To survive in African societies, you must always pretend you’re broke. Even when it is obvious that you’re not, you must feign some serious financial commitments e.g. servicing non-existent loans.
That’s how you will co-exist peacefully and happily with your spouse, family members, neighbors and society at large.
Problem is that people don’t know when to stop. Give them a coin and they will come back begging for a thousand. You can never solve people’s problems exhaustively.