South Africa is such a fatherless nation that when we go out to lunch or dinner or even shopping with our fathers, people assume their our sugar daddies.

I know this from experience because it happens to me every time I go out with my Dad without my Mom or brother there.

People are really not used to seeing fathers being present in their children’s lives or having a healthy relationship with their daughters.

No matter how old I become, whenever I’m home I always ask my Dad to take me shopping.

The uncomfortable snickers and stares we always get are so disturbing. I even end up feeling guilty as if I’ve done something wrong.

But the worst experience I ever had was when Dad was dropping me off at the airport after the Durban July and I was flying from DBN to JNB.

The stares made me so uncomfortable I ended up asking him to wait for me at the Woolies while I checked in.

Nisiphilisa kabuhlungu kodwa

I can’t imagine if someone took a pic of me having dinner or lunch with my Dad, without our consent, posting it on social media and then telling people that my Dad is my sugar daddy.

Nenza kakhulu guys. Iyekeni lento.