Do you indulge in begrudgery.

pragmatic1

I try not to but cant help it a lot of the time. Its not jealousy or envy, I just dont like to see some people doing better than me. When its people who I know have worked hard or people I think deserve their success I'm genuinely happy for them. But when its people who I think have got things way too easy, it fcukin irks me. I know its not a good quality but do any other AHers get the same thing.

easyeason3

I begrudge people I hate. I don't care if they did earn it or deserve it they will still be a **** in my book.

Badgermonkey

Annoys me how the word itself is lobbed about in Ireland as a catch-all slur to silence valid criticism.

Sure, it isn't too attractive a trait but it's as much part of human nature as empathy or suchlike.

Derek Mooney €242,000 per annum, I begrudge that.

Byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Saila

I seriously read that title as "do you indulge in buggery?" must be all the schenanigens going on lately

flyingoutside

Saila wrote: »

I seriously read that title as "do you indulge in buggery?" must be all the schenanigens going on lately

Well do you indulge in buggery?

joshrogan

Oh you think you're so great with your 1.9k posts don't you pragmatic1!? You never post anything meaningful and you're nearly at the 2k mark!

Saila

flyingoutside wrote: »

Well do you indulge in buggery?

only with women

fryup

the irish are a nation of begrudgers it dates back to our peasant past

pragmatic1

joshrogan wrote: »

Oh you think you're so great with your 1.9k posts don't you pragmatic1!? You never post anything meaningful and you're nearly at the 2k mark!

Haters gonna hate.

TanG411

I praise those who work for their success. If somebody fights to be the best in a field I have little or no interest in then fair to play them. If its in a field I am interested in, then I'll praise them once they beat me fair and square.

Solnskaya

yes, yes I do. Feck you and your post count, sure I knew your people, and they were raised on the side of the road, with 10 posts to their name. Jumped up greedy post hogging chancer.

Darlughda

Only if the person in question gloats about it endlessly, and seems to think that their success is due to them being some kind of superior person, rather than a person who has the resources available to them at the time to engage with lucky opportunities.

Saila

poll fail ffs

paddyandy

Success in life how do you measure it ? I don't believe anyone is happy but lots of people like lots of other people to think they are.I see them strutting on grafton street every day and i look into their eyes as i walk past and they are not happy.iF you were a happy person you would put no effort into anything but people seem to spend endless time and effort into preparations of one kind or another for something or other.I don't seriously envy any person.All honour and success is a burden here in ireland especially because irish society is very intimate or cheek by jowl as different to london where people are only superficially interested in one another most of the time. I used to live there.

Kojak

Sure isn't ireland famous for its begrudgery?

I think I seen that on an ad for irish tourism.

pragmatic1

paddyandy wrote: »

Success in life how do you measure it ? I don't believe anyone is happy but lots of people like lots of other people to think they are.I see them strutting on grafton street every day and i look into their eyes as i walk past and they are not happy.iF you were a happy person you would put no effort into anything but people seem to spend endless time and effort into preparations of one kind or another for something or other.I don't seriously envy any person.All honour and success is a burden here in ireland especially because irish society is very intimate or cheek by jowl as different to london where people are only superficially interested in one another most of the time. I used to live there.

No its nothing to do with envy or jealousy. I dont care what anyone else has, its the fact that they might have more than me. A few of my mates would be the same. Like if we see someone with an expensive car drive past, no one will say wow thats a beautiful car. It'll be look at that flash cnut. What a tosser.

Show Time

Karma is indeed a bitch as i have found that over time anyone who has messed me about always has some form of misfortune come their way.


I should add i then enjoy a good gloat when that person has their comeuppance.

SparKing

Indulge?
I thought it was mandatory, only the scope of peoples begrudery changes.
When I see someone get anything I think they didn't deserve or earn in some way, I begrudge them their gain.
Disclaimer: Unless it's a friend or relative, then I'm totally happy for them

mandrake04

Kojak wrote: »

Sure isn't ireland famous for its begrudgery?

I think I seen that on an ad for irish tourism.

Gerry Ryan used to say that the Irish were awful begrudgers, I think he was right.

Sure you only have read some of the threads from AH to see it.