Are you ENVIOUS of your friends?
By annama
@annama (31)
United States
May 22, 2007 3:09am CST
A lot of my friends say that I'm lucky. I don't have to worry about going home at night because i'm always fetched, having good grades, having a complete family and a good set of curly hair. I do appreciate these good blessings that i'm given but why do i feel so envious of some of my friends? I do feel that I should also experience things they experience. I feel so lacklustered. No matter how hard I try to block thoughts of being envious, it's coming in automatically to the point that it's hard to control.
I want to know if there are people who feel the way I do and what do they do to fight the feeling.
Are you envious of your friends? What are you envious about?
4 responses
@miamilady (4910)
• United States
8 Aug 07
No. I'm not envious of my friends. There are times when I am a bit jealous. I think jealousy is a step below envy. Envy had negative feelings. You think to yourself "It isn't fair that they have what I don't".
Jealousy is a step below. I don't think it is accompanied by hate. It is just wanting something that you don't have.
@SoCali2No (34)
• South Korea
3 Aug 07
Before I developed a sense of confidence in myself - my looks and my personality i was jealous of my friends about all kinds of stuff. But, these days I only get jealous of my friends who are more sociable than I am, as I'm recovering from extreme shyness. But, I've also realized that a lot of my friends are jealous of me...Mainly due to the fact that I have a stable family that loves and supports me in all that I do. I understand this, as I would probably feel the same way if I came from a broken family. So, I just try to include them in my family life as much as possible...But, those "friends" who are jealous of my looks, talent, personality, etc. I find it very difficult to be around so I just keep my distance.
@akudaniy (76)
• Indonesia
2 Aug 07
Well, of course envy is one of many parts that builds us as a human besides the angry, happy, sad, etc. I always envy with my friends who have more friends than I am. I mean that I envy to someone who can socializing better than I am so that he can make more friends rather than I am.
