Questions: Family & Friends

Have you ever dealt with friends who are in silent competition with you? How did you notice? What is the best way to deal with friends like that?
What did these friends do? Did they, for example?

* Minimising your success.

* Go mute when you tell them about your success, accomplishment, or just good news?

* Try One-Upping you.

* Show "Copycat" Behaviour. (for example, you tell them about becoming good at playing basketball and suddenly they want to play basketball too when they were no interested before you said/showed you are getting good at it.)

* Forcing Competition: They act as a "rival friend" rather than a supportive peer.

A example, you're interested in dating a woman or guy, and suddenly your friend wants them too or the person to be interested in them more than you or wants their attention as well, claiming the person you want to date is just fun to be around etc).

* Did they maybe try to hijack or try to dismiss a compliment someone else gave you in their presence?

(For example a women complimnting you on your looks and your friend stepping in and tells the woman someing like ''Oh he is just tall, all women love tall guys'' .

Or another example a guy calling you beautifull in front of your friend and your friend telling them ''it's because she is wearing make up''.)

I like to dance SO much. Others like to include me in parties with dancing bc they know I'll get people out of their seats to dance even just a little (including older people who look like they would enjoy it and younger people who tend to be a little awkward about asking for a dance). No matter what, I always end up with my long-time friends and we pull each other into a dance circle as if we're still college kids. We all have a great deal of fun by the end of the evening.

I particularly take care to make sure everyone is able to get a dance in bc frankly finances and lives change so suddenly that you never really know if this is your last chance to see someone or to dance and laugh and share a meal with them.

Others seem to just "politely have one dance" then sit around the rest of the event, sometimes even in silence.

Which type are you?