I get jealous of people’s Venmo transactions

[Anonymous]

Is that weird?

I just went on Venmo to pay my son’s math tutor, and I saw one of my work friends pay another work friend for lunch. They obviously had lunch together today, and I got a little pang that they didn’t invite me. I mean, it’s not like I invite all of my colleagues every time I have lunch out. It’s fine. But I was kind of jealous.

Anyone else feel this way? Am I crazy?

[Anonymous]

You're a little bit crazy. But that's okay.

[Anonymous]

social media and its ilk are the devil. The companies are out to make you feel bad about yourself, and then they monetize your FOMO in some way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're a little bit crazy. But that's okay.

Yes, this.

[Anonymous]

This is the downside of social media, for sure! Feeling left out is normal.

[Anonymous]

Yes but not with Venmo. I don’t have Venmo big my spouse does.
Fomo is real though, even if it’s something I didn’t want to do anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is that weird?

I just went on Venmo to pay my son’s math tutor, and I saw one of my work friends pay another work friend for lunch. They obviously had lunch together today, and I got a little pang that they didn’t invite me. I mean, it’s not like I invite all of my colleagues every time I have lunch out. It’s fine. But I was kind of jealous.

Anyone else feel this way? Am I crazy?

You must be crazy. It's obviously why they don't like you and leave you out of the lunch groups. There is pribably a group chat you are not included in too.

[Anonymous]

It escapes me why people make their Venmo transactions available for other people to look at.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It escapes me why people make their Venmo transactions available for other people to look at.

Exactly. This is the real issue here.

[Anonymous]

I would never think to look at someone’s Venmo transactions. It’s odd they made it public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It escapes me why people make their Venmo transactions available for other people to look at.

Exactly. This is the real issue here.

+1. Genuinely curious why people do this. For those who do…why?

Also OP, I totally get feeling left out of a lunch with coworkers you are friendly with. I don’t think that’s crazy. But don’t fixate on it or let negative self talk make it into a bigger thing than it is

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It escapes me why people make their Venmo transactions available for other people to look at.

I figure they must not realize everyone can see their transactions.

[Anonymous]

I don’t friend people on Venmo & all transactions are discreet

No one needs to know what I do & I sure as heck don’t want to know “everyone’s hanging out without me”

Don’t scroll OP! What you felt is natural but avoidable!

[Anonymous]

Yes, I have felt this jealousy myself, sad to say. I think people only make public the “cool” things they do.
I do find it super weird. That venmo even has the option to make these things public. Does absolutely everything we do now need to be a social post?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It escapes me why people make their Venmo transactions available for other people to look at.

It is really super weird.