Part of being a good friend is supporting your mates through the highs and the lows, right?
Well, one woman on Mumsnet has found that her friends don't know how to be happy for her when something good happens in her life after one of her pals decided to try and cut her off because she won a large sum of money and decided to buy a house with it.
The mum shared her story anonymously and explained she did not win the unspecified sum on the lottery, but instead was awarded it as compensation for "something she went through", the Liverpool Echo reports.
Thanks to the windfall, the woman's dream of " buying a house " is now achievable and while she expected her friends to be happy for her, one pal in particular has been giving her the cold shoulder instead.
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She wrote: "I won some money and finally my dream of buying a house is achievable. For context, it's not money won on a lottery, more like compensation I got for something I went through.
"I announced the news to my closest friends. I wasn't bragging or rubbing it in their faces, but I thought they'd be happy for me. Out of these friends, I'm the one on a low income that's kind of been scraping by, the others are better off.
"One friend in particular did not acknowledge it and changed the subject, although I didn't know if it was intentional at the time. I know this friend has been saving up to buy a house for a while.
"However, she lives with family not paying rent and bills and puts everything she can into savings. She has more than enough to put a deposit on the kind of house I'm looking to buy (literally a starter home), but she wants to put a large deposit down on a huge detached house with everything top of the range so it can be her forever home. She is willing to live with relatives and never pay rent until she can achieve this."
The mum approached this friend to ask her for mortgage advice since they're both actively looking for properties, but the other woman brushed her off and has since been ignoring her in their group chat with other friends.
The woman now feels "hurt" and said she doesn't even feel happy about the money she came into, because the event that lead to her getting the cash was "hell".
She added: "I ended up asking her directly about some mortgage stuff before I see a broker as I know she's been researching this lots whereas it's all new to me. She just replied 'IDK' and then moved the conversation on. Since then she's been giving me the cold shoulder in the group chat.
"I feel hurt because it feels like she's not happy for me at all. I went through hell and honestly I wish I never got the money if it meant I didn't go through what I did to be entitled to it. But the moment something good happens in my life she doesn't care. Yet recently I've been happy for her for getting a promotion and doing well in her career.
"I feel like I can't even raise it with her because I will sound crazy asking why she's not happy for me!"
The woman's post was met with hundreds of responses from fellow Mumsnet users, with many telling her she wasn't in the wrong for expecting a more positive response to her good news.
One said: "She sounds spoilt and selfish. Enjoy your new home>"
"She's not a friend. If she were, she'd be happy for you. Jealousy is a horrible trait", a second added.
While a third wrote: "I’ve experienced similar. You have to ask yourself, why would anyone be jealous when the money comes off the back of something negative which has harmed you? That’s a s****y person who likely does not deserve your friendship."
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