I have never borrowed money from a woman other than my sister. EVER.
Well, that’s a double-bind in itself because my sister is a woman and she’s also family. But you get what I mean…
In fact, I would rather spend the whole day begging on the streets of Nairobi than to give Njeri a call and ask her for lunch money.
There’s something about borrowing money from a woman that just irks her!
Even if you’ve been paying her rent, doing her shopping, and topping her tuition fees, the moment you ask her for that 200 bob, sayonara; MARK MY WORDS, your relationship is OVER.
As a matter of fact, I spent the past 2 weeks quizzing Kenyan women on the streets of Nairobi to discover why it pains them so much.
Of the crazy answers I got from our dear dames, these 2 were the most DISTURBING…
The ‘Daddy’ Syndrome
If you grew up with a sister, then you know exactly what I’m talking about. The daddy syndrome is a precursor to the sponsor syndrome.
Do you remember how your sister used to manipulate your old man back in the day for cash? She would make him breakfast, then after he was well fed and watered, politely ask for pesa za kutengeneza nywele.
How could he refuse?
Heck, I remember making my old man breakfast one day. He was so confused that he asked me blatantly, ni nini umevunja kwa nyumba?
Ama uko mgonjwa??
Folks, this is what we call the daddy syndrome.
Women are so used to getting money from their fathers, that they never developed the mental circuitry to lend others money. It’s so sad!
Every Penny From A Woman is Like A Soft Loan- There’s Interest Involved!
Before the likes of Tala and Branch were launched in the country, women were running the soft-loans industry singlehandedly. And reaping massive benefits!
You might be chuckling at this, unaware that you’ve just been blacklisted in a woman’s CRB for loan default. In other words, we call that the friend zone.
You see, for women, the term interest is so vague and abstract, that it might just be right under your nose and you’ll never notice it.
It might be an emotional interest. Darling, why haven’t you spent more time with me?
It could be financial: Babe, unaskia Maish anauza Toyota Wish yake 400,000? Aki ghai, si uni-top up? (Babe, do you know Maish is selling his Toyota Wish for 400,000? Please top me up!)
Whatever the case may be, there’s no such thing as goodwill money from a woman. If so, then I’d be more than happy to be proved wrong!