Jealousy Can Be Aweful

I'm not one to get jealous in any means. There were times that I'd start to feel jealousy rearing it's ugly head and it was mostly because of the amount of money someone else was making or what ever. But I quickly get over it knowing how much time and education they've put in their fields. Then there is the relationship side of jealousy. I just don't get jealous knowing the ground rules that are made a head of time. Take for example me and the bear have been together 14 years and it's nice to see the bear get jealous showing his emotions. However, it's usually because of the shit people did to him in the past and comparing me to those jerk offs really pisses me off but I do see his point. You'd think after 14 years he'd know that I would never intentionally do anything like what they did behind his back and sometimes in his face. That seemed like a lifetime ago, which it really was. The bear's former best friend, rest in peace, was the worst of the worse. I honestly didn't see the friendship there knowing that this guy was the biggest talker in town, meaning he spread hate speech about everyone behind their back but would tell them he loved them to their face. I chalked it down that he was very jealous of the bear for finding someone to share his life with. When I moved over here I was 20 years old, new to the world it seemed, and very naive. Now I'll be 35 this July and think to myself "Was I ever that stupid?" the answer is yes, yes I was!! In that time, jealousy has just eluded me at every turn thankfully, and it's mostly due to learning how the game of life is played along the way. I'd be lying if I said I've never felt the jealous bug bite me, but I learned to deal with it and move on. Now anger, there's an emotion that I have a hard time with letting go, but that's a different topic for a different day.