[Closed] Anyone else get envious of certain mates?

And when he commits to something he sees it through

except riding his £2k bike 🙂

[i]Anyone else have "friend envy"?[/i]

Nah. swings & roundabouts innit.

I envy your friend, but none of mine really.

Admittedly that's an anomaly for him as he didn't have a plan when he bought it. It was just something he did on a whim (because he could afford to blow the cash).

Normally he'll say something like "I'm going to run X marathon next June" then he'll go away, train and end up doing said marathon.

(which he only has to do a couple of hours a week) and earns six figures

Wow, I wonder what trade he could be in? 😉

He's also a thoroughly decent bloke. Always helping other people. And when he commits to something he sees it through. No dicking about.

Sounds like a good buddy.

Anyone else have "friend envy"?

Nope, I'm better than all of them, and regularly enjoy telling them. 😉

I don't envy anyone who counts me as one of their friends. I have to suffer many things, but at least that isn't one of them. Thank christ!

I can find nothing to like about your mate at all. 😉

All I envy (and this isn't restricted to my friends) is people with perfect eyesight and a full head of hair. The bastards. The amount these two restrictions have held me back is incredible. I'd be a god by now if I had a thick thatch on my head.

Have you got either of those things?

Certainly not jealous of those who are financially and materially better off than me. Have a good looking wife who is still my best mate after 16 years, and two brilliant daughters.

What have I got to be jealous of, someone who drives a £50k car, earns 6 figures and has bragging rights among his peers.

Not a chance, by a county mile!!!

Most of my mates are married/settled with kids whereas I'm single with no ties.

Yeah there are (many) times I envy them.

Is this a roundabout way of asking if anyone knows someone who would be prepared to kill him? For a reasonable price?

Mate who took 2 years off to ride to New Zealand, and mate who lives in a couple hundred acres of West highland wooded Glen, I'd like to do both but would also get pissed off by some aspects of them.

All I envy (and this isn't restricted to my friends) is people with perfect eyesight and a full head of hair. The bastards. The amount these two restrictions have held me back is incredible. I'd be a god by now if I had a thick thatch on my head.

The bastard ticks both those boxes too 😯

hopefully some money-grabbing slut will snap him up and make his life a misery

Thanks to a multibuy offer I now have 3 types of Balhsen Choco Leibniz in the cupboard. As a result I envy no man, though a slightly faster metabolism would ne nice.

A good majority of my mates are degenerate wasters which makes it easier to deal with the few who I would say are genuinely successful.

This did make me think of one character in particular. He has led a fairly dull life, never been much of a drinker or socialiser growing up. He did well but not spectacular through school/collage/Uni (studied economics and business studies etc – all very dull). After Uni he went straight into the big IT firm he had done a year in business with during the course and is still there 12 years down the rd – sales role not a geek. He has a very nice house/car etc but his life is just so dry. Last time we met up we were talking about festivals and when I asked him if he had ever been he said no – he had never slept in a tent! Nice guy but very straight.

Thanks to a multibuy offer I now have 3 types of Balhsen Choco Leibniz in the cupboard

If I was in your position I'd be envious of anybody who'd bought three packs of plain instead.

chakaping - Member

Thanks to a multibuy offer I now have 3 types of Balhsen Choco Leibniz in the cupboard

If I was in your position I'd be envious of anybody who'd bought three packs of plain instead.

Care in the community just isn't working!

there are three types?
milk chocolate, dark chocolate and ?

Yeah, I do, the one that joined up after I did, and sailed through every course, the same one who is now a copper, ( a job I wanted but failed on BMI... ) got a lovely house,wife and kids, ( I can't have kids) and yet all the while has no concept of how lucky he is.

Me on the other hand?

I could fall in a bucket of tits, and still come out sucking a cock. 😡

(which he only has to do a couple of hours a week) and earns six figures

Wow, I wonder what trade he could be in?

Fireman or Teacher, hard to say which.

Has several properties, earns good money - and only works a few hours a week.

He's an MP.

hopefully some money-grabbing slut will snap him up and make his life a misery

Unfortunately he pulls fit birds too! He's pretty bright and I've yet to see him attract someone we have doubts about.

Has several properties, earns good money - and only works a few hours a week.

He's an MP.

Nah, he's straight 😀

Columbian Coke Barron?

Mate of mine rides bikes downhill at speeds I can only dream of, hits gap jumps like they weren't there and doesn't seem afraid of stacking it spectacularly. I envy him!

Nahhhh although I have to add in for a small period in my life I once stood and thought "why am I not.." It soon passed, I'm happy with every decision I've made and am not envious of anyone.

Nope, a few of my close friends are what you could term multi-millionares and i don't envy them in the slightest despite myself working for next to minimum wage and staying in a council house during the week - i'm involved with most of them on a weekly basis and i tend to spend my weekends staying wi one particular couple who own a big hoose in the Galloway countryside(as 1st noted below).

