Summary: Media personality Bolanle Olukanni has a message for Nigerian ladies about friendship red flags. Find out why she says a friend who posts a photo where only she looks good isn’t a true friend.
Meta Description: Media personality Bolanle Olukanni has a message for Nigerian ladies about friendship red flags. Find out why she says a friend who posts a photo where only she looks good isn’t a true friend.
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Picture this: You and your girls step out for an event, looking like a bag of money. You take about 500 photos, feeling fly and confident. Later that day, you’re scrolling through Instagram and you see it. Your friend has posted a group picture. But wait… this is the one picture where your eyes are half-closed, your gele is tilting, or you were caught in the middle of talking. Meanwhile, your friend who posted it? She looks perfect. Flawless. Like she was born for the camera.
Wahala for who get this kind friend!
Well, it seems we are not the only ones who have experienced this special kind of betrayal. OAP and media personality Bolanle Olukanni has decided to table this very important matter, and honestly, we agree with her.
In a video shared on her Instagram, Bolanle declared that any friend who sees a group photo and decides to post the one where she is the only person looking good is, in fact, not a good friend.
Simple as that.
According to Bolanle, that is a major red flag. She said, “I have a theory: If you have a friend who posts a picture of you, and you guys are in a group, and she’s the only one that looks good in the picture, that’s not a good friend.”
Ah-ah! It’s the directness for us. She called it what it is—a sign of a frenemy.
Let’s be honest, we’ve all seen it happen. A true friend is supposed to have your back, even on the Instagram timeline. They are supposed to hype you up! A real friend knows the unspoken rule: we either all shine together, or we don’t post the picture at all.
The unwritten rules of friendship photo posting include:
1. Sending the top options to the group chat for a vote and collective approval.
2. If one person looks somehow, we find another picture.
3. If no single picture works for everyone, we either make a collage or that photo will never see the light of day.
Choosing a picture where you look like a ten over ten while your supposed friend looks like a two is just pure wickedness. It shows they care more about their own image than how they make you look and feel.
So, we have to ask: Have you ever been a victim of this photo casting? Or… be honest, are you the friend who does the posting?
What do you think about Bolanle’s take? Is it that deep, or is she spitting facts?
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