When Someone Close To You Is Happy – And It Eats Away At You

Jealousy is a natural instinct that can blind you and harm others. But it is possible to tame this monster and even make it work for you.

For most of his married life, Mr R, a 60-year-old technician who worked in the petrochemical industry was reasonably happy. He married when he was 29 years old and subsequently had a daughter who continued to stay with Mr R and his wife after she married. Things changed shortly after Mr R’s 60th birthday. He started noticing what he thought were rather unsettling changes in his wife: she seemed to be talking to their 29-year-old son-in-law and spending more time on the phone. He became convinced that his wife had been cheating on him, and not just with their son-in-law, but with his various friends. He could tell from the “ways she looks at them” as he was to tell me later.

Source: When someone close to you is happy – and it eats away at you | The Straits Times