Fake Accolades.

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“I've never been much for the accolades and for the trophies and for the merits because at one time in my life I kind of got bored of all those.”

Tony Ferguson

Andrew won a jackpot of 10 million naira and it was as if his dream had just come to pass. He had wanted to get a Mercedes Benz of his own. Of all the beautiful cars he had seen, the Benz desired him and when he cashed out the money, the first thing he did was to go and purchase the car through a friend who accompanied him there.

Ever since he had won the money, he stopped going home to his parents as he was always visiting different clubs and events with his friends. They were always hailing and praising him and this got into him and would make him keep spending for everyone around him.

His only thought was how to make girls fall in love with him and would squander a large portion every day with them and he never stopped doing that until one day when he became sick. He got sick to the extent that he spent the rest of the money paying bills upon bills.

At this moment, no friend came around, only his family he left alone. No one seems to care about his health except for his caring mother who would sit beside him on the hospital bed, praying for him to get well.

After some weeks, he was discharged and then, he had nothing again as he had spent everything. It dawned on him the kind of people he had. Those who kept praising him were only after his money and now, he has nothing and the only people who he thought wouldn't come around were his family. He regretted never saving or investing.


Accolade is when you praise someone for his achievement or when they are successful. It is difficult to know those who give fake accolades until the reality is shown especially when you have nothing again. That is when you will be opened to know those who care from those who are after your wealth and success.

In my tribe, they say “owo epo ni aiye bani la” this means that when your hand is filled with money or sweet things, they will come around to spend with you, praising and hailing your name, but once your hands become dry, they will leave and forget you ever existed.

Only a few would return that moment you have given and helped them.

Fake accolades are everywhere and if you aren't wise to know where to divert your wealth to, instead of lavishing and squandering unnecessarily, you will be brought back to your old life and there wouldn't be anyone to help you.

I have in many ways experienced this situation and I would just nod my head at how people are. They are only after what they would benefit from you and once it is gone, they leave.


There was a man in a movie I watched. He was involved in money rituals and he used his daughter in exchange for money but he would lock her up. After raping and making her pregnant, he would call on his personal doctor to come and abort the pregnancy.

All the while, the doctor kept obeying his orders because of what he was receiving from him. He kept quiet until nemesis caught up on the man and he stopped giving the doctor money. The doctor threatened to expose his secret to the world. Though, he was killed because of that.

Once they are getting something from you, your secret is safe and they keep giving fake accolades until you stop giving them. That is when you will see the other side of people, threatening to expose you and ruin your image. They will forget those good moments with you but focus on the bad sides and the turned out of things.

The only way to avoid these sets of people so they don't end up ignoring and stop picking your calls is to do what is right and be wise not to spend extravagantly or live a flamboyant life without the thought of the future.

Some enjoy being praised because they want to oppress others for it. This kind of people may never be wise to give a thought to what would happen later because all their minds are to oppress others. Their end would open their eyes when they see people who they have helped avoiding them.

Though your success and achievement would attract a lot of people to you but always remember that not everyone who praises and hails you are sincere with it. Not everyone would be happy with your success and achievement. Some would have bad thoughts toward you even though they are among everyone who gives you accolades. Know what you are doing and don't live a reckless life. Spend within your limit and always remember that the future is ahead of us and we don't know what it holds.

The future is pregnant and we don't know yet what it would give birth to.

Thanks for reading

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Indeed, nowadays those people who praises a person a lot are just into the benefits they will possibly get. That was one of the reason why betrayal and fake acquaintances become trends as nowadays people are into gaining and loyalty is just a piece of sh**. Once they won't benefit anything from you, all your secrets will be spread to ruin you. However human can only realise that they are a victim after they lost everything and left nothing as those acquaintances also went gone. Eventually our family would never leave us and so we should always be wise and smart, on spending our time and wealth so we won't ended up as a loser. Anyway the story is great and has lot's of lessons to learn, a lesson that we shouldn't waste our life to people who never been real to us, and spent it with our own family who does love's us even if we have nothing.

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2 years ago

This is so apt! I love your comment and that is the truth. We need to be wise to spend more time with our families because when we think we have nothing, they stand by us even when they didn't benefit from you. So, it's better you spend on your family than fake friends. Thanks so much for this beautiful comment.

