They may not be jealous, per se, but there is a part of them that feels personally aggressed by your happiness and your decision to be so public with it, and you have to understand that it should not be taken personally.
When a student can’t afford lunch (and doesn’t want to tell anyone), it’s often the teacher who will help them get something to eat.
As normalized as it has become for women to trade tips and anecdotes about fashion or beauty or celebrities, it should be equally normal for them to have a frank discussion about the things they have learned about their financial future.
Was I the only one to be totally shocked by this?
They will make you smile and wince in equal measure because they have never been able to soften their feelings with a pleasant package.
It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.
“There is something about the momentum of travel that makes you want to just keep moving, to never stop.”
This plane crashing on a random highway.
Who doesn’t love a necklace half the size of their own head?
Every time you try to take a “going out” selfie, one of you looks completely busted and you have to redo it again.