I left one of my favourite wigs in my boyfriend’s room. Days later when I went there, it wasn’t there. He had no idea where the wig had passed but he said, “It’s only my elder sister who has been here since you left the wig. Let me call and ask her.”

He made a call. It was on a loudspeaker. She laughed at the question. She asked, “Is she looking for it? Tell her it’s with me. I’ll bring it next time I’m coming around.”

No shame. No remorse. She even found it funny that she had my wig.

Days turned to weeks but the wig didn’t come. What came were excuses and the reason she couldn’t bring the wig back. Weeks turned into one month. My wig didn’t come. I put pressure on my boyfriend so he called her. Again it was on a loudspeaker. She said, “What kind of pressure is this? Is that the only wig she has that she won’t let me rest?”

I knew she wasn’t bringing it. One Sunday she posted a photo on Facebook. She was wearing my wig. I knew why she didn’t want to bring it. It fit her. She looked gorgeous in a wig that didn’t belong to her. I was pissed. I wanted to comment that she should bring my wig but I didn’t. I told my boyfriend about it and he thanked me for not commenting to embarrass her.

Two months later, no wig.

We attended their cousin’s wedding and she came. Not only her, but other siblings of my boyfriend also came. They all came to say hello to me but she didn’t come because she was wearing my wig. She thought I didn’t see her. My boyfriend begged me not to say anything and promised he would collect it for me that very day. I was boiling inside looking at her slay my wig. Her pretence and disregard for my feelings got the better of me.

After church service, she was entering into a taxi when I quickly snapped the wig off her head. She looked back in shock, shook her head and entered the taxi. I put it in my bag while everyone looked at me in awe. My boyfriend was angry. His other siblings found it funny. Later in the evening, I had a call from my boyfriend’s mom. She was livid and throwing words around carelessly. I apologized but that didn’t stop her.

I don’t know what happened. It looks like they had a family to discuss what happened because suddenly, my boyfriend has intensified his anger, blaming me for causing his elder sister embarrassment.

It doesn’t bother me cos I know he would come around. What I don’t understand is his family’s angst against me. Why are they not blaming her but me? Was I wrong to claim what was rightfully mine? I don’t care about their anger but I want to know if I went extreme.

— Olivia

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