Safety And Alertness:

A few days ago, Nina’s purse was stolen from her handsome handbag that she was hauling. She informed me about it via text message. It was already late in the evening when I got the message. To make it even worse, there was a huge chunk of cash in the purse, which was meant for some weekly expenditure and monthly bills. To be honest, I was quite infuriated at first. Why do you need to haul out so much cash? Why didn’t she just use the electronic banking system and pay all the bills online, which were far more easier and far safer, rather than having to go out to the teller machine, withdraw a huge amount of cash, which of course would definitely attract the ever curious and nosy Rusty Ryans and Danny Oceans, and doing it manually? And why in hell did I not accentuate her about this earlier? So much for being a dependable guy huh.

Well, at least Nina was OK. A bit shaken, but OK. Alhamdulillah. With all these snatch thieves son of bitches running around freely, sniffing around like reservoir dogs that they truly are, snatching hand bags from some poor old women across the streets, sometimes causing serious injuries and deaths, I am thankful that Nina was left unharmed, safe and sound. I was informed by Nina later on that night that they, the security guards have found the purse in the shopping Mall’s men’s room, everything still intact except the cash. 

Two simple and very important lessons that can we can learn in the above predicament which are first; use the electronic banking system. It is easier, faster and safer. Second; when your girlfriend’s purse end up stolen, try and contain yourself from gnashing your teeth, because by being angry at something like that, purse stolen, car keys missing, favorite lingerie misplaced etc, which was beyond your control anyway, you will end up putting her in a tougher spot than she’s already in, an unnecessary stress. It aint gonna solve the problem. The best thing to do is to try and calm her down. Give her your moral support. If you were with her at that time, give her a warm hug. Let her know that everything is going to be alright and what ever happens, you will always be there for her. Let her know that. This will give her comfort. It will definitely lift her up from her current desolation and misery. Go back home, make her a cup of warm Milo and continue hugging her until the sobbing stops. Wait for the next day, then barulah give her your world famous personal holy sermon on safety and alertness. It will register quicker. 

I got the above tip from my short read of the foreword to the infamous Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus, written by John Gray, while I was waiting for the cute Kinokuniya girl to finish wrapping my evil books, earlier in the afternoon.