry her as soon as possible. So, I proposed to her
and she introduced me officially to her father. Her father
and I discussed at length and I think that influenced her
decision about me. Till today, she has not even answered my
proposal, after three children.
He is my prince in shining armour
My husband is my ideal man. From when we met in primary one,
I have admired his brilliance. Another thing I fell for was
how he uses his left hand. He was always the one who came
to my rescue when some other boys tried to bully me. He was
and is still my prince in shining armour.
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