Money is a double-edged sword. It can either ruin or strengthen friendship. No doubt that there are friendships which can surpass financial woes but I reckon I can count them using my fingers. When trust is lost, it is often marred with disappointment, anger, disgust and disrespect towards the person who does not honor his commitment.
Some years back, there was a social group which I would often go out to restaurants with. There was a girl in the group who would always make some excuses to pay her exact share down to the penny and then leave before the bill came. She was so petrified of having to spend a little extra money if we chose to split the bill, that she preferred to insult us all by leaving early. We were acquaintances to begin with, but soon escalated to be close friends despite being well aware of her bad habit. Putting this flaw of hers aside, she was actually a pretty sincere friend. I thought, or rather I assumed.
Subsequently, whenever we met up for a meal, we would often go on dutch. However, things started to change after a couple of weeks. There were innumerable occasions whereby she would take me to a restaurant and made me foot the bill without offering to pitch in. As I believed that it was foolish to care more about that insubstantial sums of money than friendships, I decided not to pursue the money from her.
Soon enough I realized that I was the one paying for her movies tickets, taxi-rides and even her retail therapy. You may think that I could have avoided doing so, but sometimes I get inadvertently involved when it comes to payment. I felt as though I was trapped in tight corners and the other solution was to say 'yes'.
I began to distant myself away by cooking up excuses not to meet up with her. She became really annoyed and started defaming me in front of others. She even approached and reprimanded me in my face, saying that I ought to do self-reflection for the way I had been treating her. I was speechless. Dear classmates, what do you think I should have done to avoid such an awkward and messy situation?
Money is the root of all evil. How true.
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