Brianna Gomez

Why would they not want me to be included?

And granted, there's always a one-off if there's a good actual reason for something, like there were only so many seats at the concert or whatever, but like even then, I feel like they should at least let you know and communicate that.

A surefire sign that someone is not a real friend is if they can't cheer for you.

if they see your success and they see your growth and you can kind of tell they're a little bit jealous deep down.

And I know all of us have had someone like that in our life at some point where it feels like anytime we're really happy or thriving, there's someone in the corner kind of side-eyeing us or there's someone who is maybe trying to pretend to be happy for us.

But you can tell that deep down they're actually jealous or resentful of it and you don't even understand why.

Let me tell you this.

This has nothing to do with you.

You have not done anything wrong.

This has

everything to do with them.

Everything to do with them and their lack of growth, their rejection, their lack of willingness to change.

You may be doing your thing, be the happiest you've ever been, and someone might be judging you for it.

They may not believe in you, they may not congratulate you, and that is just...

Why do you feel the need to be in friendships like that?

I feel like I've learned the hard way, you know, over the years I've had people who I felt like I had to be like embarrassed about them knowing about my social media and now the group of girls and friends that I have in my life are so supportive and they genuinely are happy for me and they encourage me and they get excited for me and

And it's just crazy.

Like I have friends who actually listen to my podcast, which kind of makes me cringe, but I love them.

And if they're listening to this, I literally love you.

And it's so weird.