Entitled woman demands fellow book club member stop bringing homemade snacks because hers "look bad" in comparison: 'She said going forward everyone should stick to "simple store bought options" so it's "fair to everyone."'

Life is not fair.

When you feel inadequate when compared to somebody else, you really only have two options on how to deal with that feeling. You can either work to improve the area you're insecure about or you can accept who you are and find peace with it. The way you approach this has everything to do with the source of the inadequacy. If you feel like a failure because you aspire to become a runway model, but you're five feet tall, it might be best that you accept the fact that you'll never be Tyra Banks and try to find opportunities that are more suited for you. You may never stomp the runways at fashion week, but you could be in a print ad for Belk!

Most people who feel deeply inadequate because they're comparing themselves to others don't reflect enough to overcome this insecurity. They're more likely to internalize this feeling and use it to make self-deprecating judgments about their self-worth. They might also project this feeling of inadequacy outward toward the person who made them feel this way, even though the object of their jealousy was merely living their life and did nothing wrong.

It's one thing to feel insecure and jealous when someone achieves something you didn't. It's a whole other thing to try to drag them down to your level and forbid them from doing something that makes them exceptional. The latter is much more unforgivable.

The woman in this story wanted to bring her fellow book club member down to her level. She was painfully insecure about another woman bringing homemade treats to book club after she had only brought store-bought treats. She let everyone in the club know exactly how bad that made her feel.
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