adminLIVING a lie can be costly.
It comes with its own huge demands, pressure and temptations, which require one to try and maintain an expensive lifestyle.
Peer pressure and the desire to fit into rich people’s circles have been driving people to join this web.
It’s common among the so-called slay queens and kings.
These attention-seekers can do anything to try and fit into classes they do not belong to.
With the advent of social media, people living a lie are forced to update their statuses, showcasing their latest acquisitions or places where they hang around with their peers.
Some are swimming in debt as a result of trying to please the social media streets.
Others have been arrested or humiliated after failing to settle their domestic bills.
In extreme cases, we have had the so-called slay kings and queens failing to settle bills for the food they would have consumed in some of the trendy restaurants.
In January, we ran a story involving the infamous ‘‘slay king’’ Kudakwashe Hove, who was jailed six months after failing to settle a bill of over $365 000, at a posh restaurant.
Hove is now regretting his actions in jail.
He could have saved himself from this embarrassment by living within his own means.
In yesterday’s issue, we ran yet another sad story involving a Glen View “slay queen,” who gave her daughter to a sangoma, as security.
The 23-year-old woman had borrowed US$400 from the sangoma.
She was fine with this strange arrangement where her three-year-old daughter was staying with the sangoma as she struggled to raise the money to settle the debt.
The scary details came to light following her death in a bizarre case in which some people suspect could be related to witchcraft.
Her death should serve as a lesson to those who are living a lie to please the social media streets as well as people around them.
The young lady should have saved herself from humiliation by simply working hard and living within her means.
This case is also a reminder that it’s never too late for slay queens and kings to change their way of lives.
Pleasing the social media streets and seeking unnecessary attention comes with its pressure.
The pressure can be difficult to handle, which has led to some of these socialites doing the unthinkable like committing suicide or suffering from mental breakdown.
People should simply concentrate on what can easily bring food to their table.
Hustling for families, without parading their lifestyles on social media, should become a necessity.
It’s high time people learn that attention-seeking is unhealthy and costly.
After all, people are now busy hustling to fend for their families.
As such, young people should not give in to peer pressure and they should be careful when choosing their friends.
Living a lie has forced some people to make sacrifices by joining some cults.
Online Reporter