Will You Befriend Yourself?

in Cross Culture4 years ago

This might seems like a very simple question to which many will simply say yes. However, a large percentage of people that will say yes will be exhibiting significant insincerity. In my day-to-day dealings with people, I have got to know that many will rather be with you based on the benefits they can derive from you.

Those among them with a bit of self-dignity will try to give back a percentage of whatever they derive from you just so they will not appear as parasites. Others simply would not care and will even badmouth your personality given any slight chance. There is a popular saying within my locality that if you lie down and ask people to pass over your body, some would still complain that you are not lying flat enough.


I know some of my followers might be wondering what led me into this kind of writing today, well, life happens. There is this supposed friend of mine that forced words out of my mouth recently. We are of different personalities but have been moving along quite well until she moved into my neighbourhood.

People that know me quite well know that I am far from being rich or even financially comfortable, but always appear contented with whatever I have and always more than willing to let a fraction of what is not enough for me go into charity. It seems that my friend mistook my attitude for that of a wealthy person.

She always tries to be at the receiving end whatever monetary or material things are involved. Worse still, she deliberately lavishes whatever belongs to me while being very prudent with hers. Cooks more than we can eat when she's in my house but as a pauper whenever we are in her own house. She Haggles quite well to beat down prices whenever she's shopping but buy mine at exorbitant prices.

I did not notice this attitude from her initially but could not help but noticed as time went on. Now, it has become so annoying that I had to speak out. Why do people do this? Why do you do dish what you cannot take to others? And then to the ultimate question:

Can you or will you befriend yourself?

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