"X" started off as a panel beater but progressed to managing one of the upmarket blue-chip bodyshops in London by the time he was 23, by the time he was 27 he owned the company outright and a massive chunk of Brick Lane property, raced his own rally team to championship victory (BDA Mk2 Escort with no expense spared), partied very hard at the time with a typical 90's extravagant lifestyle, worked even harder...really friggin hard infact. His lovely GF of 30yrs (they're not married - nae kids but 5 dogs) worked the accounts at the business and they retired up here when he was 40, sold the business, all the properties in london and bought a 1000acre shooting estate and farm in one of the nicest Galloway areas, ran the estate and big-big house as an exclusive shooting lodge for a few years but they got a bit fed up of constantly having the sort of people they wouldn't normally socialise with staying in their house every week so that's all packed in now and it's run as a small farm for his prize Highland cattle with the majority of the acre-age let out to other farmers.

I'm up here at the moment for a week, which is why i've been posting a lot more than usual as they are away to disneyworld with his nephews kids, I took a week off work to look after the House, farm, dogs etc..etc.. My entire 1 bedroom bungalow back home roof included, would easily fit in the entrance hallway or the drawing room or the dining room and it's a nice place to roam about - amazing house for parties as there's so much space.

Other friends used to own (or rather their parents did) Orchardton Hall nearish to Dalbeattie but they sold it a while ago as it needed so much work done to it,

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Got other friends who are in similar financially secure positions dotted about this area and beyond - i don't envy them in the slightest as they are my friends......not something i feel the need to be envious about.

I've also got other circles of friends who have fought a life long battle with heroin addiction/alchohol addiction and suchlike who live in very-very different circumstances but they are treated with the same due respect as my so called "rich friends" and i see them regularly as well, I've lost 3 friends to heroin addiction/overdose (all fishermen), one of whom was found dead in Dumfries public toilets a few years ago with a needle in his groin, the previous year a winch on the boat ripped his arm off from the shoulder, the helicopter took 90 minutes to reach him out at sea but he lived, with his compensation money he delved deeper and deeper into addiction and i couldn't do anything to help him so it's not all champagne and pheasant shoots.

Do i Envy my friends?, nah, stupid question.... Do i Admire them?....Hell yes!.

Always someone better off. Always someone worse off. You have to look at the positives in your own life or you'll do your own head in!

I've got a mate who's pretty much the smartest bloke i know, in a calm, cool calculating kinda way, earns enough now to be considering 'tax efficient' ways of being paid etc.

I love him to bits and he's a great control subject to measure my ambition against if i had no compassion, morals, girlfriend or daughter.

From my perspective my 'sacrifices' have been absolutely worth it. I don't have to live in London either.

Comparing achievements though, he kicks my arse,

I envy their talent. But it's more admiration really not resentment.

I reckon my life is fairly "sorted" without being anywhere near as wealthy as your mate. The mates that I envy are the ones that are younger than me (that'll be all of them then) as you can't buy back youth.

I have no friends

Must be lucky

brakes - Member
there are three types?
milk chocolate, dark chocolate and ?

orange chocolate, dark chocolate. There may me others too.

OP, I'm guessing your mate is a professional footballer?

I only have one friend I envy and that's because her life is almost exactly the same as mine but she has a baby, so I have baby envy more than anything. I have married friends, single friends, rich friends, poor friends and carefree friends but I can take or leave being envious of what they have. Mostly I reckon I've got it better for me personally. So it's just that one friend I'm envious of.

I had a friend who played drums a few times for a crap pub band, who once had a temporary keyboard player who used to play in a Flock of Seagulls. For a bit.
I don't see him anymore. I wanted to hit him with a spade, I was so jealous.

Not me. Everyone I've envied in the past has finally display some kind of tendancy to disappoint others. I finally reached an acceptance that I'm happy with my life and being envious of other people is just a complete waste of time.

I have lots of friends I envy, mainly because they have children. I have lots of money but being a fat middle aged single gay man somewhat limits my horizons when it comes to having kids. I would give my right arm to have the chance to be a good father to someone. I guess I can be a great uncle instead, and you can hand them back at the end of the day right? 🙂

The only people I envy are those with good health and I really should quit feeling sorry for myself now and again.

randomjeremy - that's a sad post. 🙁 Have you looked into adoption?

I'm a teeny bit envious of my riding mate. He's slim, & fitter than me (but I'm faster down 'some' hills) he's got a proper nice house, no mortgage, 2 houses he rents out, no ties (ie, no brats, which is his/their choice) lovely wife, (but so have I) but mostly I'm envious of his climbing ability. He's like a mountain goat, albeit a 47 yr old one!
Git.

I have a little but of envy of the majority of my friends for one reason or another. Admiration more than anything. Bits of my life may be of envy too, probably nothing to admire though.

I would give my right arm to have the chance to be a good father to someone.

To answer no not really envious of anyone but i would take some folks riding abilities but they have generally worked harder than me to have them.

I used to, but as Dezb said, swings and roundabouts,