NDUKU MUEMA

If what some single mothers we talked to say is anything to go by, then, indeed, explaining an absent father ranks very high among problematic issues such women go through.

A lot of negative stuff has been said about single mothers; they are frisky, ‘loose’ party animals who got impregnated after ‘one night stands’, and that’s why the fathers of their children vanished; they are bitter women who seem to have something personal against all men; they are desperate for men and daddy figures for their children, among others!

Many assume that only the proverbial honey and milk is found in the leafy suburbs. But on the contrary, the unhappiness there is as plenty as the money!

According to a city-based midwife who sought anonymity for ethical reasons, the drama medics witness in labour wards can make for great comedy.

Minutes into the conversation, their true colours always manifest, with them resorting to sheng-ladden English, as they punctuate their sentences with countless “Oh my God” and “haki woiyee”

It has been noted that a good number of women who are raising children by themselves have absolutely no clue how to explain the absentee fathers

The perception out here is that people in posh estates enjoy life.

She cannot touch an uncut man, not even with a 20-feet pole.