Is it normal to be jealous of a friend for finding a job after graduation?

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I really want to be happy for him but I can't get rid of the sinking feeling in my stomach after he told me. I graduated a year before him, couldn't find a job, and now am back in school and about to start an externship program in a completely different field. I just feel like a big failure and an a-hole because the enthusiasm I'm showing him is fake.

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  • Avant-Garde
    10 years ago

    I don't see why the need to be jealous is here. Don't be so caught up with his life. Focus on your own and try harder.

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  • Kuri0sitat
    10 years ago

    Jealousy is a normal tendency. It's easier to be happy, though, if you're not comparing what other people have to what you don't have.

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  • Terence_the_viking
    10 years ago

    No worries things will fall into place.

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  • CheyChey
    10 years ago

    Normal stop beating yourself up about it you're not an a-hole, it happens to the best of us.

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