Thriving While Waiting

Bimpe and Shola became relentless in their pursuit of a happy home for me. I was not warned that being single amidst married friends exposes one to an endless parade in front of their husband's countless single friends. Olaniyi was not the last of the blind  dates that were arranged for me. Practically every month came with an introduction to  a seemingly endless supply of unmarried and available men ripe for the taking. It was  as if my unmarried state was seen as a plague and was the only topic of conversation  at every family or social gathering - after all, I must be healed of the plague. I was introduced to everyone's unmarried male cousins, nephews, and friend's sons. "Should I be defined only by my unmarried state? What about the fact that I am the only PHD holder and the youngest millionaire in the family? Shouldn't all these other achievements matter in the grand scheme of things?" I lay pondering late into the night on one of those days where I had ...