Do you have a jealous nature?

I think I'm a little bit sensitive. I just can't help envying people when they show off their stuff in an indirect way. I feel a bit like, left out sometimes. But I guess it's okay. I just have to learn to count my blessings and cherish what I have right now.

I think it's more of envy and not jealousy. Before I begin my discussion, I'd like to differentiate each. Ordinary language tends to conflate envy and jealousy. The philosophical consensus is that these are distinct emotions. While it is linguistically acceptable to say that one is jealous upon hearing about another's vacation, say, it has been plausibly argued that one is feeling envy, if either, in such a case. Both envy and jealousy are three-place relations; but this superficial similarity conceals an important difference. Jealousy involves three parties, the subject, the rival, and the beloved; and the jealous person's real locus of concern is the beloved—the person whose affection he is losing or fears losing—not his rival. Whereas envy is a two party relation, with a third relatum that is a good (albeit a good that could be a particular person's affections); and the envious person's locus of concern is the rival. Hence, even if the good that the rival has is the affection of another person, there is a difference between envy and jealousy. Roughly, for the jealous person the rival is fungible and the beloved is not fungible. So he would be equally bothered if the beloved were consorting with someone else, and would not be bothered if the rival were. Whereas in envy it is the other way around. Because envy is centrally focused on competition with the rival, the subject might well be equally bothered if the rival were consorting with a different (appealing) person, but would not be bothered if the ‘good’ had gone to someone else (with whom the subject was not in competition). Whatever the ordinary meaning of the terms ‘envy’ and ‘jealousy,’ these considerations demonstrate that these two distinct syndromes need to be distinguished. Anyhow, back to the topic. I am more of a jealous type rather than the envious type. I am jealous of other people who are more or less trying to be closer to the one I love. But only if I know that the person is his type. Otherwise, I don't bother. As for envious about someone's success or relationships. I'm not quite in with that. I've always thought that no one could have it all. They may seem to have a 'perfect' or 'better' lives than me but I'm sure that deep down inside, I have something that they don't have. Nobody is perfect, and maybe they're successful, but do they have someone to share the success with? How is their relationship with other people? Are they truly happy? or maybe they're successful, they have everything but they can't bear children. Or maybe, she's not the only wife he's got? Maybe he's fooling around too? or perhaps they seemed to be a happy couple but deep down inside, he's gay?! There are those things we don't see that makes the person human. And regardless what he has, I'm sure he/she will always lack something. As they say our desires as people are insatiable. That's who we are. And the problems of the little people may not be the concerns of the rich or the big people, but I assure you, they also have their issues. So there you go, I think I'm more of a jealous type (but I'm working hard to fix that) than an envious type.

oh heavens no not at all...I may not have everything I want in life, I may not have the most expensive of things or a big fancy home with brand new cars etc etc BUT I'm a happy woman. I have two wonderful men in my life that I love very much and who love me. I have two amazing kids that i would kill or die for. I have food in my tummy, a roof over my head and clothes on my back. What more could I possibly need ya know