1. When they insult you at home but defend you in public.
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So strange.
2. When they say “we are only beating you because we love you.”
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I don’t understand this love oh.
3. When they call you to come and eat right after beating you.
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They have already forgiven you.
4. When they allow you to go and take extra meat.
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THE BEST!
5. When they still give you offering money even as an adult.
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You are still a child to them.
6. When they always find a way to bring home food from owambes for you.
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You must eat what they ate.
7. When your relatives try to report you to your parents and they give them:
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Just once in a while, but it’s so sweet.
8. When they spend an eternity praying for you whenever you’re about to travel.
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They must pray for journey mercies first.
9. When they buy you a phone that is more expensive than their own.
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They got you smartphone and they are still using 3310.
10. When your sibling chooks mouth when they are scolding you and they turn and face them.
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They are lowkey defending you.
11. When they start trying to play with you right after punishing you.
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I don’t like this play.
12. When they make you stay home in the name of keeping you safe.
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The worst.
13. When you misbehave but your mother doesn’t report you to your father.
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The biggest act of kindness.
14. When you call your father to ‘greet him’ and he just asks:
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Daddy, you sabi abeg.