Las post for today: Are you a jealous person?

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24 Dec 2008, 2:29 am

ike wrote:
Nothing. Ever.

Though I make a distinction between what I call jealousy and envy.

Envy = I wish I had x that person y has.

Jealousy = Damn person y, that x belongs to me and me alone! He can not have it!

I experience plenty of envy. I have never experienced an ounce of jealousy.


I experience some envy, not a lot though, and next to no jealousy. I guard my possessions jealously (particularly my musical instruments; the only way someone gets near them is if I'm in the room with them, holding a knife to their throat until they return said instrument), but since I don't own anyone, the idea of jealousy in relation to people makes no sense to me.


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24 Dec 2008, 4:37 am

Yes, I can be a jealous person, however I tend to be more envious than I do jealous. With me, whenever I get jealous I feel that the person I'm targeting my jealousy at doesn't deserve to either be where they are in life nor do they deserve all the attention they're getting because to me they don't do sh*t except to f*ck others over on their quest to the top when I had to actually work and fight like f*ckin' hell to get where I need to be whether others like it or not and I do it fair and square and blah blah blah. This part is where I start to wonder if the jealousy turns into some self-entitlement complex I managed to get due to my being ostracized in grade-most of high school. :?



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24 Dec 2008, 6:50 am

I used to be envious of others for many years until I realized that their lives are even more boring and unpleasant than mine.


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24 Dec 2008, 9:33 am

I used to be ,and sometimes the feeling grows so strong
that I cannot handle it. :?