The wealthy studio owner envied his broke friendās freedom and spontaneity
Evidence
One day over breakfast when it was just the two of us, Ed must have sensed I was feeling low and he told me he thought I was one of the most successful people he ever knew. Although he had amassed a great business by then, and had many high-profile music friends and clients, he admired my freedom and spontaneous lifestyle. He told me he envied what he observed as my magical life. If good friends and relationship mirror what you are really worth, then I have to admit Iām pretty damn successful and especially grateful for friends like Ed. ā Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs, 143
Categorization
- XREF: Reverses the earlier chaptersā materialist framing of success; echoes the āwhat is success anyway?ā question she opens the chapter with.
- SEED: Essay angle: envy runs both directions between the stable-but-bound and the free-but-broke; what each side romanticizes about the other.