Façade.

Some humans have camouflaging smiles inbuilt in them, i don't where they got it from, but i just know they have it. They would smiles at you when you're progressing meanwhile their real selves aren't happy with your progressiveness. I'm happy Linda learnt.

More so, sir, you see this thing they call social Media, hmm! it's full of deceptions oh! I know people who are average financially but all because they want to impress others online, they would struggle to save some money, then go to cloth renting centres to rent beautiful attires, they'll go to photo studio to snap pictures they would post on Instagram, Facebook and the likes.

The thoughts that you share md are truly relatable. I mean, as for me, sometimes I tend to mask my pain to the people around me. I don't want them to see that I am vulnerable. But there are also times when I feel like sharing though. Anyway, love these thoughts from you my friend.

Exactly Mr Ola, social media life is not real life at all, some people would go to the extreme of borrowing just to impress their fans and their fans would start feeling bad thinking they're not doing enough. I might have just a dress, but on social media, you'll see me constantly changing my wears.

Thank goodness that lady retraced her steps, it's not everyone one that's worth discussing with, some friends would just allow themselves to be led into fire, because of what they've chosen to listen to. Everyone always wants to be hailed, they'll paint something different when in actual sense, they're facing something way worse.

People ruin beautiful things out of jealousy. It is human nature to want the best things, and when we hear someone else has what we want, we'll want it too.

What is on this social media that everyone wants to impress people they don't even know about and go about doing all kinds of this just to get the likes and comments of people, my question is why do they do that? I just pity the next generation coming after us because to me they are just messed up already. And I usually pity those that go about posting about their personal lives and affairs I mean why and after posting all that they come back and say they later regret what they did, then why did you do it in the first place, I don't think social media was made for this set of problem

I have always known that social media is a place of fake things mostly and I don´t allow them to get into my head. Many people will only show off their achievements and not what they are battling with, but a wise person would get inspired and motivated to work hard, rather than comparing yourself and living a fake life because you want to meet up with them.

Not everything is real, and we must wise up.

Social media has deceived a lot of people. For the fact that they are smiling outside does not mean they are happy inside. A lot of wrong doings are going on in marriages especially these days but they are not things one can boast of.

If we want to copy or fellow everything we see on social media we might really lose everything in life, because most people can really fake life on social media just to make people regard them, or just as a show up to people that they have finally arrived.

People still don't understand that Social Media is a different life and world entirely. Most celebrities in Nigeria actually pay to rent and use costumes. Most of them actually do a lot of hideous things in secret so that they can be able to keep up with the current threads. It's nice we all be sensitive as humans so as to know when to make certain statements and assertions. Thanks for this knowledge filled article Sir Ola.

Friends with unhappy marriages want others to be like them. Thank God Linda realize this in time.

These days socail media is filled with smiling faces while the real world is filled with sadness. People tend to keep up appearances and maintain an illusion that they are happy but they are constantly trying to bury their sadness and that in turn leads to even more sadness and in the end it becomes depression

I know of a young woman who wakes up every night and cries till daybreak...Thats what you get when you marry a man who have nothing to offer but money. Unfortunately for her, she can'tt leave the marriage since she have already used her rich husband to pepper her "haters" both online and offline

Whatever the success of one person may be it is important for us as well to appreciate their success. I mean we should be genuinely happy for them.

The more we brag about our accomplishments, the more we draw jealousy, which may lead to our demise. Is it, therefore, preferable to shine quietly and privately, it's always better to do progress with yourself without bragging about them to others since in this way we can also prevent putting ourselves into much higher expectations.

I agree with this, cause sometimes people are more likely naked at their life. Like everything is being revealed including such issues that can be solve within just one to two people..The worst thing is that they've received feedback that aren't congruent with the situation.

Such a morale we can get in this story, people has difficulty on showing their true self, their emotions, so they make it into facade because it's easier for them to masked up the reality they have.

I love the lesson from your story:) no need to make faces with others just to show them you are lucky outside but deep inside you are like a trash

That is why we should sometimes kept our life in private... We can be happy off cam and doesn't need social validation. I know someone who had a rich independent woman image on facebook but the heck.. she waa far from that in person😬

Well, my guess is that the single friend wanted a good husband like her and who else that one that is 'tested and trusted'. Not an excuse though, you shouldn't do that with your friend.

People will always tell us to be careful around friends, it's a bad thing to always tell your friend what your husband is doing, what your home is like,some will even say as much as what he is doing in the bedroom, when you shut your mouth you save yourself from alot of heartbreaks or downfalls., In total you will definitely save your entire life.

Its a informative article for me.

This is a very huge lesson here, all that glitters is not gold, and most people that claim they have enough are living a borrow pose life.

We take most people as friends but little did we know that they can stab us in the back any chance the get. Most people always hide their true selves from the world, we must not be deceived.

The majority of the things we see don't appear the way we see them, but we are more concerned with the way we see them instead of moving closer to seeing reality. If Linda did not see what her friend is passing through, she could have spoiled her marriage blindly, imagine that kind of scenery.

We have to be contented with what we acquire with our hands, all that glitters is not Gold, looking at the possession of others Will always make us feel sad, because we wish it is ours! And the question still remain; can you do what they are doing to achieve that same thing?