Anita, I can’t tell you the number of people tho gloat to me. Literally everyone. She has always told me about how she is so happy and then will say – I know you haven’t been lucky but you’ve done ok. As if that is consolation. My other friend asked me what I was doing this weekend. I said I was out with this mate from Paris. And she said – oh I was doing some home admin and lazy time with Mark. We’ve only been together since September but my weekends are so much better now. And I didn’t ask for that information or detail.
its the same way the Fwb would tell me about his holiday plans, his family knowing fully well that I am alone and haven’t been on a holiday in 5 years. People know. I don’t hide who I am or how I feel. But they still want to show me how amazing their life is. I have never shared details and never asked them about their life. They why do they? Cos they feel better gloating to someone who they know doesn’t have the ability to experience what they do. It’s always been that way. And they all know my life. Know what I’ve been through but they’ll still talk about themselves and their amazing lives. That is life.