to be very jealous of friend!!

[lisad123]

My friend popped round today for tea and chat. I know she has brought a new house of 1.4Million, so i knew she had money, but never really thought about it.
Today Im sitting there telling her im considering auctioning my DD1s watercolours off to pay for her specialist bike (she has Autism), she is a wonderful artist and very talented but her bike is £250. Friends DD was playing with her sunglasses, which she takes off her and tells her she cant play with them as she treated herself and they were £200!!
Money has never been something Im very bothered about and quite happy with my little two bed terrance house, doing my shopping at aldi and buying clothes in second hand shop and just very that what im trying to get together for DD1s bike is what she spends on sunglasses :(

Those paintings are brilliant for an 8 year old. Please don't sell them if you can possibly find another way to raise the bike money, because they'll be family heirlooms in years to come.

Re: your friend, I'm sure you know deep down that money doesn't necesarily buy you class or manners, and that everything in her life might not be as rosy as it first seems. It's also her perogative to treat herself if she can afford to. However, I agree she was very insensitive and rude. I had (had being the operative word) a friend like this once who regularly boasted in pounds and pence about stuff she'd bought, experiences and activities she'd enjoyed, when I was struggling as a single mum. I'd never expect people to stop talking about what's going on in their life and accept we all have different circumstances, but there's absolutely no need to describe in minute detail how much something cost ..... especially when it's a nice to have rather than a necessity and the person you're speaking to can't even afford the necessities. I really can't work out why some people do this .... maybe they have such low self esteem that they need to artificially inflate their own sense of worth by making people less fortunate feel bad ?

very true sausage