Clout abuse

I honestly thought I was being the bigger person because it was clear to me I have more than those I hung out with because they seemed like real people. But it turns out they were only in my life for some kind of sick and twisted version of financial abuse or, I'm going to coin it "clout abuse" so they feel special. Once I started to hold boundaries (i.e. asking them to reciprocate the time and effort as I put in) people just ignored me or didn't bother to acknowledging me. Sometimes they blatantly ghosted me for either accomplishing something "again" or "more of" in their eyes or when I am going through a bad patch in my life.Advice please (+ long post): once out of the fog, I realized many of my 'friends' were horrible users. : LifeAfterNarcissism (reddit.com)
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