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The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence? email this discussion to a friend?

myLot reputation of 96/100. hiddenwing (1400)   ranked 368 out of 37,632 in life5 months ago

Competition. It means different things to different people. For housewives, it means keeping up with someone who cooks nicer cuisine, educates her kids better, does more great landaries. In my former class, it means who can get the offer of a more famous foreign university! I happened to have the official statistics of my undergraudated classmates, good heavens, more than 70% of whom went abroad. However,it is not unitl now someone really weirds me out. I got a call yesterday. Someone told me that he quit his amazing job and was about to go to south Korea for Master's degree! The thing was his job was so good that he really made a fortune of it. Meanwhile, Korean Universities are just so so in my opinion! Does it make sense to cross the fence for the "greener"grass on the other side, which will hardly give him a brighter future? Anyway, he was so desperate to go to soul for reasons that he was even not so sure himself.
No matter how carefully you trimmed, or how lovingly you watered, or how generously you fertilized, it still seemed that the grass was always greener on the other side of the fence!What do you think? Are you about to cross the fence?

 
 
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bellis716 (1425) response was accepted on 6/26/2009.
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1. myLot reputation of 99/100. lilaclady (19637)   ranked 1,085 out of 37,632 in life   5 months ago

Yes it does always seem that way..I think especially when it come to the relationashps side of lives, single people look at married couples and think them so lucky then married people look at single people and think of their freedom and think they are the ones thar are lucky...we are a funny lot really ...


myLot reputation of 96/100. hiddenwing (1400)   ranked 368 out of 37,632 in life  5 months ago

A Chinese writer called Qian Zhongshu wrote a book, Fortress Besieged! In the book, he talked about marriage just like what you said. haha


myLot reputation of 98/100. peace001 (384)   ranked 1,861 out of 37,632 in life  5 months ago

yes,it is the good book.but lots of person can not understand what it really means.when you experience something then you can really understand what it means.

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2. myLot reputation of 97/100. OceanTiara (2960)   ranked 317 out of 37,632 in life   5 months ago

I think hiddenwing, you have an excellent discussion here.
I see going for the greener grass one must be extra cautious. I say this as I have done so myself many times, to my dismay, it was not green at all.
It had withered by the time I got there, but looking at it from a distance, it looked as green and lush, even greener than one could imagine.
I say caution and temperance should rule over impulsive actions.
We often do not realise this in our youth, no matter how others try to guide us.
It is good to realise a balance when considering a major life move.


myLot reputation of 96/100. hiddenwing (1400)   ranked 368 out of 37,632 in life  5 months ago

Most of us are in the position of a citizen who want to break out.Once they really get out, the are in another city that is worth breaking out too!


myLot reputation of 97/100. OceanTiara (2960)   ranked 317 out of 37,632 in life  5 months ago

lolMy sentiments exactly hiddenwing!

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3. myLot reputation of 46/100. bellis716 (1425)   ranked 6,425 out of 37,632 in life   5 months ago

At my age, I'd like to think that I've grown beyond all that comparison and wishful thinking. For you city slickers, I thought you'd like to know where that saying came from. For some reasons, farm animals, especially cows, always think that, no matter how lush the grass in their pasture, that little bit of grass just the other side of the fence is going to be getter. They will strain their necks to reach over the fence, or maybe, they will just push their heads through the fence trying to reach that delicious looking tuft of grass just beyond their reach. This habit causes the farmer to have to spend hours on fence repairs. Sometimes the animal will get their head caught in the fence and have to be rescued.


myLot reputation of 96/100. hiddenwing (1400)   ranked 368 out of 37,632 in life  5 months ago

Wow, that's great to know the origin of the sentence. Actually, I just knew the figurative meaning of it!:D

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4. myLot reputation of 93/100. stephcjh (22247)   ranked 103 out of 37,632 in life   5 months ago

I have thought that the grass was greener on the other side of the fence at times also. I have crossed the fence a few times to learn that it was not greener at all. I like to stick with what I trust in now.


myLot reputation of 96/100. hiddenwing (1400)   ranked 368 out of 37,632 in life  5 months ago

Oh, haha, you are right!
What if it is really greener? I guess the ratio of it is greener to it is not greener is 1 to 1. We should be very careful about that. After all, it is hard to challenge!

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5. myLot reputation of 98/100. James72 (6942)   ranked 59 out of 37,632 in life   5 months ago

I'm competitive sure, but moreso withe myself more than others and I definitely don't try to compete on a "I want what they have" level. The grass may always seem to be greener on the other side to many, but if you find yourself with this type of mentality, it doesn't matter WHERE you end up, you run the risk of always wanting something more! The key here is to be grateful for what you DO have, rather than get caught up in thoughts about what you don't.


myLot reputation of 96/100. hiddenwing (1400)   ranked 368 out of 37,632 in life  5 months ago

I just doubted the guy would be worth it to go to south Korea! Life is so unexpected! It makes sense to do whatever we want now though!
If you want to eat some MCdouble, for example, just skip Mcdonald's even though you are tired!

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