THESE YOUNG GIRLS OF NOWADAYS!

How many times did you hear your mom or your grandmother or some lady in your area say those very words when you were younger? Well, my people, I have become one of those women! Yes, I have become that woman who puts her hand on her hip, drops her head to one side, acquires a worrying frown on her face and watches some young girls, thinking, "These young girls of nowadays!"

So, what exactly am I going on about, eh?

Well, the other day, the kids and I went to a neighborhood store to get a new broom and some candy. I somehow veered into the cosmetics aisle and was busy looking at the ingredients in some hand creme product when all of a sudden, I heard "Bebe! Bebe!"

I looked up from the ingredients list and saw this little girl happily coming down the aisle. She wore a brown shirt with a matching brown puffer jacket, a pair of jeans and she had cute ribbons in her hair. As she said "Bebe! Bebe", I noticed her eyes were on Bomboy, and nobody else. I jejely put the hand creme down, and prepared myself for some entertainment. However, I had no idea that the girl was a baby flirting pro!

The girl walked right up to my son and gave him a long kiss ON HIS LIPS!!!!!

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I was not ready for that and started blinking my eyes rapidly to clear them of anything that would cause me to see daytime apparitions or the like. May I remind you all that Bomboy, my youngest child, is all of 19 months old and has no business kissing or being kissed by some young girl. Granted, this 'fast' young girl was just about his age.

Well, clearly TK was thinking the same thing I was thinking because he shouted, "Hey, don't kish my bu-ruthaaah!"

The girl immediately took a step away from Bomboy and looked at TK questioningly. She then dipped her hand into one of her pockets, brought out a cookie and offered it to him. Una sabi TK nah! Im sabi chop, nothing like food bribery to win over a guy like him. Thus, TK forgot that he was supposed to 'block' this girl from his brother and instead took the cookie from her and stuffed it in his mouth. lol!

I rolled my eyes in exasperation! This little girl knew what she was doing, disarming all opposition with speed and alacrity! I decided to put TE on the case and tapped her on the shoulder. TE, who was busy looking at some lipstick (yes, ever since her Grananana put lipstick on her lips over the summer, the girl believes that she will get some of her own!). I told her, "TE, abeg, go bring those boys over here."

TE looked the little girl up and down, walked over to her brothers and in a commanding voice said, "BOYS! Time to go!"

TK looked at the girl, told her thanks, while Bomboy,his head swelling from the serious attention lingered for a little while. I just shouted, "My friend, come over here!" and he told the little girl "Buh bye!"

I have not been able to get over that incident. How is it that a little girl, she could not have been more than 2 years old, knew to not only kiss Bomboy on the lips, but bribe his older and 'sensible' brother with a cookie? These are tricks that Senior Babes use to disarm their opposition and potential critiques. Now, that I think about it, I should have asked that little girl for tips. But, you know say she no sabi talk English. Na baby talk she sabi. Imagine me trying to get tips from a babe who only knows how to say "dab daba daba, be dada, ta da?"

These young girls of nowadays!