This has been weighing on me for a while, and honestly, it’s starting to really bother.
I work hard and pay for everything myself, my parents don’t support me financially. Sometimes I buy something nice for myself, and every time, my best friend makes me feel bad about it. She’ll go on about consumerism, how I’m being wasteful or materialistic, and it just leaves me feeling small. Like I’m doing something wrong by enjoying what I’ve earned.
And prior to her engagement, every time she was depressed I’d get her everything she likes to cheer her up too.
But now that she’s getting married, she openly asks her parents for things because “it’s for the wedding.” She’s started wearing branded stuff too. And somehow, that’s all okay. No lectures, no guilt. Just praise and excitement.
I don’t say anything because I want to be supportive, but deep down it feels unfair. Like what I do is always wrong, but when it’s her, it’s different. I don’t know… I guess I just feel judged by someone I thought would understand me. And it sucks.
Has anyone else been through something like this?