You want to share your joy with someone you trust, and instead, you're met with resentment disguised as silence, passive-aggressiveness, or fake enthusiasm. It stings— because you realize they weren’t rooting for you. They were only comfortable when you were struggling too.

A real friend celebrates you, even when their own life is hard. That’s love. Anything less? That’s insecurity and bitterness dressed up as friendship. Hard pill, but lesson learned.