Mindset!!!

I have 25k in my account, and u have 40k. Somehow somehow, I love good things and I always go for what I want, albeit reasonably, but u always recall ur a student whenever you want to spend!

I see a pair of shoes I like, it's 12k. I price and price and they sell for 8k, I pay and smile. I get a good shirt and a belt together for 5k. I see other things I like and I put them down in my "to get" list. In ur mind, You can't imagine a student wearing such expensive stuffs, but you won't tell me I'm wasting money. You don't want to spoil our friendship, or rather, you know I won't listen.


You're satisfied with your 3k pair of shoes because ur a student, moreso, you don't want ur balance to get below 20k for any reason. I dress and u see me, u call me boss, u ask me how much I got my watch, I tell u 5k, u laugh and ask me if it sees heavenly time, I laugh too. U are of the opinion that an #800 watch should do. I keep quiet.

After lectures, I want to goan eat. You offer to tag along, and I accept. We get to 11.45, I check my balance, it's remaining less than 8k, but I want to eat chicken today. It's been a while. I place my order, and u tell the waiter to give u same thing.

I laugh subtly and wonder how u will pay 1k for a meal. I bring out ATM to pay, u start telling me to pls pay for you, that u ain't with enough cash and ur not with ur ATM. I didn't know u have excess of 25k, u have always dressed shabbily, I start thinking I am better than you. I pay 2k for the two of us and ask you not to refund.
You're happy. We eat and we leave. My subscription finishes and I wonder why I should be carrying laptop and phone around looking for Wi-Fi, I subscribe 2k from the remaining 6k, u have 25k, u wonder why u should waste ur money on subscription when school has Wi-Fi. U lock up

Then you need something online and u ask for my hot-spot password. I give without complaint. U shift and start watching YouTube. U tell me "guy, this ur hot-spot is very fast oo". I don't say much.

You start coming closer and closer to me day after day. I wouldn't mind because I love helping people. I go to church and offer my sacrifices on you for blessings on me and on my family. Now, my balance is 2k. U see me and call me boss!!! I laugh and ask how far, u tell me ur hungry ooo. I tell u I don't have money atm, and u say I lie. How can a boss like u not have money?
I show u my account balance, u laugh and leave without saying anything. I laugh too. I put a call across to my benefactor that my money has finished. For the next 2-3 days, u stopped tagging along.
I still wore my nice shoes and nice belt and good wrist watch. I still smell nice too. More people still thought I was worth many thousands of naira. They still called me boss!!! And I always laughed and smiled.
I wasn't actually looking out for it, but somehow, I got to know how much my guy actually had in his account. So next day, I ask u to lend me 5h lemme buy okpa and coke.

You laugh and asks how can a boss be asking his boy for money... You see I'm serious, and you tell me ur ATM got missing and u havent been able to withdraw for a while. I said OK.

I go out and place a call to remind my benefactor about the money and he says he even forgot. He sends money to me. I smile. I bring out my "to get" list and cancel where I promised to get my friend a good wrist watch. He's not a bad person actually, but I needn't such mindset to benefit anymore from me.

After class, I go to eat as usual. It's been a while. To my surprise, my guy is already there, without me, making an order. He didn't order chicken. Just normal meal, the one he believes is for students. I enter and he says to me
"boss, Chai, I know say u go show. Abeg come settle them na"

I laugh. I tell him
"boss bowakwaa gi onu there"

We don't talk much since then. He still lives in his mindset. I still live in mine

P.S

That someone dresses well doesn't mean he's so rich and doesn't make him a target for exploitation. That someone