Umfazi woqhawulo-mtshato naye uhlwempuzekile, umatrasi wasentwasahlobo ovulekileyo, kwiminyaka emibini kamva ndafumana

Igama lam ndimncinci, abantu basezilalini. Xa mna nomfazi wam sikumatchmaker elalini waziswa, yazi nje, sineminyaka engama-30 ubudala, ezilalini, abantu bale age batshatile, abantwana baya esikolweni. Ngoko singxamile, sabona izihlandlo ezininzi emva kokuba betshatile. Umfazi umbi, intsapho yam ihlwempuzekile, ngoko sihamba kunye. Abantu basezilalini basihleka bonke, ukusihleka kufana nomdlalo owenziwa ezulwini. Kodwa mna nomfazi wam asikhathali, ukuba nje siphila iintsuku zethu ziya kuba zilungile, ukuba abanye abantu bathini. Emva komtshato, ndisebenza ngokuzimisela, umfazi uyandithanda kakhulu. Kuba amahlwempu asekhaya, amaxesha amaninzi akakwazi ukuthenga inyama yokutya, ngamanye amaxesha abe nenyama yokutya, umfazi uyinyama kum nomama. Umama nam ndamnyathela kakhulu, wayengatyi, esithi woyika ukutyeba. Phofu ndiyamazi akazimiselanga kutya. Mna nomfazi wam siyabuthanda ubomi bomnye nomnye, kwiminyaka emithathu kamva, mna nomfazi wam sazala unyana nebhinqa abantwana ababini, intsapho eyayiphila ubomi obulula obonwabisayo. Umfazi ekhaya ukuba anakekele abantwana ababini kunye nomama, ndifike kwangethuba emsebenzini, umvuzo uphezulu kakhulu kunakuqala. Ndiyonga, ndifuna ukonga imali ethe chatha kubantwana ababini ukuze bafunde. Kodwa ndafumanisa ukuba umfazi wakhe akalunganga, ndiphumla ekhaya, umfazi wayesoloko esithi makube nento yokuphuma, abantwana abanandaba, ndigxothe, ndihambe imini yonke. Ndambuza ukuba ndiyephi, wathi deadpan, let I don't mind. Ngesinye isihlandlo, ndamlandela ngokufihlakeleyo, kodwa wafunyanwa. Wacaphuka ndixabene, kungxolwa, wathi andizukwazi, ukutshata nam kuleminyaka kuyasokola. Mna kunye naye wathi, ndiza kuzama ukwenza imali, ndiya kumenza ubomi obulungileyo ngokukhawuleza. Wathula unkosikazi amehlo ebomvu krwe. Kamva, saphinda salwa izihlandlo eziliqela. Kwixesha lokugqibela, mna nenkosikazi siye saqhawula umtshato, wathi andizukwenza mali, imali incinci kakhulu, ayinakumvumela ukuba aphile ubomi obulungileyo. Wathi akafuni kwezi mini zihluphekayo, ufuna ukufumana isityebi etshatile. Mamela umfazi uthe, lenovo yakhe kwakhona ngeentsuku zam zokuphumla akakho ekhaya, kwafunyanwa amakhaya kwangaphambili. Ndacaphuka, ndacinga ekuqaleni uba ayingoba ndiyahlupheka, nam andimtshati, ngoku undilahle pofu, divorce. I go impulse and her divorce, waqokelela imithwalo wahamba. Emva koqhawulo-mtshato khange ndimbone, ndiye ndavumela umama ukuba ancedise ekunakekeleni abantwana xa esebenza. Emveni kokuba umfazi wakhe emkile, kungekho kuhlekwa ekhaya, ubomi bukrakra kakhulu. Ndikhe ndicinge ngomfazi, sikhumbule kunye ngeemini ezishushu. Kwaba njalo iminyaka emibini, i-mattress yasentwasahlobo yaphukile, ndayithenga kwi-back back, xa ndifumene emva kwe-mattress evulekile yasentwasahlobo! Imatrasi yasentwasahlobo phantsi ileta, ithi indoda ethandekayo rev, ndavula ngokukhawuleza ileta, ndijonge phezulu. Ileta ibhalwa ngumfazi, umfazi uthi: myeni wam endimthandayo, xa ubona le leta, mhlawumbi ndifile. Ndandiwufumene umhlaza, ndingaphumelela ezimbalwa, kodwa amathuba okunyangeka awamakhulu, ngoko andifuni kuchitha imali. Ekuqaleni, usapho lwethu luhluphekile, andifuni kukutsala nabantwana ababini, ukhohlakele kangaka, kwaye wawuqhawule umtshato. Kuxhomekeke kuwe ukuba unakekele abantwana ababini kunye nomamazala, unelungelo lokutshata omnye. Iinyembezi zimanzisa iphepha loonobumba, umva wegama uye wabonakala umfiliba. Ekuqaleni umfazi uyandithanda kakhulu! Ngenxa yokukrokra komfazi ndiqhawule umtshato, i-mattress evulekile yasentwasahlobo, kwiminyaka emibini kamva ndayifumana, ucinga ntoni? (Imifanekiso evela kwi-Intanethi, ukuba kukho naluphi na ulwaphulo-mthetho, nceda uqhagamshelane nombhali ukuba acime, akuvumelekanga ukukopa, ukukopa yonke ingxelo yenethiwekhi, engenanceba!)