Do you ever wonder about your relevance in people's lives? This thought comes to me on two occasions; when I feel like I'm being taken advantage of and when I feel like I need to do more for a person. One thought often leads to another.
Then again, there are these friends who I've come to understand only feel like their relevance is financial. These people barely understand what it means to have a friend who doesn't want anything other than their good in life. Sometimes, I feel bad for them.Sometimes I think about these friends who often tell me "people only call me when they need something" and I understand why they tell me this because I hardly ever come around people only when I need help. I'm not a freeloader (unless you're @belemo, I will forever be a freeloader to you, my love).
I once had a friend who couldn't place a finger on what I wanted from him. He was the generous rich sort so I understood that he had a lot of money to give but he never understood that I really just liked him and refusing his random gifts had nothing to do with my interest or lack of interest in him.
We are no longer friends. Still cordial, but I can't understand how a person could feel so irrelevant and be so blind to their amazing qualities that they only think their worth is what they can provide.
Maybe I'm missing out on a lot of things, I don't know. I'm constantly trying to put my mind out there to get feedback on whether or not my ideologies and perceptions of humans is correct but I always get positive feedback, I almost feel perfect.
To this human, and many others like him, the only reason a person should be in their life is financial, as far as I can tell or maybe there's just something wrong with me and my refusal to accept gifts has a different meaning to different people.
Is this a thing that comes with wealth that I probably don't understand because I'm poor? Will I eventually become so money-minded that every conversation has to end with a figure and a debit or credit question?
I guess I don't know right now as I'm not exactly financially relevant to anyone but myself. Maybe when I finally attain Rich Aunty status I'll have my answers.
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Fraud loader 😑
I love you too.
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It's called societal conditioning, a lot of people are conditioned into behaving the way they behave due to their type of background or other environmental factor, people attach relevance to so many mundane things like wealth, social status, cars, spot light, etc. While other people have it a bit more under control, a lot of people need to unlearn the things they've grown into subconsciously.
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Unlearning is hard!
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I feel like people are just nice to me because of my origami skills. I mean people are always ask, "Will you make me a paper swan?" or "Can you make me a paper bird?" or "How about making me a paper bird?" Ok, I only know how to make birds.
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That's a really good reason to be nice to you. Don't worry, I won't ask for a paper bird.
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I know I am not entirely financially important to someone because there are lot of things which I hive out which is worth more than money and it's been appreciated
Worth more than money? What country are you from?
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Don't get me wrong. The question ask if your only importance is financial, and there are other things for each occasion which are better off financial. Everything for its own usefulness
Quite an intriguing post !
From my point of view i think , Some rich people think that money is the best gift rather this is not always so .
Few value money than the other important things like attention , being a friend , honesty e.t.c But this is a kind of trait that may comes with wealth that one may not realize .
It is advisable to gently inform anyone ofsuch trait if there were to be your friend . You can do that for that your friend also .
Thank you @young-boss-karin