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7 Strategic Tactics to Avoid ‘Billing’ from Family and Friends

7 Strategic Tactics to Avoid ‘Billing’ from Family and Friends
Have you ever been in a situation where your family and friends can’t do without billing you? They bill you for money online and still bill you when you visit them. This experience can be daunting when you are still nurturing your life. Here are 7 strategic tactics to avoid billing from family and friends.
1. Bill Them First.
If you don’t want them to bill you, you need to play smart by billing them first. If they call you to ask how you are doing, before you say fine, tell them you are not fine. “I swear, brother, this country is hard; no money, nothing-nothing; everywhere is just dry; or should I send my account details?” When you bill your family and friends first, they won’t be able to bill you again, knowing that you too need money. This strategy works very well in avoiding billing.
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2. Don’t Show Off.
One of the effective tips to avoid billing from family and friends is to refrain from showing off on social media. For instance, if you just bought a new car, laptops, phones, and other gadgets, do not post them online, as this will send an indication to your family and friends that you have money, so you might not escape their billing. Don’t show off your wealth or upload achievements on social media; otherwise, they will bill you.
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3. Avoid Wearing Expensive Items.
People automatically assume you are rich if they see that you wear expensive clothes and other gadgets. It may be proper to dress averagely to avoid billing from family and friends. When they see that you don’t look like someone who has money, they won’t bother to bill you.
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4. Teach Them How to Fish.
There is a quote that says, “Teach a man how to fish, and you feed him for life.” Instead of giving them fish, why not just teach them how to make money? If you don’t build those around you, they will learn to grow without you.
Thus, to avoid being billed all the time, show them ways they can make money legitimately. Advice them to learn a trade, digital skill, or side hustle, and this will automatically reduce their billing on you.
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5. Shun Their Calls and Chats.
Avoiding their calls and chats doesn’t mean you are wicked; it’s just a way to apply diplomacy to avoid being billed by your family and friends. You know those family and friends that are always in need of urgent 2k when they call you or text you.
To save yourself from being billed, once they call, just refrain from picking up, and you may also have to restrict them from viewing your status. Turn off your read receipts for them not to know that you are online or have read their message. Perhaps you can identify the urgent 2K friends and block them.
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6. Avoid Their Visitation.
With the small credit alerts that you have, you have started inviting family and friends to pay you a visit. Don’t you know that this is a debit alert zone? You will spend a lot of money entertaining them. To avoid being billed, limit the number of friends you have and shun their invitations.
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7. Ghost Them.
Another strategic tactic to avoid being billed by family and friends is to act like you don’t exist in their world. You should call them once in a blue moon, avoid updating your life on social media, and check up on them periodically, not constantly. If you act like a ghost, nobody will bill you because you don’t exist to them.
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