By: Natasha Archary
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me.”
The adage above applies to Tuesday afternoon’s conversation on Kaya Drive, regarding friendship betrayal and what people were willing to overlook versus what would be considered a deal-breaker.
With AKA’s friends being put under the public microscope with regards to the rapper’s murder, some listeners didn’t care about the duration of friendship, a betrayal is a betrayal.
Referring to the story of Judas betraying Jesus Christ, one listener said that expecting loyalty from your friends is not a big ask and should come standard.
“I’ve learned the hard way that you cannot trust anyone 100%. Look, even Judas betrayed Jesus, so friends should never have your full trust.”
Judas, it is believed, betrayed Jesus by kissing him on the cheek and addressing him as “master”, only to reveal his identity to the those who had come to arrest him.
It’s what the social media streets believed had happened to AKA, but this negative narrative was dismissed by the rapper’s family and said their home will always be open to all his friends who were with their son at the time of his death.
Friendship betrayal
Some of the most common types of friendship betrayal are jealousy, hooking up with your friend’s partner or their ex, breaking their trust in terms of confidentiality, lying about money.
While some issues between friends were considered unforgiveable, some Kaya Drive listeners said they would overlook minor infractions from friends because we’re all human.
However, the biggest lesson for most was if someone could not be loyal to you behind your back, then they certainly aren’t going to be loyal to your face.
Surprisingly, there were a few scorned friends who wished their former friends a bad fate for betraying them and made no apologies for it.
Listen to the conversation on Kaya Drive:
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