instances of jealousy or envy that have stuck in your memory ?

[moon man]

Everyone has had moments of jealousy or envy ,two negative sounding words i suppose but sometimes you may just be inspired to achieve a certain thing ,position in life or posses a certain object .

My question is have you had instances of jealousy or envy that have stuck in your memory ?

One of mine is when i was in my early twenty's back in west Yorkshire ,long term unemployed ,zero self confidence ,was walking up to a pub and a young good looking lad (his family owned a local dealership) was just leaving in a 911 ,original air cooled ,he was chatting to the bouncers who obviously let him park in his own spot away from the car park ,he opened the door for his very hot girlfriend ,walked round ,got in started the engine with the door still opened and gunned it a few times (to listen to the exhaust note ,why wouldn't you) ,i was just so jealous on so many levels ,not for the shallow reasons like the car ,just he seemed so sorted compared to my life that was ,an alcohol and pill fuelled directionless haze at the time

but it was a very bad time in my life.,and ive achieved a lot since then ,you had any moments or is jealousy a thing you dont do ?

 

[Dis86]

See, things like that don't make me jealous they make me sad and angry. He's probably done nothing in his life to earn that car or the attractive lady whereas some people work their arses off and get nothing. It's those people who I feel for.

 

[chaparral]

Maybe stupid but i kind of get jealous sometimes of some people that just have a kid and then just live on benefits and basically get a house given to them for free and only ever worked a few months in there life

 

[Efour]

Actually a good question.....

I find it hard to be jealous or envious of others material things because i know i could easily afford them if i wanted them. I have zero interest in cars. I appreciate them but... Yeah 4 wheels, ok..

I guess a close Family. I see People with the model cliche family and sometimes, for a split second, i think oh that would be nice to have, then i snap out of it

Remembering a jealous event in my life... Probably just women envy, this bird i really liked at collage i did all the ground work with and technically friend zoned myself, then she ended up going off with my best mate at the time, which was fine really but, god it stung originally.

 

[chaparral]

Remembering a jealous event in my life... Probably just women envy, this bird i really liked at collage i did all the ground work with and technically friend zoned myself, then she ended up going off with my best mate at the time, which was fine really but, god it stung originally.

Think i lost count how many times that happened to me...

 

[jsmoke]

I was pretty big on jealousy when I was younger, partly being youngest of four meant you were at the bottom of the ladder quite a lot in various aspects and I think that gave me a whopping inferiority complex.

So I must have become a jealous person at one point in time. It's probably the most powerful emotion and I imagine people become addicted to that feeling of wanting or missing something.

For me it was petty stuff like girls disowning you, people spreading rumours about you, friends finding other 'best friends'. Jealously can be a nasty thing I'm sure it was more common years ago, nowadays people would swear blind they don't get jealous of anything which is an impossibility as it's hardwired into us as a response.

When you scratch the surface of people then that's when you see the jealousy come to the surface and it's basically what causes all the mayhem in the world.

But yes I've been jealous many of times.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Jessica Biel basically stole my soon-to-be husband so I'm both jealous and envious. Oh disaster, oh calamity.

 

[TNGL]

I have never been jealous of anything material.

However, I lived a fairly standard lifestyle when growing up. However, I was (and still am) friends with a few people that are from very wealthy families. I wasn't jealous of the cars, houses, holidays or businesses. I was jealous of how little worry my friends had in their lives. They weren't concerned about studying (family business), they weren't bothered about the law (a criminal record if they ever ended up with one wouldn't stop them from making money), anything health related was taken care of privately etc. I remember when one of them crashed his brand new VW Polo into a curb and took the passenger side wheel off. He thought it was hilarious and recovery of the vehicle was soon arranged and life went on...

That lack of worry is what I envied more than anything.

 

[bainbridge]

I was jealous when that lotto lout won his millions, but he squandered it all in few years and my jealously subsided.

 

[lakitu]

I never get jealous. I came from very very little, council house etc. And as a teenager when I used to see a man in a nice car or nice wife or big house It would just inspire me. I used to drive a 911 in my early 30's now an Aston in my mid 30's, I don't look less on anyone with nothing materialistic and I don't think more of the ones in the Ferrari's. And I definitely do not think less of anyone with a **** car or house. You really don't know a thing about a person by looking at their materialistic items or how you perceive their personality.

My point is I didn't work hard for my nice car and house (not that hard), I just found my niche but i do see friends and family either thinking I'm better than I am or they on the other side they resent me.

Only thing that bothers me is I have several acquaintances that treat me like **** for having a nice car and house and make unjustified resentful assumptions.

Do I care nahhhh

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Maybe stupid but i kind of get jealous sometimes of some people that just have a kid and then just live on benefits and basically get a house given to them for free and only ever worked a few months in there life

Not sure if serious.

Okay ill bite.

So you are jealous of people living off a pittance, living in a scummy house, in a scummy area. With nothing to do all day apart from smoke fags, drink cheap cider and sleep around with other dregs of society?

Even working in McDonald's nets you £20k a year these days. If you find a partner who also works there that's enough for a £200k mortgage.

Sure you won't be driving a porsche but a lot better than living off handouts.