[makeme]

I want to delete my account but TSR outrageously doesn't allow.

[`R92]

Sure.

[RyJ]

(Original post by makeme)
Was chatting to a friend of a friend who I don't know very well (we've met less than 5 times). He has noticed the difference between the areas in which we live, his being posher mine being rougher with more dodgy things going on - though I've always considered myself lucky to live in what I consider to be a nice house on a relatively quiet street.

he applied to the university I go to but didn't get the grades (by a long stretch) as you need As and Bs to get in.

We were discussing the completely different topic of the areas we lived in an joking about how he thought my area was rough compared to his (as I don't think it's that bad) and then he said "how did YOU manage to get to that university? They didn't take me!"

I was quite offended by that though I didn't convey this to him. Am I wrong to take offence? I was thinking of telling him that I got accepted because I got the required grades, I felt as though he assumed that he was more worthy of a place at that university because he was born in a richer area and so he was somehow more entitled despite not meeting the requirements AT ALL. I don't know, it just bothered me.

Are you better than me because your parents have more money? What has where you live got to do with your A level results. An A is an A.

A good response would have been, "No; I'm just smarter than you." it would have felt pretty satisfying after he tried to condescend you...
He was pretty rude, and it sounds like he was pretty jealous too...

[Clare~Bear]

He sounded pretty rude. He knows you're cleverer than him and was trying to find a way to make himself feel better by belittling you he definately doesn't deserve to get into that uni with an attitude like that.

[Foo.mp3]

You assume his comment pertained to his upbringing.. maybe he just thinks you're not the brightest candle on the birthday cake (which would fit with said assumption)

[makeme]

(Original post by Foo.mp3)
You assume his comment pertained to his upbringing.. maybe he just thinks you're not the brightest candle on the birthday cake (which would fit with said assumption)

Thanks for the replies so far everyone

I assume he was referring to my upbringing because we weren't actually talking about university or anything remotely intellectual we were just talking about the crime in our respective areas. It was a strange leap to make from a discussion about where we lived to bringing up where I study.

I wouldn't have thought twice about him saying "how did you manage to get there?" but just found it weird when he added "they didn't accept ME"

It's not a big deal really, just bugged me.



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[A Cat]

yeah, rude, slightly narcissistic from his point, but ultimately why do you care?

[Arturo Bandini]

He was probably joking. This is how people interact, it's a way of breaking the ice.

you sound socially awkward to me

[Alexandra's Box]

What a little turd.

[MMoor18]

He sounds like he thinks he's better than you, and how could someone like you ever get in if he can't?


I probably would of replied something along the lines of "Because I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, so I acctually put the work in to get where I want!"

But then I'm a ****