There's this saying that "money changes people", to some extent, that statement is true. Money changes people as much as poverty does, with every change in status comes a noticeable degree of change in a person's attitude and relationship. Because at one point, they assume the other party has little or nothing to offer them, rather they take from them. I have a real life experience with a friend back in school who changed a few months after our graduation.
His name is Alfred, he was my roommate whom we shared virtually everything with. Most of my memories back in school were with him. We shared our secrets,laughed over silly things we did, ran in and out of danger together, shared our little money and food and studied together sometimes. We were like brothers and we were all good. While in school, he started engaging in politics and soon the politician whom he kept campaigning for recognized him and gave him a chance into politics- a position as the President of their youth forum and also an employment into one of the health centers in the state.
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Things happened so fast, soon he became financially independent while I was still in school, then he was already a graduate. Our relationship started to drift away, it first started with the excuse of being busy, then gradually grew worse to not picking my calls , then my number suddenly became new to him because he got a new phone, then the total silence. I wasn't calling him for any help, I've never depended solely on anyone for help, just for the sake of friendship and old times.
After refusing to pick my call for some time, I stopped calling and it lasted for years. The surprising part of them all was when he got married without telling me. I heard of it from a friend and never believed it until I saw it on his Facebook page. I sent him a message on Whatsapp telling him how disappointed I was. He read it but didn't reply. I just knew I've lost a friend and this change started when success came into the picture. I had to accept this change and learn from it. Do I feel sad? Yes, but that was in the past, I've learned to accept changes.