Oct
15th
FRIENDSHIP WORTH
By chayoma
nneka & chinelo have been friends right from their childhood
days. they attended the same primary & secondary schools
together. when they graduated from their high school, they had
plans to further their education to the university level, but
chinelo's parents could not afford the
financial capability to train her any further.
nneka came from a respectable well to do family. nneka bought two jamb forms, she kept one for herself & gave the other to her friend chinelo. they took their exams, nneka passed & was admitted into the university of nigeria nsukka to study medicine, but her friend chinelo failed. nneka refused to accept the admission because of her friend, she told her parents she couldn't bear to leave her friend behind while she wallow in self pity, that they would retake the exam again, after the much cajoling & coaxing failed, her parents decided to succumb to her wish.
nneka forfeited her admission & the next year she & her friend retook the exam & both were admitted to the same school to study different courses. nneka was admitted for medicine while chinelo was admitted for engineering. nneka assisted chinelo greatly in school, she provided the school fees & the course materials they needed throughout their study at the university, though it was easier for her because her parents provided enough for her upkeep.
they graduated,did their national youth service & got employment through the connection of nneka's father. they were full grown adults now & they both had their different dates. nneka was going out with a cool & handsome looking top executive, while chinelo was dating a business man.
two years after graduation, nneka & her beau decided to tie the nuptial knots. they started making arrangements, meanwhile chinelo has broken up with her own man. nneka was looking forward to her wedding with so much anticipation, she got special hands to help her plan her wedding, everyone was kept on their toes because she wanted it to be a one- in- town affair. of course her chief bride's maid was going to be no other person but chinelo, her best friend & confidante.
three weeks to the wedding she noticed that emeka her husband-to-be was acting strangely & each time she asked him what the problem was he would shrug & say it's just office stress, he became easily irritated, any little issue he would flair up & use abusive words on her. she would cry & rush off to her friend's place to cry on her shoulder. few days to the wedding, emeka took her out for a dinner date, there he told her that he's deeply sorry for the way he had treated her lately, that he was passing through some pressure & without mincing words, he told her that he's sorry to call off their wedding right then, because someone else was pregnant with his baby.
emeka wedded chinelo, nneka's best friend, who was prettier, taller & more classy than nneka & who was also three months pregnant for him, in the church were he had planed to wed nneka previously. of course nneka found out & what could she do? she tried to ascertain where she had gone wrong, how & when her friend chinelo & emeka started seeing each other without any slightest trace. she decided to leave them to fate & move on with her life.
is deep friendship really worth it? most times you see friends stabbing their friends on the back for no justifiable reasons. i've been betrayed too by friends i really trusted & confided in & that has coloured my views about friends, personally i don't believe in deep friendship anymore.
though some people are lucky to have been blessed wih good friends & they cherish it. but friends should not take their good friends for granted, any one who can trust you, love you & stand by you, should be shown enough appreciation & held in high esteem. if you've ever betrayed the trust of any good friend, try & apologise to such a friend, good friends are hard to come by & when you are fortunate to have one, keep & cherish such a friend & value that friend, greatly.
nneka came from a respectable well to do family. nneka bought two jamb forms, she kept one for herself & gave the other to her friend chinelo. they took their exams, nneka passed & was admitted into the university of nigeria nsukka to study medicine, but her friend chinelo failed. nneka refused to accept the admission because of her friend, she told her parents she couldn't bear to leave her friend behind while she wallow in self pity, that they would retake the exam again, after the much cajoling & coaxing failed, her parents decided to succumb to her wish.
nneka forfeited her admission & the next year she & her friend retook the exam & both were admitted to the same school to study different courses. nneka was admitted for medicine while chinelo was admitted for engineering. nneka assisted chinelo greatly in school, she provided the school fees & the course materials they needed throughout their study at the university, though it was easier for her because her parents provided enough for her upkeep.
they graduated,did their national youth service & got employment through the connection of nneka's father. they were full grown adults now & they both had their different dates. nneka was going out with a cool & handsome looking top executive, while chinelo was dating a business man.
two years after graduation, nneka & her beau decided to tie the nuptial knots. they started making arrangements, meanwhile chinelo has broken up with her own man. nneka was looking forward to her wedding with so much anticipation, she got special hands to help her plan her wedding, everyone was kept on their toes because she wanted it to be a one- in- town affair. of course her chief bride's maid was going to be no other person but chinelo, her best friend & confidante.
three weeks to the wedding she noticed that emeka her husband-to-be was acting strangely & each time she asked him what the problem was he would shrug & say it's just office stress, he became easily irritated, any little issue he would flair up & use abusive words on her. she would cry & rush off to her friend's place to cry on her shoulder. few days to the wedding, emeka took her out for a dinner date, there he told her that he's deeply sorry for the way he had treated her lately, that he was passing through some pressure & without mincing words, he told her that he's sorry to call off their wedding right then, because someone else was pregnant with his baby.
emeka wedded chinelo, nneka's best friend, who was prettier, taller & more classy than nneka & who was also three months pregnant for him, in the church were he had planed to wed nneka previously. of course nneka found out & what could she do? she tried to ascertain where she had gone wrong, how & when her friend chinelo & emeka started seeing each other without any slightest trace. she decided to leave them to fate & move on with her life.
is deep friendship really worth it? most times you see friends stabbing their friends on the back for no justifiable reasons. i've been betrayed too by friends i really trusted & confided in & that has coloured my views about friends, personally i don't believe in deep friendship anymore.
though some people are lucky to have been blessed wih good friends & they cherish it. but friends should not take their good friends for granted, any one who can trust you, love you & stand by you, should be shown enough appreciation & held in high esteem. if you've ever betrayed the trust of any good friend, try & apologise to such a friend, good friends are hard to come by & when you are fortunate to have one, keep & cherish such a friend & value that friend, greatly.
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