Sometimes, jealousy can be a very good thing because it motivates people to strive to achieve that same level of sucess, or jealousy can even be a slightly skewed version of respect. It's when a person begins to resent the person he or she is jealous of that the bad side of jealousy comes...

+281 Sometimes, jealousy can be a very good thing because it motivates people to strive to achieve that same level of sucess, or jealousy can even be a slightly skewed version of respect. It's when a person begins to resent the person he or she is jealous of that the bad side of jealousy comes out, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think this kind of misconstrues the meaning of jealousy. I could be wrong, but I was taught that jealousy meant wanting what someone else has and believing that they don't deserve it and you do. So in that case, resentment is already present.

by Anonymous 12 years ago