If you are a single lady, chances are you suffer
from the Is He My Husband syndrome (IHMHs). This condition predisposes you to
ask yourself if any eligible young man you come across (hear about, see in a photo, watch drive past) is a potential
husband. You know you have it if any of
the following happen to you:
1.
You walk into the board room
and your eyes scan the room then rest momentarily on each new male face from
the other company. You then make a quick assessment, sorting each face into the
“too tall”, “large nose”, “perfect height” file before making a mental note of
the eligible prospects you will introduce yourself to after the meeting.
2.
You wake up on Monday morning
feeling lousy and all you want to wear are those comfortable flat shoes that
have the stain by the side of the right shoe. The stain wasn’t your fault but
mistakenly happened when some super glue missed the false nail your beautician
was trying to fit on your finger and landed on your shoes.
You still have the shoes because
you have psyched yourself into believing that the stain is too small to be
noticed after all “who will be looking at
your feet when they should talk to your face”, right? Today you don’t feel like wearing anything
fancy so you drag the shoes out of the shoe box where you buried them but just
then, you hear your mother’s voice say “always
look your best every day, today might just be the day you meet your husband”.
You immediately dump the shoes for a pair of sleek heels instead.
3.
Your friends are going for
their colleagues wedding. You don’t know the bride or the groom but you tag
along taking great pains to wear the colors of the day. After all, one of the
groom’s men or bride’s friends might cast a glance your way and you certainly
want to be prepared!
4.
It’s your lunch break at work,
and you have been at your computer all morning working on that tedious
presentation. You bite your lip when something is difficult so your poor lips
have lost all the coatings of the red lipstick you applied that morning. But as
you pick up your purse to step out for lunch, you catch a glimpse of your face
on the dead computer screen and gasp. You don’t want a potential suitor to see
you this way so you snap out your lipstick, foundation, powder, blush, mascara,
even your toothbrush because today just might be the day.
5.
You attend corporate events,
conferences and seminars with more on your mind than just learning about the
new things happening in your industry. You always seat yourself next to the
friendly gentleman who returned your greeting warmly and at lunch breaks you
are the most conversational at your table, handing out complimentary cards
generously.
6.
You have been invited to a
dinner party hosted by your cousin, Isioma who is famous for her prowess in the
kitchen. You have had a long day and all you want to do is eat a home cooked
meal. Once you arrive at the venue of Isioma’s event you want to dive straight
for the food on the table but there is a gentle man seated next to you and even
in your hungry state, you manage to notice how good looking he is. You somehow find
the restraint to eat with a fork and knife even though you would much prefer to
eat out of your hands.
7.
On your way home after a long
day at work, you find yourself wishing you had a man you could smuggle close
to, close enough to catch a whiff of his perfume. Except that you weren’t
feeling this way until your married friend said she had to go home to cook for
her husband and couldn’t hang out with you. As a matter of fact, you didn’t even
come about this desire yourself, you read that perfectly constructed fantasy
somewhere and you thought “that sounds like a nice feeling I should add to my bucket
list of single girls wants!”
If
you’re guilty of any of the above? It’s really not your fault at all. You
probably have IHMHs known to turn the sweetest, calmest girl into this man-
hustling terrestrial with special eyes that dart left and right, scanning the
perimeter of every event venue for a suitable man of substance and caliber!
