Jealous friend

Yesterday, my dad got the promotion at work he's always wanted. As he works in the public sector (and this is the top job at the Council) it was reported in the paper, along with a whole load of s*it about how much my dad will be earning.

When I spoke to a friend about it, he called us "new money" and said "money is always better when it's in the family". I disagreed saying "well at least my dad has earnt his money". I generally just got a real vibe of jealousy, there wasn't any "oohhhh thats great, congrats to ur dad!" (coz this job is like an ultimate career aspiration fulfilled) and I'm so so pleased for him, but my friend isn't the only jealous one. At my last exam today, I walked in to hear one of the girls saying "omfg have u seen how much matt's dad earns, its disgusting...my mum has to work so hard for 20k a year".

I just think it's so bang out, those sort of comments. I fckin hate jealousy like this, it's not like my dad doesn't deserve it.

Grrr rant overs!

You can't really blame them for being jealous. - Everyone want's to earn lots of money, and live an expensive lifestyle. Though rather than wanting to bring your dad down, they should try to improve themselves. Hopefully this will pass soon.

Yeah, well I think I can blame them for jealousy, it's one of the worse personality features ever and achieves nothing other than bitterness. At the end of the day, the person ur jealous about could drop dead tomorrow...

Exactly, but what I was refering to is that it CAN be force for good. I've heared that unlike in the UK, in America, if a poor person sees someone driving a Roles Royce, they tend to think "that could be me one day!". I guess what I mean by "beneficial jealousy" is that people are proud of the achievenemts of high flyers like your dad, and seeing it in frount of their face just crystalises the fact that we can all improve ourselves.

If people are wishing for bad on your dad, than I'm very sorry to hear this and this is horrible. - Do take good care of him, I'm gueasing he'll be feeling much worse than you. Good luck!

I hate people who bitch about how much their parents don't earn. Neither of my parents rake it in, but that's cos neither went past A-Levels, they work their asses off but they know why, because they didn't work hard enough at my age. They don't bitch because someone else earns more. God I hate the socialists of this country, "oh, you shouldn't earn more than me, it's not fair", bugger off you lazy bastards!! Stop moaning about what you don't have and work towards something you want to have.

I hate people who bitch about how much their parents don't earn. Neither of my parents rake it in, but that's cos neither went past A-Levels, they work their asses off but they know why, because they didn't work hard enough at my age. They don't bitch because someone else earns more. God I hate the socialists of this country, "oh, you shouldn't earn more than me, it's not fair", bugger off you lazy bastards!! Stop moaning about what you don't have and work towards something you want to have.

Please start. I quite like debates...

Yesterday, my dad got the promotion at work he's always wanted. As he works in the public sector (and this is the top job at the Council) it was reported in the paper, along with a whole load of s*it about how much my dad will be earning.

When I spoke to a friend about it, he called us "new money" and said "money is always better when it's in the family". I disagreed saying "well at least my dad has earnt his money". I generally just got a real vibe of jealousy, there wasn't any "oohhhh thats great, congrats to ur dad!" (coz this job is like an ultimate career aspiration fulfilled) and I'm so so pleased for him, but my friend isn't the only jealous one. At my last exam today, I walked in to hear one of the girls saying "omfg have u seen how much matt's dad earns, its disgusting...my mum has to work so hard for 20k a year".

I just think it's so bang out, those sort of comments. I fckin hate jealousy like this, it's not like my dad doesn't deserve it.

Grrr rant overs!

Oh dear, not another one of your rants against socialists. You know, you can get socialists that earn a lot nicholas. You seem to mistake socialism for comunism half the time. I don't resent people earning a lot, but it is my belief that people should help out others where it is reasonable and where they can.

Pffff, Socialism, Communism, it's all the same ****, all leaves me a few pennies shorter at the end of the day.

Yesterday, my dad got the promotion at work he's always wanted. As he works in the public sector (and this is the top job at the Council) it was reported in the paper, along with a whole load of s*it about how much my dad will be earning.

When I spoke to a friend about it, he called us "new money" and said "money is always better when it's in the family". I disagreed saying "well at least my dad has earnt his money". I generally just got a real vibe of jealousy, there wasn't any "oohhhh thats great, congrats to ur dad!" (coz this job is like an ultimate career aspiration fulfilled) and I'm so so pleased for him, but my friend isn't the only jealous one. At my last exam today, I walked in to hear one of the girls saying "omfg have u seen how much matt's dad earns, its disgusting...my mum has to work so hard for 20k a year".

I just think it's so bang out, those sort of comments. I fckin hate jealousy like this, it's not like my dad doesn't deserve it.

Grrr rant overs!