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When love is wrong

Written by carino from the blog Carinos Box on 18 Nov 2010
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We used to have some great Zone 14 Recaps on TVSA a long time ago. A very long time ago. Season 3 of this interesting drama premiered sometime in July after the World Cup and it’s really not too bad for a show done around soccer and its team politics plus its not-very-clean players.

I also have never been exposed to life ekasi like Diepkloof, Soweto and such places so I can’t really speak for whether shows like this are a true reflection of our townships.

For that reason, This is not a recap and I will leave Popeye and Spinach alone and only talk about what for me is the most interesting storyline I have seen on Zone 14. I say that coz I find myself actually not having a problem with seeing The Zone twice in a week. Besides the fact that I just really totally like Thabang Moleya (one of the directors), I also look forward to seeing the developments of the love triangle between Nina (Thembi Seete), King ( Patrick Mofokeng) and King’s son, S’khalo (Neo Ntlatleng).

The background is that, Nina is married to King and all of a sudden King’s son surfaces and he happens to be nothing close to his father, looks-wise. Alright, can I be honest and say that whoever was casting those characters was just being spiteful. That King guy stands no chance trying to compete with S’khalo for Nina if we were just playing by who suits who and who looks cute with whom. No ways. To have Thembi Seete married to that guy.. haai..noh.. Im not trying to be mean mara hee-e bathong.

kingnina5
just look at this... LOL

Anyway, moving on… S’khalo comes into their lives and my oh my he has a hott stepmom. Now, for a child his age who had always been close to his mom with his father obviously absent, he, as could be believed, immediately feels some form of affection towards the stepmother and that fondness isn’t anything innocent.

What is happening at this point is that the boy is totally love-struck, the mother is absolutely smitten and the games have begun. It’s at a level where the mother just isn’t attracted to the father anymore. When she sleeps she imagines the boy in bed and then gets that anti-climax smile when she wakes to find the father’s face staring at her. LOL

In this week’s episodes, she, the mother, decided in the evening, nje, skierlik, that she has to go the tavern as she needed to have a talk with the boy. Well, that’s the reason that she gave the father.

You and S’khalo do not get along, babe, and I know it upsets you. So I think I need to talk to him

Oh, my love you are so sweet

Shem.

Off she goes and meets the boy at the tavern. The only thing that came out of that ‘talk’ was a passionate kiss. The chemistry between these two is inconceivable. I also think what makes it even so incredible is that they know they are not supposed to be doing what they are doing… So it’s that thought that someone might just see them and the thing will blow in their faces that makes the blood rush even more. It’s those situations when you know you should be in control, but you can’t control yourself and whatever is happening feels like it’s totally beyond your control.

skhalo

The sad part about these situations is that,

There are other people involved.

People like King and S’khalo’s beautiful girlfriend, Purity. They haven't done anything bona, shem. In their heads, they are just in beautiful relationships only thing is they are actually just being used.

In this week’s episodes, poor King has invited S’khalo and the girlfriend for lunch.

Baby, we are braai’ing on Sunday. With Skhalo and Purity”. King announces.

But babe, we never spend time together, just alone.” Says Nina.

Then King goes, “okay, I’ll call him and cancel

“It’s okay babe, I’ll talk to him. I know what this would mean to you."

Come Sunday, usisi has prepared lunch and the husband walks into the kitchen. He’s all excited of course, akere he believes the food is for the two of them… shem.

He walks up to her just when she’s busy day-dreaming about the forbidden fruit who is S’khalo. Obviously the dreams are telling of a hot, fresh young boy.. and what comes in reality then is a huskier, manly, fat voice which happens to be that of her husband. She cringes as she hits an anti-climax.


kingnina2


“The food smells nice, my baby. It means it’s a special meal

We do special things for special people, my love

Just as King reaches for a kiss, there’s a knock at the door. It’s the special Skhalo, with the beautiful girlfriend.

FAST-FORWARD:

After lunch the beautiful girlfriend is making conversation with the father outside and S’khalo still has the nerve to come and kiss his father’s bride in his father’s house. Tjo! But like I said, when you are in that situation,

You just feel like you have to do this, and you have to do it now.

