LEARN TO BE FREE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FINANCIAL PRESSURE
An act of kindness is not a lifetime financial obligation.
When someone assists you financially, it does not mean that person has accepted responsibility for your future needs.
There is a growing concern about individuals who establish relationships, particularly online, and gradually turn those relationships into opportunities for repeated financial requests.
Some use their personal difficulties, changing circumstances and emotional appeals to place others under psychological financial pressure.
Ask yourself:
* Does knowing someone make that person responsible for your financial problems?
* Does receiving assistance once entitle you to further assistance?
* Is it morally right to make another person feel guilty for refusing your requests?
* Where does personal and family responsibility begin and end?
To those receiving such requests:
Learn to say NO without guilt.
Compassion must not become an invitation to exploitation.
To those making repeated requests:
Learn to take responsibility for your circumstances. Another person’s generosity is not your source of permanent income.
A relationship is not a financial contract. Kindness is not a debt.
Erelu Túnwàṣẹ
November, 2026.
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