I don't know what it is, but lately I've been becoming more and more easily annoyed by people who brag. I have always tried to be a humble person who doesn't act like I'm better than others, yet I feel like people are always trying to challange and compete with me. Isn't that a sign of jealousy on their part? Like for example...this one girl knows I've been pretty close friends with these 2 guys for years now, and she's just started to get to know them for less than a year. For some reason she's got this thing about letting me know about every single time she hangs out with them. It's always "guess who I was with last night", "I went to the movies with..." (one or both of the guys) She seems to enjoy the fact that lately she's been hanging out with them more than I do. Wow, good for her, she has a couple new friends. I'm not competing for them, they've been friends with me far longer than her. It's like she's trying to make me jealous of something I've had all along. The only thing that really bothers me about this, is that one of the guys is 4 years older than she is, and the other is 5 years older. I just think it would be better for her to hang with people closer to her age. That's just one of the many things bugging me lately: girls trying to have as many/more guy friends than I do like it's some kind of game...having more friends of the opposite sex makes you cooler. I just think that's wrong on so many levels. Why is a friend of the opposite sex better than one of the same? To me that shows what's really on their mind's, if you know what I mean. So that's one of the things annoying me right now. I could keep going on more with all kinds of stuff, but I already sound like a jerk. It's nice to be able to vent for once. :-

Hahaha, sounds like a lot of the youth I mentor. I always hear things from some 15 y/o "Guess who I hung out with today!" or the famous "Guess what?!" "What?" "I'm dating some guy who is like 6 years older tham me!" "Good for you"...

I know it sounds bad but sometimes I just wanna slap the daylights out of these people. It's especially frustraiting when I talk to them for hours and hours about seeking God first, and just when you think they are starting to listen to you, they go do something so stupid that it makes you feel like you've just wasted good Nintendo time on them.

The fact is, some people are just young and immature. From the sound of it, it seems like shes just trying to make you jealous. Like shes hanging out with them and you're not. Even if she isn't aware of the actions she is doing, it seems to be natural in young teenage girls these days. *shakes head*

CJ

i don't know if this is totally off-base, but i'm gonna suggest something to you. :) C.S. Lewis once said that pride was a sin that the more you noticed in other people, the more you most likely had it in you yourself.

i know pride isn't exactly the same as being a braggert, but there are some of the same qualities. i will be praying that you figure out what in you has changed that you no longer can stand this type of behavior in others. :)

That's just one of the many things bugging me lately: girls trying to have as many/more guy friends than I do like it's some kind of game...having more friends of the opposite sex makes you cooler.
^Haha, that is so not me. ;D
Anyways, I know people like that and it bugs. Blah. Like, it's crazy, I have this one friend, and she seems to just happen to like some guy everytime she finds out that him and one of our friends are going out or whatnot and that doesn't really have much to do with your situation, well, sorta, but yeah, it bugs. I'll pray for you! And her. And them. ;D