It is as if a force is attached to money that compels people to behave in a certain way and unfortunately only a few individuals can resist that force.
A person would be full of compassion, jovial, humble and kind, but as soon as he/she touches a certain amount of money, you would get the direct opposite from them.
The painful part is that sometimes they can even be people you once shared a quality relationship with. People that were once so dear to you, people you shared time, food and quality time together.
All of a sudden, they got a job or got promoted, their class changed and then they start giving you cold vibes and when you try to complain they give all kinds of crazy excuses to validate their actions.
It's funny how, when they had nothing was actually the time they were truly busy, trying to make it in life but they had time for you. Now that they are supposed to give more time is when they are
claiming to be busy.
Well, I won't blame anyone because I understand that in life, upgrading is crucial, when one's status changes, there is a need to also level up on the kind of people they keep around them.
They say “the friend of the rich, is the rich,” if you don't measure up to that level, I am sorry, you just became irrelevant.
I had a friend, when we were in college, we were like brothers. Sometimes the only thing that separates us is sleep.
After we graduated from school, I traveled for some months. When I came back, I wasn't seeing him and his lines were not connecting.
One fateful day, I went to get my clothes from a tailor in their area and I met him. Guy, I was surprised at what I saw.
My friend looked chobby, was driving a bike, wore expensive clothes and had the latest iphone. I barely recognized him.
We greeted and exchanged phone numbers before he left. Out of curiosity, I asked the tailor about him and he was telling me about his investments and how he is one of the big boys in town.
That sounded strange, I didn't ask what he was doing or how he made the money but I was surprised, honestly.
When I got home, I called him, and lucky me he picked. I introduced myself and we spoke well.
After that day, it was as if my calls became a nuisance. Sometimes he picks and says he is busy, other times he doesn't and he doesn't call back.
Even the chat on Whatsapp, someone that we regularly chat like lovers but my messages take days for him to reply now, sometimes timer used to even clear them off.
The same person that will tell me is busy, you will see him in hotels or restaurants hanging out with others. It became obvious to me that he was no longer in my class and I had to let him go.
Seriously, I felt hurt. The feeling of losing someone because they made money or got elevated in life, hits differently.
I don't know whether they often feel you will ask them for money or something but whatever their reasons are, I find it very funny but that is life the best we can do for ourselves is to level up too.
I had many other cold treatments from some of my friends that got government jobs too. There was a time I felt so hurt that I wrote something silly regarding the matter on my status on WhatsApp but after a while I took it down.
I got to understand that money doesn't change anyone, people become what they already are but suppressed by poverty.
I said that because there are people who became rich but didn't turn their backs on their loved ones. Instead, they became a ladder for them to climb to the top too.
When someone becomes rich and starts acting rude, boastful or giving his friends attitude, it is not the money, that trait has been there for long, money only amplified it.
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