The passion pushes you and by the time you come to your senses you might already be caught. And there’s nothing as bad as being caught red-handed and you find that after being caught and the thing being in the open, the passion kind of dies away, in a way.

That’s coz like I said, the nicest thing about these relationships seems to be that knowledge that what you are doing shouldn’t be done or that you are taking a risk.

It’s also because in most cases, the person that you are feeling so overly attracted to and that moves your blood like so, isn’t always what you would want in a partner. Look at S’khalo… it’s not like he has anything to offer Nina other than the chemistry of course which is obviously missing from Nina’s marriage. But if Nina had to make a choice for something sustainable, she obviously wouldn’t go for the younger blood.

King


Another angle of this is that,

The real relationships end up suffering because of this passion of nothingness.

This is what Purity said: “I’m not sure about S’khalo, hey. One moment he makes me feel like the most beautiful girl in the world, and the next it’s like he is miles away.

To that Nina smiles, of course. She knows exactly where ‘miles away’ is at. Not fair at all.

Check this.. the other day S’khalo left everyone at the tavern and went to spend time with his stepmom. When the mother asked him why he wasn’t with other guys he replied;

Everyone is talking about soccer. I just wanted to be with someone whom, like me, doesn’t really care about that game

sweet skhalo

You should’ve seen how Nina smiled. That just made me think… soccer is King’s world – He is so passionate about it I don’t understand how he came to marry someone who doesn’t have any idea what a corner kick is, and who is just frankly not interested.

That brings me to what I want to say that one of the reasons that would sometimes lead to such things happening in relationships, married or not, is when you don’t share your partner’s passions. When whatever he is about or what he loves doesn’t move you in any way. That is why you would come to the point of finding common ground with someone else who looks down on that passion.

Not that we should only fall in love with people who drink like we also drink, but you cant exactly get married to a soccer coach and yet think soccer is a waste of time. It’s like marrying a pastor and still asking who Bible is. Seriously.

So yha… S’khalo kisses his stepmom under his dad’s roof.. the mother is busy going.. “no.not here..” while leaning forward anyway. Coz clearly with the passion that strong you cant exactly stop yourself now, can you?

So, the point that I’m coming with today is..

Have you ever found yourself in such a relationship? Well, maybe not exactly with your mother. Perhaps your cousin or your best friend’s partner or your mother’s toyboy, or your colleague… or the brother who prays a lot a church… Anyone that you both knew you shouldn’t be touching and playing naked games with?

Is it ever worth it?

What possibly drives us into that in the first place?

And lastly, is sex and sex-appeal really just overrated??
I once overheard someone saying good partners don't always come in the packages that we are expecting. So sometimes that person that makes your toes curl might not be it. Do you think that could be true?  Or just simply, are the butterflies enough?

Alright, lemme stop now. Talk to me, bloggers...



46 Comments

GoldenSta
18 Nov 2010 20:53

What a great read carino!
You're making zone14 sound so interesting, like Generations I make sure I miss it. Shame ine element yokungacaci with the dirty looking characters. I was sort of hooked on season 1 and watched some of season 2 but now hayi I can't. 

Interesting questions but I'll leave them to the other bloggers mna ndisemncinci... LOL

Porsch
19 Nov 2010 00:17

Well written Carino, having said that i've been following dat story line and i think Tina's jus being foolish u cant mess up ur marriage 4 that toy boy he's got nothing to offer her, whats going to happen wen King finds out??? Its just pure stupidity.... I havent been in dat situation and dont wish to be, i prefer to stay far away from my friends boyfriends to avoid such cause in all honesty life happens so are mistakes.

Green.arrow
19 Nov 2010 05:31

Agree with Posch..you make zone 14 sound so interesting i may just watch next Monday. I always watch the first 5 minutes after genewrations and soon switch elsewere, and averaging all those five minutes,i noticed something is up between the step mom and step son but never saw the details..i.e kissing...infact i thought i saw Nina quite annoyed that the boy made a play for her..didn't know they kissed and she obliged!..tjo.

Anyhow...on the questions at hand.

I have never found myself in such a situation and i believe its never worth it,never.
I avoid such situations with my life, not just friends' ex boyfriends,i avoid even guys whom I'm aware have asked my friends out or anyone i know...even if they were turned down. I don't like drama,not even a little drama.

