#mGrad book: keeping the man

So one day, in the near distant time,
when the concept of monogamy
meant something to men. I left home,
one morning with bae, after a heated
argument. As is typical of bae, she
would not argue in public nor walk
beside you when you get her pissed.
She walked in front of me, very fast. I,
equally pissed, maintained my
distance, slowly walking behind her. I
was telling myself, 'she think say i go
escort her after this one? once we
reach that junction, i go just go my
way. e go shock her', when a car
pulled up just by the junction, before
bae. A guy drove the car while his
sister was in the front seat. The sister
called out to my bae, offering her a
lift. She assured bae that her brother
would be more than happy to drive
bae to her destination. The brother
endorsed this assurance with a wave
of the hand, and a sheepish smile at
my bae. I slowed down a bit, thinking
to myself, 'no be girls!?! wetin you
expect? she go just follow them. To
undermine the jealous sensation that
threatened to erupt in me, i told
myself, e beta pass sef. at least, i go
just go my house jejely.!'
Bae stood still. She neither said no,
nor yes. She threw a glance my way
after pondering for a while. I smiled.
The typical smile of pride mixed with
raging jealousy. She turned to the car,
and shook her head. The 'car people'
persisted but bae was firm. She shook
her head and politely said 'Thank you,
i will rather walk'. I walked up to bae
as the car drove off, trying hard not to
seem impressed and relieved. I did
not matter to me if i was angry or
not, i overdosed bae with sweet
words and held her hands as we
walked to the bus park, in a sudden
spurt of PDA.
Fast forward to modern day, today. I
am walking from friend's place, with
current bae. She picks a flimsy fight
and scuttles away from me defiantly,
and declaring, 'Walk by yourself,
lemme walk by myself'. I walked fast
behind her, in a bid to catch up, but
she kept increasing her pace. I
maintained my place behind her and
although miffed,  began to plead with
her to rethink her childish antic. Bae
played deaf and kept walking too fast.
She Scuttled away whenever i caught
up with her. We got to a bend, the
boys in front of her seemed familiar
to her. One of them held her hands
and they began to exchange
pleasantry. As i got close, i overheard
him tell bae he's going same way as
bae. I walked past them and slowed
down, hoping my bae will meet me
after greeting her friends. Bae
instead, for almost thirty minutes,
maintained her same pace with her
friends, as though i did not exist. I
was sad, pained, jealous and at the
same time shocked. I wondered if she
understood the implication of her
action. After about 37 minutes of
walking slowly hoping bae will join
me, i veered off and walked home,
never looking back, alone.
Somehow, i may have lost the point of
this recollections, but i'm sure i
meant to say, some bae are,
bae - before anyone else, while some
bae are,
bae - besides anyone else.
They pull repulsive stunts, then turn
around to ask 'What does it tale to
keep a man".  But seeing that both
bae didn't keep the man, i'm
wondering too, - what's the rule? the
golden rule, the big secret-
Be good? Be bad? or Be you?
How do you plan to keep the man?