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Why do all almost my friends end up trying to one-up me in front of girls?

submitted by alacrity167 to whatever 1 dayJun 4, 2025 21:38:43 ago (+16/-1)     (whatever)

I have some PTSD from my middle school friend telling my crush that I looked her up on google street view, something I told him in a moment of honesty. He went and told her and I had to defend myself. I never forgot that, and despite talking to the same friend for another 15 years, I ghosted him last year.

My new friend did the same. I was with an older lady that I was seeing and she is cute and we get along and have good chemistry, and we all met up at the park, us three, and I was trying to do pullups and failed, and my friend immediately sprang up and banged out some pullups, and made comments about my medical condition I told him about in private and about how I'm uncoordinated.

In both cases they were short non-whites. Can somebody explain the thought process of these guys? I always try to make my friends look good in front of girls. Build them up. Why don't they do that for me? What are the wisest solutions you have?

I notice it's typically always borderline incels with no social skills trying to snipe opportunities waiting for me to create them. Short minorities, with weird character traits, etc. Maybe they're jealous cause I'm not short incel?

How do I approach situations like this?


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