I recently saw an interesting debate on this platform. Some young man said that you have to be a weak man in order to marry a single mother. There was an older, religious woman who was supporting the man.
It went something like…
“You have to be a beta man in order to take care of an alpha male’s mistakes. And still you have to be weak in order to be manipulated by a woman into marrying her with a baby.”
I laughed. If whimsically. The young man happens to be in 20s, mid-20s when everything is ideal. He still harbours dreams of a great job, a great car, and against all odds, marry maybe a hot virgin who will give birth to kids who understand math.
The woman, maybe is in a happy place in life and she felt she can speak condescendingly about single mothers.
Usually, I am very afraid for folks who see life as black and white. They have no grey areas. These ones, are guaranteed to be hurt the most.
We all have that one friend who believed in perfection. We have that one sister out there who is single because she had unrealistic standards. That one brother who had everything going on for them, until the road turned a bad corner and ahead of them was that monster we call reality. That thing is ugly.
My people say, ‘totianera bogima’, translated loosely that, “Don’t swear for life”, but it means, don’t dictate life. You can be in charge of your life, but know there are other things that you can run into collision like Coronavirus that stops you right on your tracks.
A child or children is not the worst thing that can happen to a woman outside wedlock. Sticking with a jerk(alpha or no alpha) for instance.
Down the line you will meet men who married women with two kids and they are so happy. Down the line you will meet men who married models, and women so beautiful, Kelly Rowland haezi pita mbele yao and he has never known what happiness looks like.
When I was younger, I held these silly ideals too. Blame it on utoto. Now that we are older, we understand, life is permanently imperfect. I ever saw the most beautiful woman but she suffered the worst bout of halitosis. I know men who look like they are 100%, but their closet is ugly.
So pick what you want. But know, if you are a man, and another man is raising your child and you have means, that is not being Alpha. That is stupid. If anything you are the alpha. Even when things don’t work out, your worth is squarely how you take care of the children you help bring forth. Stick around and when older, you can soberly tell your kids, “Look, things didn’t work out. But I am not the arsehole who took off.”