A year later, I posted just one thing online that made him apologize.

After the class reunion, I learned many lessons about friendship as we grow older.

* Below is what Mr. Muc (39 years old) shared on the 163.com platform:

I am a person who values ​​friendship very much. With the friends I love, I always want to maintain a good relationship with them. However, over time I realized that human life is really busy, no matter how good friendship is, it will change over time and space, and eventually can become strangers.

To talk a little about myself, my family's finances are quite stable. My wife is a primary school teacher, and I work in a software engineering company. My monthly income is 35,000 yuan (about 124 million VND), so our family's expenses are not too much of a concern.

A few days ago, the college class chat group that had been silent for years suddenly became active again. It turned out that the classmates were discussing organizing a class reunion to celebrate graduation.

It didn't take long for everyone to decide where to meet for the reunion. At first, I was hesitant about whether I should go or not, but after checking my personal schedule, I agreed because the reunion fell on a day off.

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For me, attending a class reunion is an important event. On the day of the reunion, I initially planned to wear a fancy suit and a fancy watch, but my wife made me change my clothes, only let me wear simple clothes and bring a cheap phone. My wife said that at class reunions, I shouldn't show off my finances too much. At first, I thought my wife was overthinking things, but then I agreed because I understood that she meant well.

The reunion venue happened to be quite close to my house, so I walked straight there. When I arrived, most of my classmates were already there. Among my classmates, I paid the most attention to Xiao Li - the guy who had stayed with me in the dormitory and was quite close to me. At this time, Xiao Li was wearing a suit and leather shoes, he looked really well-dressed. After my former dormitory friends sat down at a table, we discovered that everyone was wearing casual clothes, except for Xiao Li.

The class reunion began. I heard some classmates around me gossiping about who drove which fancy car to class, who still rode a motorbike. Hearing their discussion, I decided not to reveal that I came here on foot to avoid hearing unpleasant comments.

Then I heard my classmates talking about which classmate was wearing expensive clothes or who was carrying a designer bag. I didn't want to listen to this useless conversation anymore. I thought to myself that I was lucky that I had dressed modestly to the reunion, thus avoiding being the "center of attention" of this crowd.

My perspective gradually shifted to Xiao Li. I noticed that he rarely sat in his seat, but often walked around among his wealthy classmates. I understood that for Xiao Li and many other classmates, this party had become a place for them to build relationships, not simply to meet old friends and ask about each other's lives.

However, what surprised me was that Xiao Li didn't seem interested in talking to me, despite the fact that in the past, he and I had been close friends.

A while later, while I was eating, Xiao Li also took the initiative to come over and chat with me and ask about my life. I was happy to see an old friend, so I answered him a few polite questions. A moment later, Xiao Li leaned into my ear and asked quietly, "My friend, it's been a long time since I've seen you. How is your monthly income now?"

At first, I was quite excited and wanted to tell the truth about my salary. But after remembering my wife's advice to be modest, I hesitantly replied, "I only earn 3,000 yuan (about 10 million VND)." Hearing this, Xiao Li's attitude towards me completely changed, from enthusiastic to indifferent. He stopped talking to me and started inviting other people to drink.

I expected a friendlier reaction from my once close friend when I heard about my salary, but Xiao Li's actions completely disappointed me.

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After dinner, I returned home. My phone vibrated with notifications from my classmates. I happened to remember Xiao Li's actions during the meal today, so I went to his messages. Surprisingly, Xiao Li had blocked me. I immediately understood what was going on. He blocked me because perhaps in his eyes, someone who earned a salary of 3,000 yuan would not bring Xiao Li any value in work and life. I was a little angry at Xiao Li, but then I thought again, a friend like him was not worth my concern.

A year later, after completing a major company project and paying off my mortgage, I started sharing my personal life on social media. I posted pictures of my big house and new car in my social media friends circle. Not long after, I saw Xiao Li proactively sending me a friend request, and even apologized for actively blocking me years ago.

However, I firmly pretended not to see him and did not reply to this person's message. I understood that Xiao Li and I were completely different. I would never want to be someone like him, someone who only looked at someone's appearance and wealth to find a way to get close to them. And from the moment I found out that he blocked me just because my salary was not high, I decided that I would never have any more interactions with this person.

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