I have a friend who used to send his girlfriend β¦300,000 every month for βmaintenanceβ hair, nails, clothes, dinners, everything.
Meanwhile, his widowed mother in Ibadan was struggling to survive.
One day, she called him asking for β¦20,000 for her blood pressure medication...He sent her β¦2,000 and told her not to disturb him until month-end, I was the one who paid for it when she later called me to talk to him.
A few weeks later, it was his girlfriendβs birthday...He sent her β¦1.5 million for a Dubai trip, he had promised her.
That same day, his mother collapsed.
She died at a public hospital while waiting for β¦45,000 worth of emergency drugs.
My friend was devastated...He rushed to his girlfriendβs house, hoping she would comfort him.
Instead, she broke up with him..and said βif you could treat your own mother like that, I knew exactly what kind of man youβd become when life got difficult for me.β
This morning, she posted her engagement pictures.
The caption read:
βFinally, Iβm getting married to the man of my dreams. β€οΈ
And to my ex, thank you for everything...All the money you gave me over the years went a long way in preparing for this marriage. I genuinely appreciate you.β