I ran into this hilarious post by NaijaHusband over at NaijaHusband.com about what its like to be married to a woman who embraces her natural hair. I’m telling you that I could not stop laughing through the entire thing. In the post he lists 8 things that husbands should adapt to once their wives return to their natural. Here are just a couple things that he says that men should get used to:
1) Watching her Bathroom Turn into a Mad Scientist’s Laboratory
3) Saturday Nights Are Not Date Nights
This one is my favorite!
8) Get Used to the Secret Group Meetings
Me: “What you up to today?”
NaijaWife: “I have a meeting.”
Me: “On Saturday?”
NaijaWife: “Yes…with some girls.”
Me: “What kind of meeting?”
NaijaWife: “Em. Hair meeting…”
Me: “You mean the hair salon?”
NaijaWife: “No…natural hair women’s meeting.”
Me: “I see…when will they hold one for the husbands of women with natural hair?”
This post was meant to be in jest, but I get it and it really did tickle my funny bone because I bet my husband would probably agree with NaijaHusband’s commentary. I know that it must be hard for men to “transition” as we take them with us on our natural hair journeys. I also LOVE getting this husbands’ point of view of what women really must be doing in the bathroom when they are taking care of their natural hair. The important thing about this article is that Naija Husband TOTALLY embraces his wifes’ natural hair choice and that’s awesome. Check out the rest of his post here! When You’re Married To A Woman With Natural Hair
Does your mate understand what you have to go through to maintain your natural tresses?