I'll keep it brief and I'll post anonymous for obvious reasons, but I have problems with family relatives genuinely despising me. I don't feel conceited or arrogant; I really want to connect with family. But I feel my circumstances now make this impossible. I have a wife and kids of my own; I'm happy, I have a very solid well paying career in excess of 150K per year. Mind you, I started at entry level and worked my way to this point after 14 years. This affords me some of life's more convenient luxuries.
But every time I visit family relatives or share of our recent activities, I receive snide comments like "oh it must be so easy for you" or "you don't know what it's like to work for a living". I get the impression that relatives feel judged by my very presence and are otherwise snarky or insincere. I visit and make an effort to buy things for relatives... I don't feel I've personally changed as a person, so what gives?
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The most disgusting person is somebody who believes they are better than others for non existent or non mandatory reasons. I don't hate poor people.
Jesus was poor. St. Francis Assisi was poor. Anne Frank was poor. Rosa Parks was poor.
Hitler was rich. Mohamed Ben Sheikh is rich. Kim Jung is rich. Sadam Hussein was rich.
I didn't say I believe im better. I started out with modest upbringing. But in my current state, no matter what I do, people perceive me to be "rich" or well off.
I don’t personally despise people who have been more successful in life, but I know what you’re talking about. I’ve had certain family members act the same way towards me. I just think it’s their jealousy that makes them so horrible. I don’t think they despise you, I think they just wish they were in your position.