Why do people get jealous?

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  • WildChildRose
    WildChildRose Posts: 568
    in_hiding79 wrote:
    It is a natural emotion, but seriously, some people take it too far and gets out of hand!

    thats true. did someone do something to you recently because of jealousy?
    "I'll ride the wave where it takes me.."
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    genie wrote:
    oh, yes i'm sorry i forgot you like pizza :D


    lol afterwards maybe
  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    As other wise folks have said, it's just a manifestation of insecurity.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    i wish i was ur husband for a few long nights


    wouldnt that interfere with your haircut schedule?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    seriously, the concern is over length, which is irrelevant. it's all about girth.

    :D


    actually I think people get jealous because they don't really ever get their fill of cake. like Steinbeck said "there is a whole mountain of cake, and some people still will not eat their fill" (east of eden) so, even if they are not hungry - they have to be envious of what they DONT have...sad really.
    IF YOU WANT A PLATE OF MY BEEF SWELLINGTON, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE COVERCHARGE.
  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    failedpersephone wrote:
    it's all about girth.

    word. :D
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    failedpersephone wrote:
    seriously, the concern is over length, which is irrelevant. it's all about girth.

    :D


    actually I think people get jealous because they don't really ever get their fill of cake. like Steinbeck said "there is a whole mountain of cake, and some people still will not eat their fill" (east of eden) so, even if they are not hungry - they have to be envious of what they DONT have...sad really.

    sad?

    so you think it's sad for someone to want to know what love is?

    do you think it's sad for a homeless person to have stable home to go to?

    do you think it's sad for sad for 40 year old virgin to want to have sex?

    do you think it's sad for a woman who can't have children to want to have a baby?

    do you think it's sad for a deformed person to what to be normal?

    the list can go on.
  • in_hiding79
    in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    failedpersephone wrote:
    seriously, the concern is over length, which is irrelevant. it's all about girth.

    :D


    actually I think people get jealous because they don't really ever get their fill of cake. like Steinbeck said "there is a whole mountain of cake, and some people still will not eat their fill" (east of eden) so, even if they are not hungry - they have to be envious of what they DONT have...sad really.

    Very Sad...
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    i was raised the same way. jealously is a wasted emotion, in my opinion. even people that seem to have it all might be seriously jacked up behind closed doors, so no point in bothering really.



    agreed.

    sure, i may look at others and admire/appreciate what they have...but not jealous b/c you just don't know what else is going on in their lives. i think more than anything jealousy is an insecurity issue. if you are jealous, you must not feel happy/content with yourself and/or your situation, whatever it may be. sure, we all want to strive for more...but true jealousy is above and beyond that. definitely a wasted/pointless emotion, it changes nothing but can drive you nuts i would imagine!
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    in_hiding79 wrote:
    Very Sad...

    i see, so would you still say "very sad" if you were an orphan and your parents gave you over into a childrens home because they didn't want you.

    then picture yourself being really alone, and then one day seeing this kid who get picked up by his/her parents, and you don't, kid who's parents come to school parent's meeting, and your's don't.......so pictured it yet?

    there you go, that's what envy feels like
  • chinobaeza
    chinobaeza Santiago Posts: 2,489
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    ummmmmmm noooooooooo lol
    love honesty :D
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    decides2dream wrote:
    agreed.

    sure, i may look at others and admire/appreciate what they have...but not jealous b/c you just don't know what else is going on in their lives. i think more than anything jealousy is an insecurity issue. if you are jealous, you must not feel happy/content with yourself and/or your situation, whatever it may be. sure, we all want to strive for more...but true jealousy is above and beyond that. definitely a wasted/pointless emotion, it changes nothing but can drive you nuts i would imagine!

    you said it for me in your post, jealousy will drive people to strive for more, which is a good thing in the end.
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    insecurity
  • in_hiding79
    in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    chinobaeza wrote:
    love honesty :D


    NY PJ1 is very honest!!
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    failedpersephone wrote:
    seriously, the concern is over length, which is irrelevant. it's all about girth.

    :D


    actually I think people get jealous because they don't really ever get their fill of cake. like Steinbeck said "there is a whole mountain of cake, and some people still will not eat their fill" (east of eden) so, even if they are not hungry - they have to be envious of what they DONT have...sad really.
    "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death."
    Where is mookie when you land a great fag-hag joke....

    Genie makes alot of sense here.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    genie wrote:
    you said it for me in your post, jealousy will drive people to strive for more, which is a good thing in the end.



    decides2dream wrote:
    agreed.

    sure, i may look at others and admire/appreciate what they have...but not jealous b/c you just don't know what else is going on in their lives. i think more than anything jealousy is an insecurity issue. if you are jealous, you must not feel happy/content with yourself and/or your situation, whatever it may be. sure, we all want to strive for more...but true jealousy is above and beyond that. definitely a wasted/pointless emotion, it changes nothing but can drive you nuts i would imagine!



    i do NOT see jealousy in a positive light, at ALL. jealousy is petty, rooted in insecurity imho. to strive for more in life is to believe you DESERVE more, want more, work for more....jealousy has nothing to do with it. perhaps SOME people may get 'motivated' by jealousy...but for most, i think it poison.
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    TrixieCat wrote:
    "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death."
    Where is mookie when you land a great fag-hag joke....

    Genie makes alot of sense here.
    lol Auntie Mame
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    TrixieCat wrote:

    Genie makes alot of sense here.

    i'm sorry are you saying it seriously or as sarcatic joke? :confused:

    because i would assume most people would be against me in here
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    genie wrote:
    i'm sorry are you saying it seriously or as sarcatic joke? :confused:

    because i would assume most people would be against me in here
    No, I am serious.
    But I really think the OP is thinking more along the lines of the real shallow type of jealousy and not what you are thinking...the envy of just wanting to be like others or knowing you are not a stranger to the human race. I dig what you are saying.


    And Saturnal...nice! ;)
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • in_hiding79
    in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    TrixieCat wrote:
    No, I am serious.
    But I really think the OP is thinking more along the lines of the real shallow type of jealousy and not what you are thinking...the envy of just wanting to be like others or knowing you are not a stranger to the human race. I dig what you are saying.


    And Saturnal...nice! ;)

    Actually I mean all types of jealousy...jealousy period!
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."

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