(By
Sisi Lucia) - Do you want to become an invisible woman? I have found the
perfect vanishing cream, immediately you slather in on your body, fiam, you
just vanish.
So
I live in an estate, every morning or evening I pass by the only gate in the
estate. Depending on my mood, I either smile and greet, or just wave at
security men at the gate. On Fridays or during any celebration say Christmas or
Easter, they razzle me for ‘something for the boys’ and also depending on my
mood, I give them ‘something’ or not. So you would think they know me, yes?
Well,
they know me until they see me with a man and that’s it, the vanishing cream.
Men are the vanishing cream. The presence of a man makes women invisible. The
other day I took a cab home, they greeted the cab driver and totally ignored
me. I wasn’t even expecting the greeting because I knew the presence of the cab
driver has already made me evaporate. The cab driver had to ask me “did you
just move here? Abi na new security?” I just smiled. It was not the first time.
If my male friends are visiting, they do it and it is not as if the greeting
adds any naira to my account, so shrug, right?
