Dont you hate it when your friends become successful?

India
November 17, 2006 1:37pm CST
Isnt your reaction generally like You see, it should've been me It could've been me Everybody knows Everybody says so
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30 responses
@tonebob (137)
• United States
17 Nov 06
Nope, I root for my friends.
• India
17 Nov 06
You should but sometimes you need to be a bit careful
• India
17 Nov 06
Well that is good
@tonebob (137)
• United States
17 Nov 06
Careful? How so? They root for me, and I root for them. Please...do tell. =))
@magnet (2087)
• United States
17 Nov 06
I love it when they become successful. It's good to have successful friends, they may have connections to help you become more successful.
• Philippines
1 Feb 07
I will feel bad. I hate people who succeeded by stepping on others' feet. It is not a sweet success.
@lalav1 (1052)
• United States
9 Dec 06
No, I am happy for them. I am human though, if I'm going through a rough time financially I can get a bit jealous. Generally I am happy for them though, unless they continually brag about it. My friends that I consider real friends are very generous when they are doing well and I'm not. When I am better off financially then my friends or family, I will help them out and visa versa. Success isn't measured only by how much money you make or what job title you have, though money is nice. Success can be measured by how many good friends or relationships you have. I am very lucky to have a great best friend and a great relationship with my mom and my dad, even though he lives 2,000 miles away.
• India
9 Dec 06
gr8 answer!
@Kelian (768)
• Trinidad And Tobago
17 Nov 06
No. If my friends are successful I’m usually very happy for them. It’s selfish to begrudge a friend of happiness. If my friend is successful then maybe they can help me become successful as well. That’s what friends are for, to help each other.
• India
17 Nov 06
Well that maybe comes in between! It is so disappointing and yes it is easy to say what you are saying as of now but really rare ones do it for friends
17 Nov 06
Me not, I'm glad for them, I just hope they don't forgett me in their success !
• India
17 Nov 06
Well what if they arent happy when you are successful these are the expectations from your side that if you are happy for them they will be, for you But expectations arent always true
• United States
17 Nov 06
No not really, I am happy for them. But when it's people I don't like then I hate it when they become successful.
• India
17 Nov 06
Buddy dont you feel it couldve had happened to you! It is easy to say but not practical enough its really difficult to curb the desire
@kpisgod (994)
• India
10 Dec 06
It happens among girls,Among boys its totally different what i ask first is a treat
@loved1 (5328)
• United States
17 Nov 06
I love it when my friends succeed. One quality of a good friend is that you share the joys of others.
• India
17 Nov 06
Well do you think they would do the same! If yes then you got really good friends but they are really hard to find!
@SnIcKasS (1375)
• Israel
17 Nov 06
Yeah, well, it always happens the opposite XD I become successful, and they hate it :( so, sometimes, even I hate it because they hate it :(
• India
17 Nov 06
Well that is being more practical Thanks for that gr8 comment
@skooby (186)
• Romania
17 Nov 06
Of course not!How could I be envious of my friends' success?!On the contrary,their joys are my joys also.
• India
17 Nov 06
And what about your sorrows! Are your sorrows their sorrows?
@cr1st1nel (3564)
• Romania
17 Nov 06
Yes i can`t really say that i hate but i don`t fell good
• India
17 Nov 06
Yup that is what happens
• India
17 Nov 06
yes i think it's one of human nature. but it's bad and harmful causew it affects relation
• India
17 Nov 06
So true Well said!
@lakheysub (847)
• India
7 Jan 07
not at all.
@myslewis (286)
• Australia
4 Feb 07
Oh boy you have been spying on my mind. I suffer badly from envy and I have to say it is both destructive and invigorating, but mostly destructive. I put it down to a lack of self confidence which makes it difficult to go out and beat my own drum - even when I know I have something really good to offer. The people who succeed have a happy knack of combining extroverted self confidence AND talent. I have talent but no self confidence so I get stuck in envy. Hope this makes sense!
@xelissa (776)
• New Zealand
3 Feb 07
I'm more than happy for them, they get what the earned, and they deserve it! If they were more successful, I probably don't work hard enough, thats my problem
@prasad1961 (5597)
• India
29 Dec 06
Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved. Rivalry at aim is best, but getting jealous is very bad. Such friends come and go no problem. But the become enemies due to the jealous thats the real problem for life time. But as for as I concern with respect to life none is greater or better than friendship.
@wmg2006 (5381)
• United States
5 Jan 07
Nope, because they are never as successful as I am. I am a much more driven person than they are. If they did become more successful I might have some envy, but I would just work harder to be just as successful!
@arunk7319 (1281)
• India
29 Dec 06
No, I will never hate, I will always appreciate them for their hard earned success. It is not easy to be successful so we should encourage success rather than hating.
@_Greeneye_ (1526)
• India
26 Dec 06
no i dont
@madonna143 (1737)
• Philippines
27 Dec 06
I don't envy my friends when they are successful in fact I am happy for them. We support each other when it comes to good and bad times. We uplift each other instead of pulling each other down.
@dexter5 (297)
• India
28 Dec 06
people bcome successful, they do not sometimes. these are the things in life we always face. i do not care iif anyone b'comes sucessful or not and i am happy this way