Pressure Apple

'So this is the house they are living in?' 
Lady A whispered
And everyone giggled 
'Shhhhhh abeg she dey come'

You see, we got married and lived in a one room apartment till we had our first baby
And as is socially customary, we had some well wishers who came visiting

I stood transfixed to the spot as I heard those words
The tray of refreshments I was carrying suddenly felt like a bag of cement
Ohhhh how those words hurt but then I shrugged it off

Few months later it was like a dream when we moved into our own beautiful home.

The societal expectation was for us to have been living in probably a three or four bedroom apartment but we knew we couldn't afford that
How would we have been able to maintain the lifestyle given our income?
So we chose to stay put and focus rather on building our own house which we already started unbeknownst to anyone

Guess what?
Irrespective of the many rooms in the house, we and the kids still love to share a room every night

Guy why you dey dull, everybody don buy car now oh
Or
Babe see me na, I just got the latest iPhone
How about
Everybody dey do am now, na the shortest way be this.

No!

Don't bite that 'pressure apple'

Setting yourself up just to belong?

Grow at your own pace
Grow in your own time
Those things done for pressure sake most times do not turn out so well.

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