 Romance/Love: April 16, 2014 Issue [#6266] |
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This week: Jealousy, the Green-Eyed Monster Edited by: Crys-not really here  
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Welcome to the Romance/Love Newsletter this week! My topic this week is jealousy, that green-eyed monster that always seems to be sneaking into relationships.
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Jealousy, the Green-Eyed Monster
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.- Othello, Act 3, scene 3
With these lines, Shakespeare is often credited as the creator of the phrase "green-eyed monster" when referring to jealousy. Whether or not Shakespeare actually coined the term, one thing is true: the jealousy that Iago warned of is still alive and well in the 21st Century.
More and more often, it seems, we become jealous of physical things. This person has a brand new iPhone, that one has a new car. . . he has a job making $80,000 a year but I only make $35,000. . . But, sometimes, jealousy still creeps into our romantic relationships. That green-eyed monster is tricky. It's made of so many different emotions--envy, insecurity, greed--that it knows how to get us without us even realizing it.
I used to be a very insecure person, and therefore jealous in romantic relationships. I was suspicious of everything, partly because I didn't believe that I was worthy of someone's love and partly because I never quite felt like I was with someone who understood me. Luckily, I no longer feel either way. 
Jealousy in relationships is most often manifested when one person feels threatened by the other hanging out with a third party. Sometimes this jealousy is valid, but oftentimes it is not. It's one thing to be jealous because you're insecure about yourself, but a completely different thing when your partner gives you a reason to be jealous, such as cheating in the past!
Jealousy also makes for a great motive for a main character's actions. You've heard of the phrase "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"? What would you main character do if she found out that the man she was madly in love with was cheating on her? It could make for an action-packed novel. Now imagine if your main character had found out afterwards that it was all a big misunderstanding. Would she be embarrassed? Upset? How would her partner react? How would the relationship, and therefore the story, change?
It may not be the key element of a sweet and sappy love story, but jealousy can certainly provide the conflict that any good novel needs. It's an emotion that most of us have experience to a certain degree, and one that can be handle in a variety of ways. |
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Thanks to everyone who shared their first date disasters
I can remember going to the mall with a guy I knew.After we left the mall we went to a park and sat there and talked.Some may say that I am being critical but the more this guy talked I could see he either had no teeth in the back of his mouth or they looked rotten.I immediately stuck my pinky finger in my mouth and he tried to pull the finger out but I knew I could not kiss him with a mouth like that.Needless to say once I got home I never went anywhere with him again. -kattwoman 
Not my experience but often told: A young man nervous on his first date finished his water but the ice. He shook the ice left into his mouth. Unaware the server had refilled his water glass, SHOOK the glass at his mouth spraying water all over himself.
Another couple out at dimly lit Chinese restaurant were handed a small white warm roll. The man looked at his and promptly BIT it a couple of times. His girlfriend started to laugh and told him it was a cloth to wipe his hands, lemon scented. She lay on the booth seat laughing until tears came. He begged her not to tell. Nope the first thing she did when she got home was to tell her parents. Don't you just love Laughter in Life? -Quick-Quill 
After a lovely dinner, time playing pool, and some light kissing, we went back to his house for a nightcap before I went home. I wasn't there five minutes when he looked out the window, and his eyes grew large. He started swearing, and I was trying to figure out what was going on. Well, he had told his girlfriend he was sick, and she was bringing him some soup. I gathered my things and walked out the door. Men can be slime. I'm so glad to be out of the dating scene. -Marci Missing Everyone
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