Is there a word for being happy for someone And envious or

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Sad for yourself all at the same time?

That’s about how I’d describe news of family or friends/acquaintances entering new relationships or getting engaged or married.

Figured if there was a word for that Someone HERE would know it. :p Hmm, maybe it exists in another language or culture?

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

Denial.

The nearest word I can think of is "bittersweet" because it denotes both positive and negative emotions at the same time.

Jealousy maybe?

It’s not jealousy/envy.

It’s closest to “bittersweet.”

Bittersweet is a good word to describe it.

I'm often bittersweet. When I was younger I'd get jealous when my cousins were seeing their friends instead of me. People accused me of trying to rule their lives or being extremely clingy, but it wasn't really that at all. It was the fact that I felt lonely and left out and that I really wanted to be doing things with friends too but couldn't, because nobody wanted to be my friend. Except for my cousins, which was why I suffered devastation when they done other things. Maybe the correct word for me is "envious".

It's a bit like if my cousin (who is like my best friend) get pregnant. I don't think I'll know how to shake the jealousy off. She's always banging on about having a baby one day and she's happily in a relationship with a guy. I know I am too, but I can't ever see myself getting pregnant, not with all the sensory issues I have and extreme hypersensitivity to pain. But then I get envious about other people my age getting pregnant.

Hello, Joe90...I understand the "bittersweet" feeling...To be happy for those, while at the same time sad for that which you don't have...And no, it is NOT jealousy...

I know, because i attended many, many, many happy weddings in the course of my life-time...And i was genuinely happy for the couple...Yet, at the same time, i was sad for me...I always believed in love; i just did not believe that it existed for me...

With respect to pregnancy, at least it is your choice NOT to have children...I don't have that choice...You see, i met my beloved husband until my late 40's...(I had lost my reproductive organs at a young age, appx one decade before)...Still, i am grateful to God that i was a "Substitute Mom" to my beloved niece and my beloved nephew, when i helped in their upbringing for approximately one decade...I am beyond grateful to God also for my husband's children...At present-time, they do not live with us; but i remain hopeful...Have you considered adoption???...An autistic child, perhaps...???...Just a thought...Greetings from California...And have a blessed Sunday...

There is a great need for foster parents.

Fostering isn't the same as adoption or having a child of your own. Usually fostered children come and go and are often troubled or can have behaviour problems. I know a woman who is fostering, and some of the children she's fostered in the past were such a handful. There was one child she got really attached to and was really upset when the child got adopted by a grandparent.

No, fostering isn't the same. I just want a baby of my own.