Mo Ambrose nods his head like he understood and a mysterious faint smile could be seen on his lips. Mrs Mo was about to tease him for gossip when his phone made a 'ding' sound. Meaning that he got a new message. Quickly he picked it to check and saw that it was from Folawe. But the content made him frown a little.
Little Folawe: President Mo, you are really making it obvious that you are old. Sext means sex chatting okay?
Preaident Mo (the sin): Oh....
But he didnt get it. How does adding a 't' behind sex makes it mean sex chatting? Sex chatting? Wasn't that sending dirty texts to each other? This little lass, just where is her mind wandering to?
Little Folawe: I dont want to have sex with you too. Periodt!
Mo Ambrose adjusted his position when he saw the 'periodt'. She thought he was old because he didnt know the meaning of sext but now that she had taught him, he knew what periodt would mean.
President Mo(the sin): Periodt? Period chatting? I dont know how to do that. Are you on your period?
Immediately, Folawe responded with a series of emoji that looked like a lady face palming herself. Did he do something wrong now?
Little Folawe: President Mo, sleep for now. I will ttyl. The ten years difference we really have is obvious fr. *followed by an emoji that appears to be looking downwards with water coming from its mouth.
Now Mo Ambrose was more than confused. Ttyl? Fr? What are these things?
President Mo: Are you mad at me?
But she had already gone offline. He wanted to call her but decided it would be wrong especially if she wanted her own space.
Mrs Mo could notice te change in his mood. Concerned she asked. "What is wrong? Did you upset her?"
"I think so." He responded suddenly losing his appetite. His brother was still trying to look into his phone but Ambrose hid it and then glared at his brother. Should Jaxon not know what those things meant? He is part of the younger generation and has been with lots of girls.
"Jaxon..." he calls and his brother swallows hard, shifts his chair a little further before responding.
"Yes."
"What is the meaning of an emoji that appears to be looking downwards and has little water coming from his mouth?"
The whole table: 'black lines on forehead'
"Well...looking downwards..."
Mrs Mo was quick to push her plate aside and join in the conversation. "It cant be the 'hungry for you emoji since it is looking downwards."
Jaxon nods his head, agreeing with what she is saying. "Could it be the tired emoji?" He brought out his phone and showed some emojis to his brother. Mo Ambrose immediately recognizes the emoji and points at it. "Oh this is the tired emoji." He slowly said before staring at his brother. "Did sister in law send you this?" He had what looked like a dreary look on his face. "Oh my.. could she be tired of the relationship already?"
Her mother hit him with a spoon across the table. "Dont say rubbish. Dont curse your brothers relationship."
Their father who had been quiet suddenly clears his throat. "Jaxon could be wrong or right. It depends on the content of their chat. Only Ambrose can tell if she is tired of the relationship depending on how she sent it."
This suddenly made sense to both Mrs Mo and Jaxon.
"So..brother what did big sister in law say before sending this emojis?"
Although Ambrose knew they were only hungry for gossip he didn't have a choice since he was relatively new to this things.
"What does 'fr' and 'ttyl' means?"
Almost at the same time, the other three responded. " For real and talk to you later."
Mo Ambrose: black lines...
Mo Ambrose looks from one family member to the other. What is this jealous feeling that is welling inside him? Even his parents knew what it meant?
"Brother you really didn't know?" Jaxon questions and his parents kicks him under the table. If they were not at the dining he would have resorted to placing his legs on the chair. His longs legs were alway a target of theri kicks.
"Oh...even you too know it." He appeared to be talking to himself as he picked a cabbage off the table and randomly chew on it staring at the blank face of his phone. Why did she suddenly go offline? What had he said that made her mad? He wanted to ask Jaxon and the other pair of curious eyes that were on him but he didn't want to look the odd one again so he used a different strategy.
"Sext means sex chatting." He announced.
The table: -_- 'so sudden. Big boss inform us ahead before saying things like that.
Their mother who appears to be the liberated one couldn't even hold back her reaction and almost choked on the food she was yet to digest.
"Cough..cough...yes yes. Why do you say that?" She starts to pinch her husband under the table out of excitement. "Could it be that you and our duaghter in law are already at that stage?"
Mo Ambros ignored his mom and continued. "Period with a 't' at the end means Period chatting."
The whole table including the food: black lines on forehead.
Jaxon almost spit out the food in his mouth. "What the F? Who taught you that?"
He looked so stoic saying those things that it almost felt like he was reading from an invisible book. Now Mrs Mo felt like her nightmare was coming to pass. Her son is definitely a virgin. A thirty year old virgin man. Has she not failed as a parent?