I have more guy friends than i do girls. And when they start dating, i keep a distance until they introduce me to their girlfriends. lol, i remember with one of my best guy friend i used to pretend i don't know him when he got a new girl and i wasn't yet introduced ...I'd walk past 10 feet from him like i don't see/know him coz i didn't want the girl to think even for an inch that I'm messing around her territory,the girl didn't know me at all.
And when i am introduced to the girlfriends, i prefer to be the girl's "sista" (within non pushy bounds ofcourse) than they guy's friend as before. Generally, i change towards the guy friend to show respect to the leading lady and also because...I JUST DON'T LIKE DRAMA.....AT ALL!.

Zah000
19 Nov 2010 08:51

Great read indeed. I do watch the show when i get time...

Mina i personally think i've reached a point in my life where how a man looks is not at all THAT important. Kodwa phela he should be clean, etc. but whether he's a typical Terrence Horward or just a T-bo Touch look-alike does not matter. Looks alone do not build a relationship. I look at it like, what's the point of being with a cute guy that has nothing to back it up?? you feel me?? 

Now i just look at a guy's personality, the way he treats women and the whole lot of other stuff. So ya, i guess for me looks and sex appeal ARE overrated. Obviously someone else would protest to this, it just differs on personal preferences 

pele
19 Nov 2010 09:00

mna i wont call it love Carino, it is just infatuation, if it ends when discoverd then it really never deserved to be called love.

Replies to your questions:

1. No
2.No
3. I canONLY   be driven by lust in a situation of that kind as i dont like to eye people who are taken especially by those close to me.
4. Yes they are overrated,  espacially sex.

Mokema
19 Nov 2010 09:02

King doesn't have s8x appeal, they are not compatable.

The question is "why did they get married"

This is the real issue, many people get married for the wrong reasons.

One of my collegues wanted to do this simply because he is my superior and i put a stop to it, family is a no go area really.

liya2010
19 Nov 2010 09:16

wow carino this is amazing....1 moment there i felt lyk i was watching the show, im luking forward to the next episodes bcoz i only watch popeye & spinach bt nw i wil watch the whole episode

Buligirl
19 Nov 2010 09:35

I dont think it matters what king looks like but he adores and treats her like a queen.  Skhalo doesnt look clean to me i would rather settle for king.  Skhalo has nothing to offer her, he might be doing this to spite king.

myname
19 Nov 2010 09:49

Nina is playing with fire and i hope she knows what good for her.

I've never been attracted with my friends bf coz we differ in tastes but I once had a fling with my colleague and it was WOW.  Those stolen kisses, dirty thoughts, chatting over emails  ect ...I know. They are dangerous & most people get hurt bcoz of this greediness. Being horny rabbits is not good. I wrongo into ebiwayo qha but imnandi. I think i said this b4 that my type is that Mashaba type. He was ugly but his body was damn GORGEOUS. God bless him. 

We used to share the same passions and there was this chemistry btwn us. I am adventurous and I like trying new things and he was like that. I made a mistake by falling inlove with him and i knew i had to end it bcoz there was someone in his life & i didn't wanna get hurt. I only tell my friends after i terminated everything. Fortunately I was single so i did not owe anyone explaination.

Green.arrow
19 Nov 2010 09:58

lol myname...my type is that Mashaba type...you have said this before,i recall.

Strolicious
19 Nov 2010 09:59

wow nice Carino i make sure i dnt miss Zone14 ........* hi Porsch smiling* 

titidi
19 Nov 2010 10:54


Nice article Carino, in my opinion and how i see things I think King is a big reason of what is happening between Nina and S'khalo. Nina has a husbang fare enough but King is always busy with soccer, they don't even have time of their own without talking about soccer in the house. They don't go out, no quality time as a family, only problems, problems ,and problems and stress from his players.

