To be frustrated with my friend who’s become a “guru” after a trip to India?

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Silentfriend · 20/09/2024 08:21

My friend recently went to India and has returned with a completely new attitude. She now acts like she’s a life guru, constantly telling people to quit their jobs, disregard their managers, and dismisses “first-world problems” with a “you just don’t understand” attitude. She even created a separate Instagram page to give out life advice, though it seems more like she’s having a mid-life crisis rather than offering genuine wisdom.

I’m getting really tired of her constant preachiness and the way she’s acting superior. AIBU to feel frustrated with her attitude and the way she’s using her trip as a platform to push her new “enlightened” persona?

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mushpush · 20/09/2024 09:08

Has she quit her job, told her manager to get stuffed and is walking around worry free?!

Tbh sounds great until the next round of bills are due 😂

softmauve · 20/09/2024 09:06

Bless her

YourMommaWasASnowblower · 20/09/2024 09:03

I also think this is very funny. She sounds like a walking sketch show.
If you can see the funny side of it, it will get you through it. It will take the feeling away that you feel she thinks she’s superior. Remember she thinks she now knows all the answers, she really doesn’t and is likely making a show of herself. I bet most people are eye rolling rather than lapping up her words in reality.

Chalatte · 20/09/2024 08:58

Jumping in on this thread. As an Indian this is really quite funny to me! Spiritual materialism is really a thing, where you think you are more spiritual because you've collected more of something--life experience from a trip, in this case!

I would just take a back seat in the next few interactions and try and observe what she says and does. Maybe she really found her spiritual self? Find out what she is selling, and perhaps encourage her to do the same for herself (e.g., quit her job)!

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