What is friendship if we cannot "yab" each other. If you are just meeting me for the very first time, you may see me as childish because of the way I play a lot. My friends know that I love to yab them a lot and they do same to me. If i haven't yabbed you, then just know that our friendship hasn't gotten that deep. My husband says I am free-spirited because I joke too much. I try as much as I can to make light of every situation because when I get angry, it takes only the grace of God to keep me calm.
I fell out with my best friend recently because of what she said to me. I know she didn't believe that it would make me that angry but it did. And if she was close to me that day, I would have slapped her because she had no right to say what she said. I carry my mother like an egg and if you dare say anything silly about her, I will react in a twinkle of an eye. Maybe its because she is the only parent I have now and I cherish her so much. So trying to joke with her would certainly not be funny to.
My friend called me and as usual, we joked and laughed about so many tings and then she asked after my mum. I told her that she was not feeling too well at that moment. She said that my mum was sick because her vagina hasn't been lubricated for long since my father's death. She added that my mum needs to look for a mechanic to lubricate it for her. I was mad to my teeth. Those words rang in my head and I didn't know when I started shouting and cursing her. I warned her never to ever in her life joke with my mother again.
I saw that as being very disrespectful. The fact that people joke a lot doesn't mean that there should be no boundaries at all. Imagine the rubbish talk about my mum. I was so furious that day that after I hung up on her, I went to WhatsApp and did a long voice note and dropped series of messages to warn her more just in case she didn't hear what I said over the phone. She apologized to me but I wasn't going to have it. My mum is precious and even going to the length of talking about her body is a very stupid idea in the first place. That's like disrespecting my late dad too. Well, I later accepted the apology and we are good again.
I also got my own share of lashing too. When I jokingly said something to a cashier in a supermarket. After waiting for a while to get to my turn to pay for the things I picked, I finally got to the cashier. She wasn't smiling and I thought I should just loose her up a bit. So I jokingly asked her if he said he wasn't doing again this one she was not smiling. In my head, talking about her boyfriend would just make her smile. She got angry at my talk and told me to mind my business. I felt so embarrassed that day. I just paid and left the shop. Till date, I haven't had the courage to go there again. I know she must have forgotten me but that embarrassment that day was just too much.
Well, these are the memorable experiences I have had with bad joke telling.
Thank you for reading
Lexicon
To yab: Broken English that means to joke