So Nina needs attention and love most of all she need good SEX of which King uyamncisha shame. So S'khalo is there to satisfy that feeling dear. LOve wihout sex is doom


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CNAZO A.K.A NAUGHTYGAL
19 Nov 2010 11:09

Nina is on a very bad situation  OMG i know how she feels,but she shuld be with her husby

to answer your question,ya i've been in a situation like that
it was my sister's friend b.f
her Bf stayed at capetawn and he came back  we became best friends .at that time i was doing matric,he  used to buy me airtym and sometimes he would visit and sent me romantic sms.and one day i went to his place as usual while we were busy chatting he kissed ...i  stoped him and we a greed that wht he did was wrong...after  couple of weeks  he told me he love me and i love him too we anded up dating

and his g.f  was so damn pissed of ,she blamed my sister she said shes the one who arranged everything for us but my sis didnt knw anything the time i told her she told me to break up with him

maddie
19 Nov 2010 11:46

cariri nice read

eish mina drama follows me all the time.

I was in a situation like this when I was at tertiary I was staying with my sister (her mom and my late mom are sisters) and her husband.

my sister hated me so much I don't why but she always wanted to be one of those people in the family who r educated so everyone can listen to her.

the husband was attracted to me, i noticed the look on their wedding day but ignored it, so things started happening when I stayed with them, yhoo he used to bother me and I couldn't tell me my sister cos she was not going to believe me.

when my sister was away and it would be the 2 of us in the house we would kiss, at first i would resist but i'll end up doing it and to my surprise enjoying it so much. 

He tried to persuade me into having sex but I was scared cos he had a big thing and I was still a virgin then, yhoo but the kissing and him fondling me was very pleasurable.

my sister and I had a terrible fight and she chased me out of her house I think she was starting to see that something was happening but she had no proof so the fight was just a way of her venting out.



titidi
19 Nov 2010 11:47



Mhmmm CNAZO A.K.A NAUGHTYGAL u r naughty gal friend u following yo name

MAGNET2DISASTER
19 Nov 2010 12:01

s`khalo is quite something  mmmmmmhhhh!i wont mind riding him like a pony!!!!! but an affair with your stepmom to me is just like boinking your own mom

CNAZO A.K.A NAUGHTYGAL
19 Nov 2010 12:09

m2d i agree with you skhalo eish hes so damn good

mstick
19 Nov 2010 13:31

Helloooooooooooooooooooooo Cariri,,,,,,,nice read hey:-)

mstick
19 Nov 2010 13:33

@Maddie........yoooooo how old where you? and how old was the husband to your sister?

Mafresh
19 Nov 2010 14:30

Sho!!!!!! Maddie, 
remind me not to have a young pontsonono in my house.....familie of nie

BM
19 Nov 2010 14:35

nice article, you should be a paid TV programmes reviewer, you so good at it.

BM
19 Nov 2010 14:35

nice article, you should be a paid TV progra tmmes reviewer, you so good at it.

machinjiri
19 Nov 2010 15:33

maddie hayibo mara like some1 said stolen thngs r g8, what can i say. Av neva bn in such a situaton but i thnk i shld try it mara with who? Any volunteers. This is a nyc read carino, lets c what happens me i luv everything and the spinach and popeye's lol

carino
19 Nov 2010 17:17

@makisto... I have dated beautiful girls before, top of the range but those relationships didn't work out. There were always issues and they all cheated lol. So, I decided to settle for an average looking lady.

Oh my goodness.. I wouldnt want to be your girl right now... Average looking, maki??? Shem, nna I wanna be BEAUTIFUL in my man's eyes... even if I could be average to other people.

Lemme finish reading other replies. Thank you, guys.

Diamondthree
19 Nov 2010 18:12

I'm also following this storyline only because I have such a huge crush on Skhalo. I totally understand why Nina finds it so hard to resist him.

Toodecent
19 Nov 2010 18:37

Kante Nina is doing that boy... Had a housemate that stayed with young bro,so he young bro was with this licious xhosa galfriend...dude was like cheating openly and his gal spet lotsa times with me watching movies and so on...so decided to bang each ...was like we were in a serious relationship in between living with these guys..stolen kisses in kitchen,bathroom and everywhere..would bonk while the big bro was in the other room ke fetse ke ye ko ena chat chat and go in again...but he was aware just didnt wana say...at the end young one and everybody found out then immediately after that she was doing her cousins man and moved le ena.Wouls get my share now and then..ehehe..yah ke di dirile weitse.Lemme end here.

swazzy
19 Nov 2010 19:35

can we have teasers please i love zone 14 and would be great to read in advance wats going to happen. and i hate what skhalo and nina are doing.

carino
20 Nov 2010 09:31

@swazzy..

