Dear Taiwo,I wish I could have a say in the happenings in my house, but unfortunately, there is little or nothing I could do. This is because our society believes children do not have a say in what their parents do and secondly, if I decide to leave home, I have no other place to go to.In essence, I had to take my mother's indecent attitude as if nothing was happening. I am the third out of her five children and the unfortunate thing is that all of us have different fathers, three of my siblings and I do not know our fathers; it is only our youngest sister who knows her father and even at that he doesn't live with us, but only comes when my mother wants him to.She has a good job as a personal assistant to the executive director of the company she works for. I am always very confused as to why she is living the way she is.I really cannot count the number of her male friends who come to our house. Sometimes two or more have had cause to meet each other in our house. At times, she would be inside her bedroom and made us tell lies that she had gone out.I am very disturbed and sad because we have had to move from two houses because the landlords and other tenants couldn't stand my mother's attitude and the rate at which male visitors were visiting our apartment.Fortunately, we are in our own house now and we do not have to look over our shoulders to see who is coming or looking at us.A sad incident happened to my elder sister two weeks ago and I wish I were in the position to do more than I did. My mother is fond of sending my immediate elder sister to her male friends to collect money and on other errands. On that fateful day, she sent her and unfortunately my mother's male friend raped her.When she came back home, she did not have the courage to tell mummy what she went through, but she told us. I forced her to tell her, but she did not believe my sister; she said she lied as the man she sent her to was too gentlemanly to do such a thing. I was very angry and sad. Should my mother take the word of her male friend as against my sister's'Instead of rising to the occassion, she castigated and accused her of seducing her male friend,. Aunty Taiwo, as I am writing you, my sister is very sick and mummy has not even taken her to the hospital. As if that was not enough, the man who raped her called her several unprintable names. He was so sure of himself that he said he knew my mother would not believe my sister.I am sick and tired of the whole situation. I wish I had somewhere else to stay. I must confess that I hate my mother. I wish I knew who my father is so that I can run away and stay with him. Please, what can we do' Help my siblings and I.Anonymous
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