Monday 24 March 2014

"And co"

On Sunday in  church, one man strolled in wearing a white shirt and black trousers. Normally he'd be dressed in ankara sewn into buba and sokoto, his wife would also wear some ankara and even if not the same fabric design it'll be same colours or at least similar( you get the drift). So when he strolled in on Sunday, i wondered what his wife would wear!!! 

She came in a few minutes after wearing a suit! Since then, I've been wondering how exactly do 'and co' couples work it out? Does one person say- dear we are wearing 'our' brown fabric today? or does one person pick out the clothes and that's it? do they have like a meeting where clothes for the week are picked out? 

How exactly does it work? what if one person genuinely doesn't like it? Will he/she say so? and risk the other person getting/feeling hurt? 

It also brings to mind couples that eat thier meals from the same plates (as often as they can)..... 

i'm not against any of these displays of affection/love oh i'm just wondering how it's done. 

Are there any couples here who practise these? or other/near in nature/similar stuff? 

Do share your stories!!!!

For some reason i think Ibiluv would be guilty of one or more of these stuff ;)

10 comments:

Myne said...

You know the funny thing, sometimes when we're not doing traditional and co, we end up matching each other. I could be getting ready in the bathroom, he in the closet, or I ironed and hung what to wear with the rest of my clothes, he comes to pick out what he will wear and it is the same color! This had happened several times, lol.

sykik said...

I am not a fan of the "and co" thing....kai.... aside my wedding day I can't recollect wearing the same thing with Hubby. I can pick a subtle colour from his attire if absolutely necessary but I won't be caught in the same fabric...maybe with time it will change but 8 years running, I haven't bulged.

Fluffycutething said...

Lol, that's quite sweet!though You didn't mention if you stalk him when he picks outfits to try and match his colours :D

Fluffycutething said...

fingers crossed on time changing this matter oh LOL

Molara Brown said...

Never been a fan of 'And co' but what do I know, never been married, maybe this will change when I get married.

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Abiola said...

Hubby is indifferent but I like it though we don't go out together often due to work schedules, etc. I so love coordinating our outfits, even extended this to the boys...*covering face*

Different strokes for different people sha.

Mojisola said...

We are not an and co couple, I think years of my mother trying to dress me and my sister alike cured that. For the first two years of marriage we used to bathe together and we still eat together. The eating together started out of laziness (one less plate to wash) but I find myself waiting for him to come home and he will wait for me after round one most of the time. But we do not eat together in public.

Fluffycutething said...

We'll just have to wait n see lol

Fluffycutething said...

Awwww kinda sweet

Fluffycutething said...

Rather interesting that even after all these years you've kept up the eating together tradition. How does it work on days you've just ticked each other off? :D

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