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Preferred Parent?

It is normal for any parent to feel jealousy if a child seems to bond with someone else more easily than with them. Perhaps those feelings are exacerbated for adoptive parents who’ve waited a long time to be parents and who may secretly wonder if they are missing some primal biological connection. But it’s important to keep the situation in perspective. In reality, all children, adopted or not, will go through periods of seeming to prefer one parent over another. One common reason is simply time spent together. This works both ways. Naturally a child may bond first to the … Continue reading →

Cover Girl (1944)

Gene Kelly and Rita Hayworth co-star in “Cover Girl,” a song-and-dance movie about a night club owner named Danny McGuire (Kelly) and his main attraction/girlfriend Rusty (Hayworth.) Danny’s club is limping along with a crowd of regulars, but Rusty wants just a little bit more. When a local magazine announces a search for a new cover girl, Rusty goes in to apply, and through a comical series of events, manages to get the job. She hesitates to tell Danny, though – it’s the old “don’t want to injure his pride” storyline. When Danny does find out, he tells her she … Continue reading →

Have You Ever Felt Jealous Of Your Child’s Teacher?

Don’t get me wrong, I like Ms. Jordan. I think she’s an excellent teacher. At the beginning of the year when she had over 20 five- and six-year-olds to deal with everyday, well, I think she deserves a round of applause for her patience. However, lately, I have noticed that when Tyler talks about her I can feel the green monster of jealousy rearing his big ugly head. I had read that this might happen. Until Tyler started school, I was his whole world. The words I uttered were golden. Now it’s, “Ms. Jordan said this, Ms. Jordan said that, … Continue reading →

In the News: Jealousy gone Frighteningly Wrong

Sure, people get jealous from time to time. We’re human. Still, what about a guy that gets insanely jealous before the marriage even gets started? What do you say about a man who is so insecure concerning his soon-to-be young wife that he decides to make sure others know she “belongs” to him? A man in his mid-fifties preparing to marry a woman in her early twenties is not unheard of. Feelings of insecurity in such a relationship are not shocking either. What this man did about it, however, is absolutely appalling. Reports indicate that the night before the wedding … Continue reading →

Marriage Tips: Jealousy is Not a Positive Sign in a Relationship

When we think of someone getting jealous, we think that it means they must really care about us. Jealousy is not a positive sign in a relationship though because jealousy is a very negative emotion. The idea that you can test someone’s love for you by flirting with another person and that how your spouse reacts is an indicator of their love is not only faulty, it’s dangerous. Jealousy has its roots low self-esteem and fear. People are more likely to be jealous when they don’t believe they are lovable or that they are not worthy of being loved. They … Continue reading →

Relationship Dynamics: Avoid Jealousy

Jealousy is perhaps one of the most unattractive feelings a person can experience. You may think it’s one of the worst things that can happen to a relationship, but it happens to a person before it happens to a relationship. When the green-eyed monster affects a person it can change their behavior, triggering a nasty attitude and unkind words. Snippy comments can become vile and jealousy itself can alter perceptions of the person experiencing it. Suddenly, everything a spouse does can be seen as suspicious. Even the most normal of behaviors, things that would not be seen as out of … Continue reading →