u/ITSBEVNIEMVN

So I moved to this new city around 6 years ago at the end of my 6th grade year (I’m 16) and I met my best friend (we’ll call him Zelus for privacy sake) who was also pretty much my neighbor at the time. We became really good friends and he encouraged me to show my nerdy self in public rather than trying to be cool. In my first 9th grade year I moved and became homeschooled. And when my house burned down he was the first person I texted and I cried to him and he even offered a place for me to crash for like a week and clothes while I was going through it. Overall an AMAZING kid.

But that’s just the thing. He’s such a good kid that my grandparents (whom I live with) always compare me to him and use him as an example for the kid I’m supposed to be and I’ve just distanced myself from him because of it.

I get it, I was never a good kid. I don’t listen sometimes and I talk back whenever I need. But comparing me to my own best friend all the damn time is so unremarkably fucked.

I love him like a brother but I’m so filled with jealousy for him and envy that I don’t know what to do because I want to keep our friendship but I don’t want to accidentally hurt him somehow because of my stupid emotions.

So again I ask, am I the asshole for being envious of my best friend?

What did u/ITSBEVNIEMVN draw?

My teirlist (the only right one)

Hmm

AITAH for envying my best friend even though he’s helped me through all of my hardships?