JEALOUSY

Jealousy is a very compulsive, insane, irrational form of Inadequacy
With a sneaky Get-Out-of-Gaol-Free Card thrown in.
The sufferer tries (often very successfully) to make someone else responsible
For making him/her feel Enough and Sufficient to himself.
As a strategy -- "I make myself feel jealous to feel adequate and happy" --
It's doomed to failure.

As a generality,
Men and women have differently flavoured jealousies
That haven't changed since our days as trogolodytes:
For a woman, Jealousy sounds like "I cannot survive without this person."
For a man, Jealousy sounds (and looks) like "This person is My Property".

Jealous people suck.
And bully. And manipulate and control.......
And they are amazingly successful at finding willing victims
Who get their jollies out of being loved that way.

People who are comfortably enough with and for themselves
Don't get jealous.
Ever.
And they tend not to get emotionally entangled with people on the lookout
For someone to cling to.

So if you get a twinge of jealousy,
You now know where to look.
If you feel someone suckering onto you,
Walk away.
It's the kindest and most empowering thing you can do
For both of you.