We all know this type of person. You got into college, they just received a huge scholarship. You got an internship, they just got an amazing job at a large company. We all have a one-upper in our lives.
This summer, I studied abroad for a month in Italy, Austria, and Poland. It was the experience of a lifetime.
A guy I know from back home went on vacation for 2 weeks in Germany and when I got back, he was claiming that he also "studied abroad" even though he didn't take a single class. He also returned weeks before me, yet waited until the day I got back to post any pictures online.
Of course, he is so smart that his college paid for the entire trip. I had never even seen my trip as something to brag about. I was so happy just being able to go on this trip that I wasn't even thinking about what other people would think. But seeing him trying to undermine my experience was incredibly upsetting. This wasn't the first time he had done something like this. Actually, this was just the reality of being around him.
Surprisingly, a lot of people are like this. They just have to be the best at everything and sometimes it can break you down.
The thing you have to remember when dealing with people like this is that they're lives are probably incredibly pathetic. Everything that they do is just to impress people.
You can't let anything they say get to you and you shouldn't take anything they say seriously because they're probably exaggerating. You live your life so that you can be happy and be the best person you can be. Most people can easily see past the deceit.
