Too good to be true
By mauricel
@mauricel (113)
Philippines
May 21, 2011 2:39am CST
I have a friend who keep on telling that everything in her life is almost near to perfect.
She had a good job, nice boss, nice officemates, loving and supporting husband, smart kid, best buddies.
Perfect life, great family and everything!
I am happy for her for that but what irritated me is the way she keep on reminding, telling, informing us as if we should be envy on her.
Sometimes I get the feeling that she is too good to be true.
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4 responses
@chuyins123 (2112)
• Philippines
21 May 11
Hello Mauricel,
There's just some things that she doesn't share. Those negative things about her and her family and her job, her love ones, etc. Things might appear to be perfect or great on the outside but is very much hurting in the inside.
Maybe she just wants to handle it in a positive way. She's that optimistic that she doesn't want to focus on recognizing the bad things in her life but focus on the good things instead.
Just tell her always that you're happy for her. We all have our own definition of great family, friends, loved ones, career etc. We all have our own idea of a perfect life, and you simply can't compare yourself with the others. You are unique. We are all unique.
Just do good at what you have, and the real thing that matters is you and your way of handling things out. Because life doesn't depend on what happens to our friends, it's what we're making to happen in our lives.
Hope all is well with you too. no need to be envy. You are precious and as much blessed as your friend. Find your strength in your blessings. God bless you! have a great life!
@mauricel (113)
• Philippines
21 May 11
I am happy for her in everything that she had though sometimes I found it annoying.
You're right. It is better to handle bad things positively, rather than wasting your time thinking those bad things. Maybe she's handling all the negative circumstances in her life that way.
Thanks chuyins.
@chuyins123 (2112)
• Philippines
21 May 11
Ah yeah, but maybe she just wants you to be encouraged that you too would have such a great life. like what she's enjoying. Your friends, so she thinks you'd share the same happiness if she's got something to be happy and that's it.
Yeah, we need to remind ourselves too that we are always blessed and we should focus on the positive things in our lives. Consider the blessings. :)
@moirai (2853)
• Philippines
22 May 11
Hmm... as I was reading your post, I thought you were saying that she kept on telling you that you should envy her. But I think I misread...?
Maybe your friend just has a really good outlook on her life. I doubt that it's perfect. I think nothing is perfect... But I think maybe her attitude is such that she is able to magnify the positive and minimize the negative, so much so that it seems her life is almost perfect.
@puccagirl (7294)
• Israel
21 May 11
I'm sure there are things in her life that are not 100 % good as well, she just chooses not to talk about that. Nobody has the perfect life, really!
@mauricel (113)
• Philippines
21 May 11
Exactly! we have our own struggles but, we also have to be realistic in life.
Maybe she had all the good things in her life but she should not always emphasizes it too all the people around her, it makes her look boastful that we should be envy of her.
Maybe she want everything in her life that way.
@joanagirl (44)
• Philippines
21 May 11
The way I see it, she just wants you to see the positive things that happen to her. Just go on with her, but I can't blame you if it gets to your nerves sometimes. I myself would get irritated if I'm told endlessly. With the way she's acting, her too-good-to-be-true life will just remain that way, since she has "supposed" best buddies secretly resenting her.
@mauricel (113)
• Philippines
21 May 11
I agree with you on that.
Sometimes I end up saying "here we go again" to myself whenever she started saying her piece.
Some of our friends actually act as if they can't hear, or pretend to be listening to her by saying uhmm... then immediately starting to shift into a new topic.