The teasers are on this link:

http://www.tvsa.co.za/showinfo.asp?showid=4181

Hectic stuff with Nina falling pregnant and King fighting for his life.

swazzy
20 Nov 2010 21:39

tnx

Cnglemother
21 Nov 2010 17:09

who is Lerato Moloi and thabisile?

Spineli
22 Nov 2010 09:05

Nice read Cari.

carino
22 Nov 2010 09:12

LOL @ Cnglemother

But seriously maki... for you to even have specific women that you compare her to. I don't think that's right. Mina shem my man thinks I am the most beautiful person alive. Yes he meets some other women but shem ubaby compares them with me and shakes his head... not the other way round.

I don't know man, there's just something about what you are doing maki that doesn't sit very well with me.

Tjo!!! @TDC

carino
22 Nov 2010 09:19

Thank you, Spineli..:-)

MAGNET2DISASTER
22 Nov 2010 09:50

OMG! @TAZ!!!!!!!!!!!  well i guess everyone does have those kind of skeltons in their closet,i once broke up with a guy and i was so down and crying all the time then one day my mother`s cousin who was then staying in our house tryed to console me then one thing lead to the other and after he blew out my brain with an orgasm bigger than mount everest i fled to my room and sent him an sms telling him that this is not the bold and the beautiful and he should get over himself,but eish!my mind is no fool,i still have fantasies!!!!!!!!plizzzzzz dont tell mom!

Spineli
22 Nov 2010 09:57

I always told myself that my friend's man is a no no until recently. I almost had a thing with my close friend's man but I decided that it's not worth risking my friendship.

She knows how I feel about the dude & she feels a bit unconfortable when we are together (I don't blame her) plus man & I stay at the same kasie & he knows where I stay. The guy always gives me naughty looks. I no longer go anywhere with them because I might end up doing something that i'm gonna regret.



S.K
22 Nov 2010 10:23

@Taz, YOH!!!!!!!!!!!! speechless!!!!!!!! lol

blueroze
22 Nov 2010 11:10

I dont think Nina and King are a bad match
Its a clear eg that one marries for love not looks and that when you reach a certain age, bo di sixpack and athlete body dont count.

what bothers me a lot is how King walk.......tjeer I dont understand if he was born that way or he just gained weight.
quite disturbing.
i like it when they show the top part of him and never liked the full view 

S.K
22 Nov 2010 11:18

LMAO!!!!! @blueroze!!!!!!!! U r a killer.......GPY
Mina i just dont like King, his face shem ay.

carino
22 Nov 2010 11:21

LMAO @bluerose. I wonder if that’s how Itumeleng Khune is going to look like in about 15 years’ time

maud
22 Nov 2010 11:32

@carino - why? Khune or is it because of kisss kiss madolo.

okay mina i will kill you ka monna waka, you can do watever you like dont let me catch you, plus i dont want my friend to be close to him as much as i also dont get friendly with their boyfriends or husbands. nka kgo bhantitela .
or hire a hitman for you, i have a sticker in my house it says we can share everything but not my husband , angihleki lapho and no ake soke kankela motho ekimotsebang monna or boyfriend and pray that i dont.

carino
22 Nov 2010 11:38

LMAO.. yes, Khune because of the kiss-kiss.. and the pear shape..

AkaS
22 Nov 2010 12:49

Kanti what's wrong with Nina First it was King's brother now his son. Aah wena! (with a Zimbabwean tone).

mstick
22 Nov 2010 13:52

kwaaaaaaaaaaaaa @ MAGNET2DISASTER

MAGNET2DISASTER
22 Nov 2010 13:57

mstick the forbidden fruit can be so nice and inviting,try it

Green.arrow
22 Nov 2010 21:04

I watched the entire episode tonight.

I love spinach le Popeye..lol,they hillarious.

The limping father and son story,so touching,feels so real through the highs and low...hard to watch.

Nina and Skhalo. Not only is it wrong..its just plain unwatchable. Skhalo ke ngwana bathong. Thats not forbidden fruit,is just no fruit at all,its like a dog eating its own puppy, just very wrong.

Its hard to watch zone 14 though,wont be watching again. And its not bcos its bad or anything...its just hard.


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