"It's easy for you" lighthearted

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Does anyone else have the competitive about how much harder her life is friend?

I do, she's lovely but oh so annoying when she starts this.

When I mentioned in passing (not complaining) I'd gone back to work after having my baby she scoffed it's hardly a real job. I'm a full-time teacher, she is a sahm.

When I talked about being a single parent she scoffed it's hardly difficult as I only have one but she has two - also she's married to a very supportive and hands on dad.

She's done this our whole lives to be fair, not just about kids.

It's harmless but annoying. Can anyone else relate?

Sorry was not a single parent when I went back to work. This is a very recent development so the prospect is a bit daunting. I still think it will be easier in the long run than parenting in the marriage (due to many reasons) but her comment about me only having one child was so dismissive.

When I mentioned in passing (not complaining) I'd gone back to work after having my baby she scoffed it's hardly a real job. I'm a full-time teacher, she is a sahm.

Either she has special needs or you are prone to hyperbole

Either you're calling the OP a liar or you don't believe there are twats who think teaching isn't a proper/real job. Or maybe you think that having twatty opinions is the same as having special needs...

My SIL is like this. She's a well off married mother of one with a supportive husband, I'm a lone parent working full time. When I suggested I was finding having no time to myself quite tough she responded, "oh, no one with young kids has any time for themselves! I know I don't!" before telling me about her forthcoming night out to a gig with friends. Thing is though I don't think she means to be unkind, I think she just can't deal with difficult things at all, she can't bear the idea that sometimes life is hard and painful and so just seems to need to deny it is even possible that anyone is struggling.

@MoreTeaLessCoffee I have one like your SIL! I think that's slightly different, it's more of a leaping straight into - i know exactly what you mean, let me tell you about my experience. Or actually its more they are looking for their inroad to shut you up as quickly as possible to get back to the important busines of talking about themselves.