Dear Miriam,

OUR best friends have gone all funny with us since we told them we're buying a new house.

My boyfriend came into a bit of money when his gran died and it's enough for us to get a mortgage on the place we want.

Instead of being pleased, they have been sniping at us ever since they found out.

They jeer that "it's all right for some" and say my boyfriend didn't deserve the inheritance and his gran must have been losing her marbles to have left it to him.

My boyfriend says they're just jealous and they'll get over it but I'm really upset by them.

How can they be true friends if they're so grudging about our good fortune? Should we just ignore them from now on?