Jealousy (boyfriend, advice, ugly, friend)

[TaoistDude]

Originally Posted by BKSnook

Quote is very true.

But you can also cure jealousy by not giving a $hit.

Yes, because you'll be concerned with a more pressing issue: constipation.

I have mixed thoughts about jealousy. On the one hand, it can be a very destructive force both personally and for a relationship if taken to excess. On the other, it's an emotion that evolved for a purpose, which is to help you prevent your significant other from straying and devoting precious resources to someone else.

[BKSnook]

Originally Posted by TaoistDude

Yes, because you'll be concerned with a more pressing issue: constipation.

Giving and taking are opposites

There are different forms of jealousy.

[crisan]

Originally Posted by PJ8

I have a quote-a-day desk calendar. Here is yesterday's quote:

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self. - Joan Didion


I think it's quite profound. What are your thoughts on this?

It is profound but I agree with Raging-Hetero. Understanding where it comes from doesn't cure it. It is doing something about it.

[Garfunkle524]

Jealousy is too emotional to be cured by realization alone.

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by PJ8

I have a quote-a-day desk calendar. Here is yesterday's quote:

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self. - Joan Didion


I think it's quite profound. What are your thoughts on this?

Completely agree, this is profound.

Sadly, the very folks who need to understand this truism the most are the very ones who won't "get" it

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by crisan

It is profound but I agree with Raging-Hetero. Understanding where it comes from doesn't cure it. It is doing something about it.

But you can't change or fix what you won't acknowledge.

Understanding that it all begins within, IS the way to a cure for what ails you

[FrmlyBklyn]

Originally Posted by BKSnook

Quote is very true.

But you can also cure jealousy by not giving a $hit.

No - you cure jealousy by living a good life and not giving a $hit.

[BKSnook]

Originally Posted by FrmlyBklyn

No - you cure jealousy by living a good life and not giving a $hit.

That is what I prefer to do.

But you could cure jealousy by living a "bad life" and not giving a $hit.

[PJSaturn]

Originally Posted by lovesMountains

But you can't change or fix what you won't acknowledge.

Understanding that it all begins within, IS the way to a cure for what ails you

Bingo!

[Northside904]

PJ8 is right on target. People who aren't happy with themselves tend to hate on others. If you're satisfied with where you're at in life, you shouldn't be envious of those who are doing better than you.