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"You're ... aren't you?" Njabulo's words at the nightclub haunt me. What does he think of me?
I feel nauseous.
I am outside the club. My breath feels thick in my throat. Kebone is with me. "Hey, Nathi, what's going on?" She puts her hand on my shoulder. I shake my head. "I'm phoning my mom to come and fetch us," she says. "You really don't look well."
My head is a whirlpool. I feel I am not in my own skin. This hasn't happened. Not to me.
Njabulo wanted to kiss me. What if I had let him? Something in me wanted to. Something didn't.
"You're ... aren't you?" he asked.
Yes, I am ...
No, I am not!
I am Nathi Ndebele. I have a girlfriend. Sort of. My body is tough from soccer. One muscle on top of the other. I am a real man. That's also what Musa said. That's what I am. I love sport. I swear. I like beer. I don't swing my hips when I walk. I don't bat my eyelids. I don't flap my hands around in the air.
I am a man!
And yet.
"You're ... aren't you?" Njabulo had asked.
QUESTION: What does a "real man" look like? How does a "real man" behave?
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114. Gorgeous1 says
A real man is sm1 wh0 takes resp0nsibility 4 hs actins n do wats right
Report this comment113. (x)(F)Shareen+Mathews(F)(x) says
i wondr....
Report this comment112. (x)(F)Shareen+Mathews(F)(x) says
I can see dt nathie is pretending 2 be sum1 he aint...jst 2 look good on hs friends nd 2 excite hs father
Report this comment111. $*8-)+Tâ¬â¬+K@Â¥+8-)*$ says
A real man strictly dates females and bahave like a gentle man.
Report this comment110. $Nelstar+ka+zaks+4evr$ says
A real man is defined bt hz action nd they way he treats the ppl surounding hm..dats wat i cal a real man swit(H)
Report this comment109. T.SPOTILIOUS says
Real man...i have seen guys trying 2 real man...denying who they are,a real man is a guy who knws where he stand,his at ease with life,most of all acts humanly.
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