There are things that will never cease to amaze me, and one of them is how fast people can be in forgetting how their previous sad experiences, they will get into the act of making the same mistake that got them into the problem in the first place and on would wonder if the bad times they had was not sufficient to teach them all the required lessons. will be sharing a story to this effect.
I am a girl who tries all she can to live within her means considering that I am not even from a family with financial advantage, so I try to be highly reasonable with my spending. Probably as a result of the incredible level of poverty that exists in Nigeria, there is a common mistake that people make around here, probably they got an opportunity to come out of poverty briefly, the next thing they would do is to begin to spend lavishly, forgetting their previous experience with poverty.
I have this neighbor who was going through so much financially last year, he was so broke that he would come into my room to share the little I had with me, I was always happy to share with him because I didn't have the effrontery to watch anyone go hungry even when I am sure he would not consider me when he bounces back. The good thing is I noticed he was doing better this year even if he had stopped coming to visit and every day ladies stroll in and out of his room like a brothel, he keeps spending so much on food and wasting it at the slightest opportunity. While I notice all these things, what keeps ringing in my head is how soon this young man had forgotten his hungry state a few months ago, what excuse does he have to give to himself by the time he lavishes the new money he has gotten?
One would wonder if some people are addicted to poverty, they say people change in the presence of money, but I don't think I will ever change to the point of lavishing on money considering all I have had to go through financially. What about forgetting people who were once there for you, it is the manner in which my neighbor forgot I was a shoulder for him to lean on when he didn't have anything to offer, it is so sad that people are quick to discard their previous memory of difficulties.
I wish I could advise him to consider some investments and saving at this point, but unfortunately, people like us would not matter to him until he is low, on cash or gets into crises again, I really hope that does not happen to them.
