You're right that I'm projecting. This is based on personal experience many individuals I've known who have made this complaint while lacking self-awareness of

You're right that I'm projecting. This is based on personal experience many individuals I've known who have made this complaint while lacking self-awareness of how their own attitudes and victim mentality have caused them to miss opportunities, so then their "bad luck" becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. On your other points, you are wrong. I hyphenated "sour-grapes" due its use as an adjective.