I used to believe only things could be bought with money and they could change the amount of things. However, now I believe that sometimes, money can change one's perception towards the people around them.
There was this girl in my class who had been one of the closest friend to me before. We were a pair of best friends that did not need any reason to talk to each other. We would sit together, gossip about meaningless things, complain about the school work and share personal things that we did not tell to others. Back then, her family was a middle-class family and I did not really mind about her family's financial situation. After all, she was my friend.
But then, this situation had somehow changed after several months. Her family had gotten rich and I was glad to know that she was doing well. I assumed that it would be better for her to get more opportunities to reach her goal in life. I did not realize that the biggest change in her life would be towards me.
She had somehow gotten cold towards me. We started to have any conversations barely. So, if a group of friends were talking and she was there and if I tried to talk to her, she had acted as if she was not hearing me. Her actions were hurting me a lot, because I have not seen her like this before. I'm an emotional person so it did not feel good at all.
Maybe she never was my friend she hid her real nature towards me. Perhaps it was because I have not really known her as my friend in the first place. Perhaps it was because I was only seeing a mask that she wore all along. In the end, we stopped being friends. There was no clear answer as to why it happened. One day, it just did.
I still sometimes miss the girl that I used to know. But somehow, I have also learned that a friendship should not be based on whose side is richer. For if a friendship could not handle the fact that their friend is living a more fulfilling life than them and because of that, they start to feel as if their friend does not deserve to be with them, then that friendship was never meant to be in the first place.
Perhaps her money did not change her. Perhaps it only changed my perception of her and the fact that I was her friend and that I somehow did not deserve to be one.
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