Arthur Read

I'm an international student and when I tell some of my friends I'm going overseas to do a PhD later in the year it's sometimes met with responses like "oh ok" or just no response at all like they either don't care or aren't happy for me for whatever reason, or possibly even envy (this is even the case for some friends I've known for a long time.) Having said that, I've also had some friends give me very positive responses like "congrats! I'm so happy excited for you, that's awesome." I think I might just stop telling people (I haven't told that many) or only tell if asked.. Have any of you guys been met with negative responses from others when telling them?