Jealous Best Friend

United States
June 15, 2008 9:46pm CST
how do you maintain a friendship when your best friend is Jealous of of you?
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@Kulit25 (38)
16 Jun 08
It depends on why your best friend is jealous of you. It would be best to talk it out. I am experiencing the other side of the party. I am jealous of my friend's abilities, gifts, talents and almost everything that she has. I find her very attractive because she speaks well and friendly. I'm also jealous of her coz she can dress well, she's stylistic, sexy, and attracts every guys...even those that i like. I feel so jealous and envious of her no matter how i try to control it and try to be happy for her. HOwever, the feelings just comes so naturally that there were many times that i feel so insecure everytime i'm with her. Also, i feel like a shadow of her or sometimes even invisible. I know it's not her fault but.... so what happened is that i harbor some hatred towards her and she never knew about it. As a result, i get inconsistent because either i get rude at her or treat her well when i feel guilty. What i did was that i confronted her and told her everything that i feel. We talked it out. She appreciated it and it had made our friendship stronger. She even told me that she's also jealous of so many things about me. We also discussed the value of our friendship. I guess, we chose to value it over our jealousy of each other that's why it's still surviving although i admit that the jealousy is still existing. Anyhow, it's gonna be difficult to maintain it but i tell you, it's worth the price. She's somebody that i can trust more because we've already gone through difficult times. Not only did we see each other's good side but even each other's bad side but we still appreciate and love each other more. Hope this helps. :)
@risris24 (712)
• United States
16 Jun 08
I have personally dealt with this and I will tell you two things, one is if this so called friend is jealous of you then he/she is not really your friend because friends are not jealous of eachother, they are instead happy for the other and proud when things are going good for them and two is try talking it over and asking what the reason is and explaining that they should not be jealous and that they too canhave whatever it is that you have but odds are it will make them defensive and in the long run, there will be no friendship. This is not fact but instead my personal experience. Hope it all works out for you.
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
16 Jun 08
I guess it all depends on why they are jealous of you. But, the best way is to talk it out. If that doesn't help, I doubt that anything will :)
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@mEisky (824)
• Philippines
8 Aug 08
well i guess we better talk bout it on why did she have to be jealous.:( oh.