RELATIONSHIP: MY ADVENTURE WITH OLDER PARTNERS – EP. 1

Written by: Fatimah Babatunde.

Hi there, my name is Sandra, a 22 years old babe with a 30+ kind of shape, well you can call me figure 8, I attract older guys.

My story with Steve was amazing, Steve is 14 years older (remember, I attract older guys). You can call him lady’s man, he is so cute, average height, caramel skin tone, smells nice always, he’s voguish, speaks fluent English, to cut the long story short, he’s very attractive.

We met at a party, we both vibe well, and immediately I knew our vibe wasn’t going to end at that party, the only reason why I agreed to exchange numbers before I left.

A few hours after I got home, I was expecting his call, checking my phone every second at any sound of notification, meanwhile, I could have called him though but pride won’t let me as one coconut head girls of Lagos, well I slept off in my waiting bed. Not a single missed call from him at dawn when I checked my phone even before I say thank God for the new day.

Some days later, I got a beep on WhatsApp from a strange number and fortunately, it was Steve, deep down in my heart I was thrilled. In no time we started chatting and it was pleasing, he’s so comic not like every other guy. We got along really quickly and we can’t do without talking in a day and most times the conversation is just prated. Eventually, we agreed to meet again.

It was a sunny Saturday afternoon, I dressed up looking all sexy and chicky, and ordered a ride to RaddisonBlu. I called him to let him know I was on my way there and he said he was on his way too so that was cool. Well, unfortunately, I got there before him and I hate to wait, I called him to inform him I was there he said he was close by too, well I can wait for some minute before losing it. 30 mins later, I was still sitting alone waiting for ‘Mr. Steve’, and at this point, I was already losing it, one thing about me I don’t know how to pretend so if I’m pissed it will be written all over my face. I didn’t want to call him again because I was trying as much as possible to compose myself and manage my anger, I said to myself after 3mins and this nigga is not here I am out of this place.

I picked up my phone open the TikTok app to keep my company while I sip the cocktail I’d already ordered, after 5mins I called the waiter to ask for my bill and asked him to bring their POS machine, as I was about to swap my card, I felt something very soft and warm landed on my cheek, fuck that was Steve’s lips, I had to pause and turned at him. Before I could say a word, he was already apologizing for his lateness and asked the waiter to bring their menu list. I was there still forming an angry bird but deep down my heart that soft lips were still playing in my head and all I wanted at that point was to kiss those lips, but then, as the hard girl that I am I have to put myself together and comport.

He noticed I wasn’t saying anything, so he reached out for my hand he was using his thumb to rub my palm and he was still apologizing. I had to make the palm robbing stop because the daughter of Zion was getting wet just by his touch (at this point I’m a disgrace to the hard girl’s association), so I said its cool, apologies accepted, he was happy to hear that and he placed a peck on my hand again, now in my head being like Sandra! Sandra!! Sandra !!! behave, imagine it didn’t happen, I removed my hand slowly and we started gisting while we wait for the food.

As always Steve and I always have things to talk about nonstop, while eating the gist continued. At this time, it was already past 6 pm and I was ready to leave so I told him I want to order a ride and he was like I should wait a little longer, I said no just to avoid traffic before I knew it Steve was already behind me, I stood up and he gently moved the chair back for me to walk out and he said ‘hey damsel’ I will drop you off myself. I smiled and he walked me to his car, opened the door for me, and close it back while I was comfortably seated in front like a madam…. I told him my address and he searched it on his google map, the journey begins and we started gisting as usual. Steve is a very blunt and logical person, I am also a very blunt person, so our combination isn’t that bad, it makes our conversations more dynamic.

We got to my house, while he was packing he said ‘I intentionally come to drop you off so as to know your place, am I permitted to come to pick you up for dinner next week Friday?’, I smiled, said No because I don’t know my plans yet, but I will let him know if I will be free ( well it’s not as if I have anything planned for that Friday though, but I just want to play hard to get, you know how we do it now), the look on his face changed like he wasn’t expecting me to object to his request, well I’m sorry bro. We stood in front of his car to gist for a while before I head inside, while I was about to go in, he hugged me and placed his soft lips on my forehead (OMG, this guy wants me to lose my home training but no, I refuse to embarrass the association of hard girls), at that point, I was ready to have those sexy lips on mine but No I won’t do that. I smiled and waved at him, while he drove off.

Of course, every girl has that one friend they gist about everything, immediately after I had freshened up, picked up my phone to call Betty. Yes, Betty is my best friend, we talk about everything. So, she picked and I started downloading how my date went with Steve, I was going on and on while I blush. Betty was there laughing at me, I have always been the hard one between us but this time it’s different and she’s surprised and happy for me at the same time, she teased me and advised me, and we both laughed over it. As I dropped the call embraced my red teddy bear to watch some fascinating videos on Instagram reels before I joined Steve in the dreamland…

Next episode…