My sister is too close to my man

Dear Biggie,

I am married to this amazing man. He loves and does not lie to me. He comes home at 5pm and does not drink. He fell from heaven. Because he is too nice, all my relatives love him.

But my problem is that my elder sister whose husband died in a road accident two years ago and stays with us has taken her liking for him a step too far.

She is always close to my man to the extent that most of the time they are together watching Premier League football on TV or cooking, picking up the kids at school and doing shopping.

Even when going to work, they leave in his vehicle despite the fact that she owns a Vitz. To me she has become more of a wife to him than I am.

I am afraid to approach them both, because I do not want my man to hate me for being jealous. The other part of me is happy that my sister is taking good care of my man because I do not spend much time with him as I am too busy with work.

Is my husband in a safe pair of hands?

Jenny,

Blantyre.

Jenny

If I were you I would be asking: Is my husband in a safe pair of legs?

Because while you are busy, I can bet with my last coin that your elder sister and husband also get busy rocking and rolling.

Let me tell you, you cannot trust a woman with your man, even if it were your sister, especially your elder sister, because she knows your shortfalls and how to capitalise on them.

The good thing though is that unlike younger sisters who often snatch their sister’s husband for themselves, an elder sister is so mature that she takes care of business quietly and I can assure you that you won’t lose your man to her.

My assumption also is that your husband is not in love with her, because we all know that younger sisters are more attractive. But your elder sister in this case is just a willing partner in crime. Until you start finding time for your husband, your sister will be there for him.

Ever heard the adage, the nearest is the dearest?

Big Man Wamkulu

Found hubby with CD’s, is he cheating?

Dear BMW,

Firstly, let me confess that I like your column. Your advice is brutal, but honest. That’s why I have taken the courage to write you today.

Last week, I found a pack of condoms in my husband’s laptop bag. The pack—which usually has three rubbers in it—had one missing. Whether it fell off or he used it, I do not know because if he used it, then it was not used in our bedroom.

So, when I confronted him about it, he said that his friend must have slipped the two pieces in his bag. He swore over his granny’s grave that he does not know where the rubbers came from and the intentions of whoever planked him.

BMW, the condoms I am talking about are not ordinary ones but Rough Riders—which I have heard from a women’s WhatsApp group—that men buy when they are on some mission to punish their ungrateful side chicks.

My gut feeling is that he is being honest (always, he tells the truth), but my other part tells me not to trust this man with my life. Is he, in your wisdom, cheating on me?

Oyiya, via WhatsApp, Kanengo

 Dear Oyiya,

Of course, your idiot of a husband is cheating on you! Condoms don’t appear miraculously in a man’s pocket or in his laptop bag because they are not chewing gum!

As I have said before, two things could have happened. One, he bought two packets of rubber because he is over ambitious, but only used four. That, or he bought one packet hoping to hit pay-dirt, only for your would be ‘co-wife’ to fake a headache. So he only used one. Or, he may have faltered by the first ‘taking’.

You must be lucky. I know of a lady who found three used condoms in his husband’s pockets! I have forgotten what reason the man gave for that!

Before you turn that house over and burn your knickers, your idiot of a man is to me a good man. In spite of clearly breaking the Seventh Commandment, I think your husband very much loves and respects you. He is one of very few men these days who remember to wear condoms.

I can tell you with my hand on my chest that your city, Lilongwe, is littered with men who forget to buy condoms when they want to take some steam off with those who line the streets at night. The drunken ones are even worse. They hit it raw round after round after round, passing on diseases to their workmates, housemaids, side chicks and wives.

If you ask on the women chat group of yours, your pals will tell you that you are the first and the last to catch your man with condoms. Most men hide them in places no one can find them, not even themselves.

Lastly, you have every reason to be angry, but also every reason to jump ‘yes’ in the kitchen. Is he cheating? My answer is yes, he is. But he is being smart enough to protect himself and you from mabomu.

Inu sangakuvalireni maboot.

Big Man Wamkulu