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So I decided to go play football in my area this evening, after the training one of my team mates approached me and said he wanted us to have two aside. Senior man good evening, I don dey hustle your 11 digits since, he stated. I asked him if I'm safe because I don't know him from Adam so I don't see why he should be looking for my contact. He went on to say that he has a trial to attend and he's short of cash at the moment and needs help with his transport.

I had only #500 at home which was my home and abroad but since it was the first time of him asking me of help I asked him to follow me home and I gave him the money.

Now this has been a reoccurring incident in recent years, people always mistake me for a rich person whereas I just a broke fresh graduate still trying to find his feet. I wonder what makes them think in that manner because I don't look sophisticated neither do I put on flashy stuff. I have just few cloths.

Guys in my area accord me a level of respect that I'm not comfortable with, most people don't even know my name. They all refer to me as senior man while there are people older than me that they don't accord the same respect.

They always have a reason to ask me for money, its either I'm paying for someone in the film hall to watch a football match all I'm leaving my change for some area guy that bumped into me while I'm buying something. There's this particular guy that I'm always paying for in the viewing center, I also sent him money when he went to Lagos for one football trial. Only for me to realize that he got covid loan and got a bike which he gave out for higher purchase, this guy is far richer than I am. Since then I stopped giving him money.

Is there anyone experiencing the same thing? What might be the cause of this perception that people have about me?.
Whenever I tell someone that I don't have money they don't tend to believe. I'm just in my late 20s but people are treating me as if I'm in my 40s and I even look younger because I don't have beards.

Please how can I stop the respect because I'm no longer comfortable with it, I've told people to stop referring to me as senior man but the name has stuck, my people has a saying that "oke afa na egbu nwa nkita" .

I need all the help that I can get, I don't want my prospective helpers to over look me because it looks as if I'm made while I'm very far from that.

If you want to be a millionaire, think like a millionaire. My brother claim it and you will be rich o. Since you look it, it will soon manifest.

one thing I know is that givers never lack, if you give a real needy money, God will always bless you but too much demanding is nonsense, you might need to change the location where use to relax and people you mingle with.

Yea. I can relate..

I can relate, too.

Magnoliaa:
I can relate, too.

Why are you relating after my relate?

lilvicky68:
Why are you relating after my relate?

Your relate? Where your name dey for there? You carry am come from heaven, abi which dictionary put your name say na you fess discover the word?

Lol, lemme not talk. They are probably seeing beyond you.

Op,be thankful that you're at the giving end..

But Come to think of it, I've come to realize one thing about life,and that's life is all about packaging . Most people wey we dey think say dem be richmen,e fit surprise you say many of dem na just packaging dem dey.....Op,na just one of dem...Even myself wey be low budget bakery hustler self,I be still one of dem . Na only God know the kind respect wey people dey accrue to me on a daily basis, thinking say I be chairman, whereas common ordinary street chairman self,I no be

Las las,make God make us to become whom people dey reason us to be