What makes you envious of someone else’s life?

POPPYOSCAR

lika_86 wrote: »

But you can still want things others have without wanting to swap your whole life with them. I know what I have and wouldn't trade it for anything, I would however like to add certain things to it.

I cannot see the point of envying anyone else.

We are who we are and people would be happier if they just accepted that and made the most of who they are and what they have.

Also sometimes appearances can be deceptive and someone who may seem to have it all may be entirely unhappy with their lot.

pigpen

None of them.. A lot seem self obsessed and vain, other ignorant and prejudiced, others are just unpleasant.. I keep them to remind myself how bad some people are.. knowing there are much worse out there! We only see what they want us to see so there could be sone awful things in thei life.. they may have nice clothes and car and hom and an abusive husbandd or a drink problem.. at least with me I know what I get!

Vestan.. come spend a couple of hours at mine you will be glad to be child free The Waltons we are not!.. you do sound a good catch to me, your princess is out there somewhere ((hugs))

OrkneyStar

Honestly? Nothing really.
If I want something enough I will do something about it!
The only thing I would like to have is better health, as I have a back problem, but I am not envious of other's health. Things like facebook and the like only give 1/4 of what someone's life is really like/how they really feel etc.

lika_86

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

I cannot see the point of envying anyone else.

We are who we are and people would be happier if they just accepted that and made the most of who they are and what they have.

Also sometimes appearances can be deceptive and someone who may seem to have it all may be entirely unhappy with their lot.

So you don't want anything more than what you have right now? You don't want a new kitchen/bathroom/car/holiday/more sleep/to lose some weight/to be 3 inches taller/to be 5 years younger/to have a special talent/to be able to sing/to be a fantastic cook/to be able to run a marathon? Nothing?

morganedge

I feel cursed to have some really successful friends, under 30, earning mega bucks. Their facebook updates come from a different country every few days, and it doesn't seem like they ever 'work'...even when they're at 'work'! lol.

This is a well timed thread, because I was just this second reading one of these friends facebook updates and they're talking about the things they've done and the places they've been in 2013 and how ''it's only February'', and there's lots and lots of comments from mutual friends with the general theme being that of sheer envy.

Personally, i'm not really one for travel and so I don't really feel that jealous of that aspect.

I envy people who are really good looking, personally. Perfect bone structure/tall etc. Beautiful people tend to sail through life and have their pick of the opposite sex.

valk_scot

I envy just about everyone that I see walking down the road, easy swing, no problems or pain and obviously good to go for hours. Yes, I was like that once but I didn't appreciate it till my health started to deteriorate. I'm not housebound or badly disabled by any means but everything is limited by my reduced mobility now. So I do envy others their good health.

Erinnire

Of my friends who did things in the right order. After high school I screwed up a lot of things, I'm not jealous of my friends as I am getting back on track now but I am envious of them.

lika_86

I should also note that I'm envious of anyone with sleek, glossy straight hair. I spend ages each morning trying to make mine behave and that's all ruined with one spot of rain. Oh for hair that would let me just wash and go.

Gingernutty

I envy anyone who has a clear career focus in life and has worked hard all their lives to get there.

I'm casting about looking for another job yet again and I'll just simply land where the wind blows me again.

I can't afford to study full time and even if I could, I still don't know what to be when I grow up. I'm 45!!

There are people, my age and younger, who've had a clear idea about what they've wanted, applied themselves and are now in established, well respected careers, multi-lingual, accomplished and settled.

I feel like an indecisive failure.

Scorpio33

The grass is always greener on the other side.

That is to say you always envy other people's life, because they have something you don't. As soon as you have that something, you want something different.

For example, if you have young kids, you envy single people at times, due to the amount of free time they seem to have. Then when your kids grow up, you envy people with young kids as you don't have young kids any more.