I have been through a lot in my life. I have grown up in a working-class family and have had to work hard to get where I am today.
So, when I hear my friends talking about hardship and struggle as if they’ve been through it themselves, I can’t help but feel a little frustrated.
All of them never go through hardship before, but talk like they been through a lot
My friends have never experienced real hardship. They were all born with a silver spoon in their mouths and have never had to worry about money.
They’ve never had to worry about getting a job or how to pay the bills. They don’t know what it’s like to struggle and yet they always talk like they’ve been through tough times.
It’s not that I begrudge them their privilege, but it does make me a little angry when they use their experiences as a way to make themselves appear more sympathetic and understanding.
They think that if they act like they understand, then people will like them more.
I’ve tried talking to my friends about this issue and told them that people would be able to tell in the long run if they had really went through hardships before but they always just brush it off like it’s not a big deal.
They don’t understand how the commoners feel, because they’ve never had to struggle. It’s like they think that because they have money, they have the right to talk like they’ve been through it all.
I’ve tried to stay away from my friends lately, because I can’t stand listening to them talk about their supposed struggles. I just don’t feel like I can relate to them anymore.
I feel like I’m just an outsider looking in, and that’s not a great feeling.
I don’t know what to do anymore. It seems like the more I try to talk to my friends about the issue, the worse it gets.
I’ve even started to feel jealous of their privilege and it’s making me feel even worse.