Do any of you have those friends who lives are seemingly perfect in every way? Where things just seem to fall in their laps? The ones who's lives just make yours seem so lonely and mundane? And just not successful?
I have a dear friend who is married to a WONDERFUL man who loves her so dearly. She got a pretty decent job right out of college. And when she realized she didn't like that job, her company promoted her to a fantastic job that suits her personality perfectly. She makes pretty good money for being only 2 years out of college. And she keeps getting these opportunites through her job to meet top people in her industry. To travel all over. To get to work with wonderful non-profit organizations. Everyone loves her. EVERYONE. I seriously don't know one person that doesn't love her. I don't know one thing that she's done that hasn't turned out so perfectly for her. Every project she does makes her bosses, co-workers, co-organizers, friends, family, or whoever else fall more in love with her. She works hard, but things still just seem to come so easily to her.
I HATE that I feel this way. But eveytime she has a new phenomenal experience, I feel a tiny stab of jealosy. I want nothing but the best for her. She deserves it all. But it just hurts because I feel like my life is just so far from that. I don't know what else to do differently. Like I said, I want her to be happy and definitely don't want her to not have great things happen, but sometimes, it's just hard to hear about another victory.
I feel so selfish and guilty and I would just die if she ever knew I felt this way sometimes. We're very close friends and I think it would hurt her terribly to know that I have these thoughts.
Ugh, just had to get this off of my chest.
8 years ago
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I totally understand that. I have some friends, my best friend in particular, with which everything seems to go her way. I get so jealous sometimes but that quickly fades away because I know she deserves it. But it does tend to creep up from time to time.
I understand this feeling too. I think everyone at some point in their lives will meet that PERFECT person whose lucky star shines on them all day, every day, year after year. I think it's natural to feel a little jealous, even if they're awesome people. BUT...you may be surprised...the grass is always greener on the other side, as they say, and there are things about YOUR life and personality that she probably envies like crazy too! You never know!
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