Kevin Tarr wrote:
>
> I'm speaking in general terms here. A friend just passed along info about
> someone else and it gave me a huge jolt of envy and jealousy. My friend
> kept asking, what do you think, and I just wanted to change the subject,
> talk about anything else but that. And I couldn't tell my friend that
> because I don't want him to know my true feelings. You people don't count
> because you'll never meet the people I'm talking about. ;-)
Dunno if you wanted advice, but if something like that happens in the
future, you could try "I'm happy for him" as a response, and leave it at
that. I've been told that "I'm happy for him" is actually an expression
of jealousy; not sure I buy that totally (I mean, if my friend Jess won
tickets to a hockey game up in Dallas and was really looking forward to
it, I'd be happy for her, but not particularly wanting to go to Dallas
to see the Stars this season, so it wouldn't be jealousy), but if it is,
then that would be an extremely polite way of expressing it.
> Sorry, just one of those things that will bother me for days. Or weeks.
>
> Kevin T.
> Time for bed and nightmares. (I had some doozies last night)
Sorry to hear that. I hope you have a nicer night's sleep tonight.
(You've probably already started....)
Julia
who really ought to head for bed herself...
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