My best friend got the promotion I wanted and I'm genuinely happy for her but also struggling with feeling like I'm the friend who never quite measures up. She's being careful around me now and I'm being weird around her and we both know it but neither of us wants to say that my jealousy is changing our friendship.
More people experience this than they realize.
Comparison can poison intimacy even when love remains genuine.
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