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pmlindyloo

Life's unfair, full stop.

People who do s*d all get rewarded by high salaries, good pensions, swan off on their yachts - I could go on and on.

Put that smile back on your face and be thankful for what you've got. There is always someone else worse off.

As for your 'friends', ditch them or adopt a different attitude. Ask for more, more more about their holidays/their wonderful life. Tell them you wish to live it through their eyes as you will never get it for yourselves. Make them feel dreadful or make them mend their ways. Whatever you do, you either shut up moaning/feeling envious or find some new friends.

Personally I feel people who moan about 'poor me' are far worse than the ones you are talking about.

I tend to give both of them a wide berth or tell them straight - !!!!!!!

Muscle750

Not forgetting us lot in the private sector paying their gold plate pensions for them enabling such lifestyles.........................ready to duck !!!!

Domayne

Feels like you are just looking for the fire tbh, with your click bait title and 'ready to duck!!!' Comments.
Cba to feed trolls today, good luck with that green eyed monster!

Georgiegirl256

Domayne wrote: »

Feels like you are just looking for the fire tbh, with your click bait title and 'ready to duck!!!' Comments.
Cba to feed trolls today, good luck with that green eyed monster!

I agree, don't waste your time people.

bossymoo

Haha somebody is out for a fight

Double_V

Candyapple wrote: »

Perhaps your friend (and her partner?) have different priorities to you in life? No kids? Earn significantly higher income, thus can afford long haul holidays?

Are you sure it's them gloating about their holidays or are they just talking normally about them, like most people would do after they've come back off holiday, or is your jealousy causing you to view them like this because you feel bitter?

I have a friend who is constantly jetting off around the world every couple of months - I love it! I get to see all these wonderful places I would never have a chance to see. However she is at a different stage in life to me - she is single, has a very well paid job and prioritises travelling above things that say everyone else our age would normally be doing (e.g. having babies, getting married, buying a house). There's absolutely nothing wrong with that at all, everyone has their own path and different priorities.

Until you've walked a mile in someone else's shoes, you don't know how their life truly is, despite what pics may appear on social media. How do you know she doesn’t envy aspects of your life?

Concentrate on the blessings in your life and you'll soon find the green eyed monster won't rear its head nearly as much

I just want to hug you for everything you just said. *hugs*

Peter333

Muscle750 wrote: »

Both retired one from MOD obviously a nice pension to boot .............unlike us in the private sector

Muscle750 wrote: »

And when a daughter got married on the beach in Cuba we heard about it for months after

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

With that quote and the one of yours above, you're just coming across as bitter, not a nice trait at all.

Domayne wrote: »

You sound miserable and bitter tbh.
Find some poor friends who can't even afford to go to Wales, then you might feel good about your life.

Sorry 'Muscle' but I agree with Georgie and Domayne.

I was ready to feel a bit sorry for you at the start, as me and my wife had a period of time (5 or 6 years,) where we couldn't afford a day trip to Barmouth, let alone a fancy holiday. Just when the kids were younger, and things were hard (everyone's been there!) And it seemed that everyone around us was popping off to Spain, Malta, Hungary, Italy, Australia etc etc. But we smiled sweetly and sucked up our dismay that we couldn't go anywhere, listened to all their tales of their holidays, looked at the photos (which were great to look at to be fair,) and were glad they were happy.

Then a few years later when the kids were a bit older, we started to become better off, and started travelling quite a bit. we went to America, and to several other exotic locations, including Iceland and Canada, and then WE became the object of envy, as people cooed over our NYC pics, saying 'that must have been fab!' We never ever resented anyone going places though, and I don't think they resented us.

Thing is, as some posters have said, you don't know what's going on in someone's life. I know someone who has recently been a bit put out that her work colleague goes abroad 3 times a year, and has a flash merc, but she recently discovered that her colleague envies her having 2 daughters, and a large extended family.

So many people look at others and envy something about them.

But yes, I agree; with every passing post you are coming across as more bitter. Especially those about people in the public sector, and gold plated pensions etc... Yes it can be annoying if you're not in that fortunate place, but it's not their fault that they are.

Morglin wrote: »

The two biggest bores in life are other people's dreams and other people's holidays.

Just tell them that.

Lin

Wow, not very nice. Anyone who said that to me would soon be an ex friend.

Alice_Walker wrote: »

Pretty miserable attitude. A true friend would encourage their friend to follow their dreams, and be happy for them to have great holidays. Is it not possible to find joy in other people doing well?

If everyone took your attitude we'd have no athletes at the Olympics, let alone medal winners. They all started with dreams that required a huge amount of encouragement and support from their loved ones.

:T

d70cw6

typical entitled special snowflake millennial.

Detroit

Alice_Walker wrote: »

Pretty miserable attitude. A true friend would encourage their friend to follow their dreams, and be happy for them to have great holidays. Is it not possible to find joy in other people doing well?

If everyone took your attitude we'd have no athletes at the Olympics, let alone medal winners. They all started with dreams that required a huge amount of encouragement and support from their loved ones.

The saying doesn't refer to dreams in the sence of aspirations, but the sleeping type.

Those people who say ' you'll never guess what I dreamed last night...' and follow with a pointless tale of events that never happened and are of no interest to the listener.

The only way this can be made more tiresome is when they add 'so what do you think that means?' At the end.

Peter333

Morglin wrote: »

The two biggest bores in life are other people's dreams and other people's holidays.

Just tell them that.

Lin

Detroit wrote: »

The saying doesn't refer to dreams in the sence of aspirations, but the sleeping type.

Those people who say ' you'll never guess what I dreamed last night...' and follow with a pointless tale of events that never happened and are of no interest to the listener.

The only way this can be made more tiresome is when they add 'so what do you think that means?' At the end.

That's obviously not what Morglin meant! :rotfl: And everyone knows it.