Jealousy

I was talking with an old friend yesterday. Ok, an ex-boyfriend. I don't like that term though. Makes it sound like we broke up recently. It's been years. Anyway, he frequently asks me if it is weird for me, talking to him when my hubby is here. I guess it's weird for him or he wouldn't keep mentioning it. Right?

Well, the whole conversation got me thinking about what makes people jealous. My hubby is the type of guy that just doesn't get jealous. Or so I thought, I asked him this morning. He kind of explained it to me this way. He says he sometimes get jealous...but it only lasts for a moment. He doesn't dwell on things. And this isn't about the ex, this is about anything. So then I asked him how he felt about me talking with my 'old friend' . He told me he doesn't get jealous about that. I thought 'wow', how can he do that. I think, I know if the situation were reversed I would probably be a little jealous. And that got me to thinking about why people get jealous...

I think people get jealous when they feel like they can't measure up to the other person. It could be about materialistic things, or traits that a person has. Basically, anything someone else has that you want... maybe for some reason they feel like they won't ever have/can't achieve what someone else has.

In my opinion, it's not worth it to be a jealous person. Time would be better served trying to achieve those goals. Instead of worrying about what someone else has/does. I think I lost my original point somewhere in here. I guess that's enough for now.