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2 years ago

It is really bad, how a father can do such cheap activity with his daughter. In greed of money we are ready to sell anything. We need to discourage these things. Moreover you are right, everyone is not able to be trusted. We should check their authentication.

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2 years ago

Yes, let's check their authentication so we would know the true and fake ones.

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2 years ago

Fake accolades are indeed everywhere, that's why when someone hails me, I hail the person better😅😅. People just want to be with you because of what they gain and when it is gone, so is their loyalty towards you. We need to be careful about how we spend and the people we spend time with just like in your story.

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2 years ago

For me, I just smile and say in my mind that “na lie” 😅😅😅 they pretend so well and you wouldn't know until things becomes a little tough.

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2 years ago

Swears🤣🤣 na better lie

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2 years ago

This is the reason why being poor is a good thing because you know who your friends are, they chose you because of who you are and not to the things you possess in this world. Such a sad reality.

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2 years ago

Yes, so that when you become wealthy, you will easily know the real ones with you and not for your money alone.

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2 years ago

Fake accolades is becoming rampant this days and it's making it difficult to trust friendship anymore. I see them as pests that feast on organism and when once they are done, they will leave the place.

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2 years ago

Exactly. They are pests and nothing more to describe them with. Thanks, Fresh.

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2 years ago

That's bad friends for you. Once they finish achieving all the achievements they had they are gone. No one would even pick your calls when you are down with nothing. I don't always welcome fakes accolades, the same people who hail you are the same people that would say that you didn't use your money in a good way.

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2 years ago

😆😆 you are right. They say sweet things because of what they want to get from you but stab and criticize you when things go wrong.

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2 years ago

This is the sad reality of life, when you have everything it seems that everyone is always there for you and feel you that you're not alone. but when the time comes that you hit the bottom rock, it's the time that they will leave you. So better be wise in choosing the right circle, or rather love yourself more, because you only have yourself after all.

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2 years ago

The last part is very crucial and important. You have to love yourself because in the end, you still come back to you.

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2 years ago

This is a great article princess. A lot of lesson with it. This is the lesson we've learn that when it comes to darktimes it is the time that you will know who are the people that is not fake. Mostly our family is the first one.

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You are right my friend. People tend to reveal their dark sides when you have nothing again and that is the worst of them. They turn their back against you when you need them.

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2 years ago

That's why my motto is trust no man. Many friends will come to celebrate with you when you have what they want but when everything is gone, they are also gone.

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2 years ago

Yes. I don't trust people like that except for some who I have really known so well and studied their personality.

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This is why I never allowed what they say or do get into my head during my time as the class representative. I got to know that it was the same people that praise me and all, people I spent for. It was same set of people that went ahead to report me to the higher authority thinking there would be judgment without questions. I was question and I came out clean. Fake people and praise everyone. One need to be sharp and not to get easily fooled

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2 years ago

Exactly. Some people are good at that. I have a colleague who was envious of our senate president and he would praise him in his presence but stab him at the back.

When he became a leader in our department, he squandered our money and did all sorts of bad things. This was someone criticizing another for a bad leadership whereas, he was only envious of him. This is who some people are.

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2 years ago

No be juju be that.. Witchcraft in human form

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2 years ago

Just a wrong did from you, will make them neglect and forget thousands of the good things you have done for them

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2 years ago

That is who some people are. They are not ready to help you even when things are tight forgetting you once helped them too.

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2 years ago

Ah huh. That's why we have to be mindful of who we share our resources with.

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2 years ago

Exactly. You get it right. Thank you

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2 years ago

So many fake friends out there, only God can protect us from them. It's painful how many allow praises to get into their head, whereas destruction is waiting for them at the front.

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2 years ago

Yes oo. Even at that, you can be happy when they praise you but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be wise to do things codedly.

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2 years ago

The world is indeed a mysterious place....do you remember that song they use to sing those days..when money dey friends go dey, when money no dey friends go go....

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2 years ago

You are right. Only the true ones will stay and they are scarce. Most people are after your money and that is it.

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