Social Climbing Woman Shows Her True Colors After Her Friend Notices That She Only Invites The Rich Instead Of Close Friends To Events She Hosts

She gets bashed by an online community

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• Published in Interesting
• January 3, 2023

It can be hard to spot a social climber if you're not aware of the signs, but their intentions and motivations are usually pretty clear. They crave attention and status above all else and will often try to impress others with gifts, possessions, or even stories that may not even be true.

Additionally, they'll target people of influence to form connections and climb the proverbial ladder higher. One telltale sign is they may act differently around different groups of people; by that I mean they'll talk differently or change their interests or values depending on who they're talking to.

So if you ever feel like your friend's personality takes on a new hue when in the company of certain people, then chances are you may have a social climber as a friend! Would you keep them?

Well, that depends on how you feel. If this person is using people, then maybe it's time to let go.

In a recent post on the "Am I The A**hole?" (AITA) subreddit, a woman asked the community if there was something wrong with the thing she said about friends. The issue started when the original poster's (OP's) friend noticed that she's only been inviting rich people to the wine-tasting events she organizes.

Here are the words that hurt her friend:

of course some friendships have additional value. No one has ever claimed all relationships are created equal.

The OP talked about her conversation with a friend.

She only wants the rich kids to come to the wine tasting events.

The words that made her the a-hole.

Most Redditors who responded to this thread agreed that the OP is a user.

The Redditors see no reason for the OP to befriend rich people other than to use them.

Even if the OP defended herself, people still see her as a user.

These rich kids probably know her intentions already.

Friendships with these people are more desirable, because she can use them.

She intentionally chooses these friends because she has a motive.

True. Rich people are trained to sniff people who intend to use them.

This isn't called friendship.

She could've just said it's just for networking. Nothing's wrong with that.

The OP's parents don't have the expertise to label someone as narcissistic.

The OP hurt her friends with her words.

Looks like it.

This person needs to understand the difference between making connections and friendships.

Bashing her circle of friends wasn't necessary.

For this Redditor, the OP is the a-hole for a different reason.

This person will eventually lose real friends if she continues to value friends based on how much money they have.

Indeed she lost a friend. And she'll probably lose even more.

She didn't have to word it that way.

The OP may be denying that she's a user, but the way she acted toward her friend and the words she chose to utter says a lot about her real intentions.

She needs to change her mindset about friendships and stop saying things that will hurt the people close to her. She'll gradually lose her real friends otherwise.

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