The dilemma I have recently become incredibly jealous of my best friend, to the point where Im finding it hard to be around her. I feel terrible about it. We both started dating new men around the same time last year, but while her relationship has become serious enough for her to move in with her boyfriend, mine ended a few months ago. I think my jealousy is made worse by the fact that I recently moved to a new city and dont have many friends here. Ive found it hard to meet people as I have little free time because Im studying for a postgraduate qualification. I know that none of this is my friends fault, and that I am being irrational and unfair, but I cant help feeling like she has everything I want.
Mariella replies Au contraire! You can help feeling and revert to rational thought, especially when youre as clear as you are about how misplaced your jealousy is. The pleasure of being an agony aunt is that the more mistakes you make the better equipped you are to see a clearer path for others.
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