Risk
Myself and the boys hung out today. It's been a while we last saw each other so we had all agreed to meet and have some fun. While we were doing that, one of us had told us about a guest who would be visiting him in a couple of days. We had teased him and joked with it but then I suddenly remembered that about a week ago, a female friend had also visited one of my friends and she had stayed for about week before travelling back home.
So being the oveethinker that I am, I decided to ask a "what would you do" question, my question had been simple and direct. I had asked him what he would have done if he had woken up one morning and found out that the lady staying with him had past and she no longer was breathing.
Of course the first reaction I got from the boys was expected, everyone laughed at my question but then what followed next was silence, almost like they all suddenly saw some sense in my question and now they were scared of the answer. I too thought about it because we really don't know what it means to be free until that freedom is being threatened, and just thinking about that question felt like a threat to my freedom.
Everyday, a lot of guys keep on persuading female friends to come visit them so that they could all have a nice time but none of them ever ask themselves this question, the "what if" question. Now I know that we don't have to live our lives thinking only of the negative stuff because if we do, we would end up doing nothing with our lives but I do feel like there are certain things we do need to think about and put into consideration when making certain decisions, and asking a stranger to come stay the week at your home is definitely one of them.
Of course none of my friends had an answer to the question, neither did I. We all just behaved like a typical Nigerian and just prayed that something like that never happens to us. But does that mean my friend would no longer be welcoming his guest this coming week, no. They say life is a risk and I'm certain this is one risk he will be willing to take multiple times because he knows that the chances of something this bad happening to him is slim, but is it?
I laughed because it is something I have thought about over and over again. There was a lady who pretended to die when she visited her boyfriend, the guy woke her up but didn't answer. He was panting and sweating, immediately she woke up and said it's a prank 🤣🤣🤣 I could imagine that feeling and different thoughts flooding the guy but it is what it is if it happens for real.
Life is a risk and we keep taking it. But that situation would be hard oo because no one would believe you, not even at this time when people keep using others for ritual. That is what most people would think oo 😅😅
Exactly my thought. Everyone will say you used the other person for ritual and the police will find you guilty without any investigation.
It's really a scary thing to think about.
Lol boys will always be boys. I’ve bern crazy enough to think this “what if” by myself a while back. Like you and your friends, I wasn’t able to come up with a satisfactory answer, so I resulted to “God forbid”.
That is what everyone always ends up with, the usual God forbid 😂
I also don't have an answer to that question.
I don't blame you.. Trust me I understand 😂
Life is the most uncertain thing in this world and I think any time we may lose it. But most of the time guest visit when they remain physically fit and my be it give us a little bit of confidence nothing bad will happen or we are naturally positive about such kind of situation.
I think we're just naturally positive that nothing bad will happen.. But when we really think about the possibility of something going wrong, we just realize that it could happen at any minute and it's scary.