I live in a very small community outside of the US so sometimes ignoring people doesn't really work. I'm going to be seeing the same people around town and at community events that I regularly go to. I get a lot of judgement for eating frugally and not throwing money onto a lavish lifestyle and for saying things that show how I grew up struggling. Now that I've come into more money and a steady job living frugally isn't even a choice, it's all I know how to do.
I get sweaty and anxious when I think about buying a bar of chocolate while my peers regularly shell out for imported wines and fancy dates and events. I frequently am judged for my patched clothes and 'ratty' hair (not professionally cut and styled). Thankfully my friends think like I do but I can't really stand being around people who live so much outside their means then judge me for not doing the same.
How should I approach these situations? I don't even know what to say to these people. Usually I blow up and call them out or call them some unsavoury thing and I don't get a lot of backup with that method lol.
February 03, 2019 at 06:49AM
