Over the viral story of the man who lent a lady ₦20,000 only for her to refuse repayment and even shame him for asking, one user responded: “I’ll use 200k to get the 20k back.”
It sounds funny on the surface, but comments like this highlight how easily people romanticize unhealthy, self-destructive reactions. Yes, the borrower was clearly wrong — refusing to pay a loan and mocking the lender is manipulative behaviour. But promoting the idea of wasting ten times the amount just to “prove a point” is not strength; it’s emotional impulsiveness disguised as pride.
This mindset fuels unnecessary conflict and makes financial misunderstandings more toxic than they already are. Accountability is needed, but not obsession or revenge.
— The Red Flags
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