Friday, May 22, 2015

May 22: Writing Prompt 142-Green-Eyed

Tell us about the last time you were really, truly jealous of someone. Did you act on it? Did it hurt your relationship?
Jealousy has never really been an issue for me, but over the years, I have had my pangs of envy. When my kids were young, and I was challenged by them, I’d envy those baby group moms who always seemed to have it all together, never appeared to get frustrated with their children, and were so confident in their mothering skills. After my divorce, I sometimes felt a bit of envy for those women who found the love of their lives the first time around and now have happy, healthy families and didn’t have to go through anything (like divorce and shuffling children back and forth between mom and dad) before finding their forever guy. 

I also will admit that I feel a bit of jealousy when other women flirt with my husband, even when he doesn’t recognize it as flirting. J  All that said, I have never “acted” on any of these feelings, and I don’t hang on to them long enough for it to hurt any relationships.  I guess I’m pretty lucky that my natural green eyes are the only ones I have, and there’s no room left for any green eyed monsters to take up residence.    

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