"If I can't have it, neither can you."
Sadly, we, Filipinos have the tendency to be pros at crab mentality. We have a society to find it hard to be happy for our fellow Filipinos who found their way to Easy Street.
You can call that insecurity, or maybe you just don't like me. I don't really know. But hearing comments that are, more often than not, negative, is getting on my nerves. "Oh, she's a social climber." "Siguro kung anong trabaho lang ginagawa nya dun." "Buntis siguro kaya biglang alis." Dear villagers of the crabby land, why can't we just focus on the blue sky? I am having a great life right now. I'm working at a brokerage company. And I am definitely and seriously NOT pregnant. Well, I really could not blame the sour grapers. I'm currently earning twice the salary of a college graduate, buying anything I want, a US citizen, and have a boyfriend who I'm sure loves me no matter what (if you know what I mean).
We should un-learn harder this trait that is somehow embedded in our culture. Let us all give "I am happy for you" a more serious shot. So, go ahead, make amends to your former schoolmate who is now happy and living a life that some people have always wanted. Nevermind that she said hi to you in LB.
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