The Version Of Life We Were Sold Was A Bit Fraudulent
Segun Iwasanmi@iwasanmisegun212159
13 days ago
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Friday “Talk Am As E Be!" — 22/05/2026
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This thing I noticed these days is funny. You can open your phone to reply one message and somehow, thirty minutes later, you’re deep inside somebody’s vacation pictures, somebody’s engagement post, somebody saying “my people” under a group photo, and you just keep scrolling. Then you drop your phone and stare for a second. I don't know how to explain it, but sometimes it leaves this small emptiness that feels like when everybody has gone home after an event and you are just standing there looking around.
I think the version of life we were shown did small fraud.
We were told connection would become easier. That people would be closer. That with one click, one follow, one message, we would never really feel alone again.
But look at us now.
Friendship has slowly become reactions and likes and "we should hang out one day" that never leaves the chat. We know what people ate, where they travelled to, what song they are playing, but somehow we do not know when they are quietly falling apart.
And maybe that is why many people feel lonely without even understanding why. Because being surrounded is not the same thing as being held.
Real friends are different. I mean the ones that call and say, "You sure you're okay?" because your voice sounded somehow. The ones who remember that small thing you mentioned two months ago. The ones who show up without waiting for an invitation. The ones we pick their call though we don't like picking calls.
Those people are rare.
If you have even one, just one, hold them well.
Because some people have thousands of followers, hundreds of comments, plenty names in their contact list, and when life suddenly becomes heavy at midnight, they scroll through all of it and still do not know who to call.
See you next Friday… Bye 👋
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