This week I got a question fuh the people who I hear keep saying dat men in crisis: what the crisis is?
I would also want tuh find out why duh in crisis, who put duh in the crisis, and how the crisis happen.
The truth is this, I would like tuh know what would’ve happen tuh cause all o’ these men tuh be in the position or situation (called crisis) dat dem find duh selves in.
Look, I think dat a lot o’ the men ’bout here doing a whole lot o’ junk, and then when things start tuh fall down all around dem and duh get wash off and rinse off by the young girls, all of sudden dem hollering out dat dem in crisis and want somebody tuh notice dem.
But who is the body dat come up wid this crisis thing, though? Obviously another man.
I know dat some o’ ya’all might start tuh talk ’bout how Mavis male bashing or ain’t sensitive tuh the male situation, but I am not trying tuh compare men and women, neither am I saying dat women are better than men because I know dat would be silly. Besides, dat is totally beside the point.
What I would say though is dat most o’ the situations some men find demselves in is of their own doing and undoing. I gine tell you why I say so.
Now, look, some men would have a wife of many years and a family and things would be going along just fine. They would be comfortable and settled but up steps a li’l young girl, flinging sheself all up in dem face. Instead o’ putting these young girls in duh place, some o’ duh does be playing dem macho and trying tuh look hip.
All of a sudden dem does forget about the good aged wine duh got at home who has matured wid dem ovah the years – the same body who they built a relationship, friendship and solid foundation wid.
Dat same body who made sacrifice after sacrifice tuh make a good life and home fuh dem.
Duh does forget the lot o’ foolishness their other half had tuh put up wid tuh keep the family level and together. And the body who give up duh sweet young body tuh become fat and round time and time again tuh bring their precious children into this world.
Dem does forget the body who dem could remember things and events with; who dem could let duh hair (whatever is left of it) down wid; the body who doan mind seeing dem tek out duh false teet, wash dem off and then put dem back in duh mout in front o’ dem, like nutten ain’t happen; and the body who does tolerate their crap, period.
This is the crisis – when the good loyal wife find out the igrants duh doing and pelt dem tuh France out. All of a sudden it does be back at the mother house if she still alive, the child support and the shame tuh tell duh friends where duh live.
Some o’ dem does start losing weight, looking bad ’cause instead o’ getting good home-cooked food when the day come, duh does be eating a lot o’ fast food or none at all, and the clothes dat used tuh look suh sharp and crisp, now looking wrinkly and like duh pon a hanger in a wardrobe; dem cahn attract a soul looking so.
Some o’ dem really full o’ folly, ya know.
Look, one o’ my teenage nephews tell me dat I should see some o’ the old boys out in the clubs wid the young girls. He say dat duh does be skinning duh teet all the time like the sun hot, trying tuh fit in and impress the young fellas who might be scoping the girl.
Look, dat boy mek me laugh till my belly hurt me when he say dat especially when duh have the all-white nights in the clubs, dat when the UV lights hit the old fellas heads, the grey hair does be sparkling like tinsel pon a Christmas tree.
But ya see all a lot o’ these old boys does be barely fooling duhselves ’cause some o’ dem doan always be able tuh keep up wid the young tings and the active life style and night life fuh any long period o’ time
or duh might start tuh get sick. Dat is when the young tings who doan want the stress does begin tuh less-count dem.
Next thing ya know, the old boys does want tuh bong back tuh the old wife, sick and brek.
But while duh got some women who would have compassion on dem and help dem back pon duh feet, duh got another set o’ women and, by then, their grown-up children who doan want tuh see dem at all, sick or well.
But ya cahn put all the blame pon some o’ these men, though. Ya see, a lot o’ women does put dem in this kind o’ position from early as some mothers does want tuh keep dem at home as long as they could, even keeping their bedrooms there and encouraging dem tuh bring in the side woman if they want a li’l outside fun.
Dat is why duh got so many boys pon the block who got children and still living in duh mothers’ house.
But I could tell you what duh want. Dem ain’t in nuh crisis – duh Christless.